you in collecting facts from these people who
knew intimately the men of whom you write, I should be glad to do
so.

I feel that the best way to do this would be for you to send me a
set of questionnaires which I might send to these friends with
letters.

I am trying thro' the Department of Archives and History of
Alabama and the Congressional Library to locate material which
will illuminate the life of George Houston.

If what I have written is of interest to you, then I am glad that
I have written. And can I be of assistance, I shall be glad to
make further contribution if possible.

Sincerely,
(Signed) HELEN JAMES CHISHOLM,
MRS. FRANK P. CHISHOLM.

CORRESPONDENCE

The following letter written primarily to correct certain errors has
been productive of much good in bringing to light a number of facts
which the public should know:

140 COTTAGE STREET, NEW HAVEN, CONN., February 23, 1920.

DR. CARTER G. WOODSON,
1216 You Street, Washington.

_My dear Dr. Woodson:_

I find the latest number of your _Journal_ most interesting and
permanently valuable, like those that have preceded. I think that
the publication is gaining a position in its particular field
which promises to make it an accepted authority on historical
questions. This makes it the more essential for manifest errors
to be carefully guarded against and eliminated from contributed
articles.

I observe on page 5 the designation "Tillston College" of The
American Missionary Association; the correct name is Tillotson
College, for the institution at Austin, Texas. The footnote gives
_Brawley_ as authority. I do not have this book at hand but have
a suspicion that the erroneous spelling is found there also.

Another statement in the same article which seems to me erroneous
in a more serious matter is found at the bottom of page 4, where
it is assumed that in 1863 "only 5 per cent of the Negro
population was literate." In your book on _The Education of the
Negro Prior to 1861_ you have stated very solid reasons for
believing 10 per cent to be about the right estimate. This
accords also with the U.S. Census figures of 1870, set forth in a
table of which I sent you a copy. Is it not a matte