232. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (1856-1915) Black American educator born a slave, established and headed Tuskegee Institute to provide practical training to blacks. L.S. 1p. 4to. on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, Tuskegee, Ala., May 25, 1914 to Frederick C. Burbank requesting financial assistance for the school: "...while our students bear their own expenses of board in cash in labor, and also provide for their own books, clothing and travel, they are wholly unable to pay the cost of teaching...". Light folds, else fine. Offered together with an A.L.S. of his wife, OLIVIA D. WASHINGTON, 2pp. 4to., Tuskegee, Ala., Feb. 7, 1887 to the Rev. James Freeman Clarke, thanking him for a lantern, in part: "...This is the first lantern we have ever received from you altho' we expected it to come in 1883. I regret exceedingly that I did not mention it to you again last year when I was so fortunate to see you- I do not understand what could have become of it...". Light folds, else fine. Together, two pieces. $200 - 300