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Letter to W. L. Weller from Ms. Sallie Crawford, July 18th, 1894.
Sallie Crawford writes to the Home on behalf of Carrie Posey, a woman interested in adopting a girl 12 years old. She states that the Poseys are "quite a clever family of people," are a family of four "all grown," and have a "lovely country home." Crawford ends the letter asking if the Home has "any more 'Callies.'" It seems that the Crawfords adopted a girl named Callie from the Home that was kind and "now a young lady." Letter marked Corydon, KY. In a letter from 24 July 1894, Posey writes to say that she cannot "give the young girl a home." She states that her 71 year old mother objects to the adoption, and hopes that the Home is not inconvenienced. Letter marked Corydon, KY. -
Letter to the Baptist Orphans Home from Jno. L. O'Neal, July 18th, 1894.
Jno. L. O'Neal writes to the Home regarding William Pence, an orphan from the Home adopted by a Dr. Golden. He states that Pence was "fleeing from hard hands he had fallen into in Henry County," and that he knew the boy from when he stayed with a Mrs. Stewart near Anchorage. Pence told O'Neal that Golden kept him only a short time, and then passed him off to his father who mistreated him. When asked why he did not report the mistreatment to the Home, William stated he was afraid and that the neighbors "promised to write and report for him." O'Neal was going to send him back to Stanford to his sisters, but contacted the Home "so as to avoid the R. R." He asks if the Home allows "orphans to be bandied around as in shuttlecock hither and thither," or if they "scrutinize the character of applicants for them." Letter marked Eminence, KY.