Booker T. Washington (1856 1915 Black American educator born a slave established and headed Tuskegee Institute to provide practical training to blacks Tls on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, lp 4to Tuskegee, May 10 1898 Good content with reference to the Spanish American War Washington forwards a circular highlighting the condition and needs of our school at Tuskegee", and adds if you can see your way clear to help us especially at this time when the war excitement makes it very hard for us to get the funds necessary to carry on the work Lightly toned otherwise very good