Booker T. Washington endorsed check (8.25" x 3.25"), March 1899. Canceled check is written on The Chicopee National Bank, Springfield, Mass., March 18th, 1899, from the estate of Horace Smith, to pay to the order of Booker T. Washington, Pres't (President), for One Thousand Dollars. The check is endorsed on the back in fountain pen, "Booker T. Washington, Pres't. Check has three holes, one in the center, approx. 1/16" round; other two are very tiny holes to the left. No hole affects the content nor the signature. A professional letter of opinion, dated March 8, 2016, concluded via an on-line scan examination, that the signature is "Likely to be genuine." This accompanies the autograph. Also being sold: 1) "Working with the Hands," Booker T. Washington, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1904. Clean copy, some scuffing, at spine edges and covers. Name of prior owner in pencil; 2) Ten Booker T. Washington cigar box labels. Most in clean