TLS, one page, 6 x 9, Grand Union Hotel letterhead, April 11, 1898. Letter to W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway Company. In full: “By this mail, I send a marked copy of the New York ‘Observer’ containing a reference to the Southern Railway by a visitor to Tuskegee.” Light scattered creases, a few staple holes to the upper left, an office stamp to the upper right, and a couple light pencil notations, one crossing through the very end of the signature, otherwise fine condition. Washington would later help fund W. E. B. Du Bois’s lawsuit against Southern Railway for refusing him sleeping accommodations on a trip from Atlanta to Washington. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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