George Washington Carver to Mrs. J. H. Slagle, August 19, 1926

George Washington Carver to Mrs. J. H. Slagle, August 19, 1926

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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Health

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Slagle, Margaret Gillespie, 1867-1956 -- Correspondence

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Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 -- Religion

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George Washington Carver writes to Mrs. J.H. (Margaret Gillespie) Slagle in this letter of August 19, 1926, thanking her for her prayers and her letters and briefly discussing his health. He then talks about the failure of the Carver Products Company before telling of Carver Penol Company, which was just beginning operations, and expressing his hopes that the company would be a financial success and contribute meaningfully to society. He writes of his continued desires to be able to teach her son Thomas (Dick), before expressing his joy after hearing of a successful revival in Macon County led by a minister whose beliefs he is in agreement with. Carver discusses his own religious life and recounts an incident in which he injured his thumb with a hatchet and how prayer may have contributed to its healing, as well as to the continued improved health of Mr. Slagle.

Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943

George Washington Carver Collection

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