1888 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY THE NOTED PRESIDENT OF TALLADEGA COLLEGE AND THE FATHER OF THE FATHER OF RADIO

TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. Good+. 1888. On offer is an original, interesting manuscript letter handwritten by H.  S. DeForest, noted president of Talladega College in Talladega Alabama,  Alabama's oldest private historically black college. The two page letter  dated Jan. 5, 1888 on letterhead is addressed to Rowland Mather of  Hartford, [he of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions  we believe] with some significant school related content. Here are some  snippets: "We are very full, and never before have had as many day or  boarding pupils. Last year we enlarged the School House, where our lower  grades are taught, putting in also a good room for the sewing department."  "Aid granted to students who work and earn it, does not lessen  self-reliance, or dev[e]lop the 'big-head.'" With small obit affixed lower  back page. Creases, stains, else G+.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12"  tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, HENRY S DEFOREST, TALLADEGA COLLEGE, ALABAMA,  ALABAMA'S OLDEST PRIVATE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE, NEGRO STUDIES, BLACK  AMERICANA, EDUCATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ALABAMA, RACE STUDIES, DEEP  SOUTH, SOUTHERN AMERICANA, ABCFM, AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR  FOREIGN MISSIONS, CONGREGATIONALIST, PRESBYTERIAN, DUTCH-REFORMED,  AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS,  DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS,  SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS,  PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES,  JOURNAL, LOG, PRIMARY SOURCE, FIRST HAND ACCOUNT, SOCIAL HISTORY, PERSONAL  STORIES, LIVING HISTORY, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT,  PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO  D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD,  HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL,BIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL  AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES .