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    W. W. Jordan and Bell Jones writes to Weller regarding the Rogers children. They say that the children are "at Prepton on Chairty and Ney. Jones is simply able to support them," and asks for the Home to send the Apprentice bond to her. They say "we only beg for the bond" and that "as for a compromise it is useless to mention it to Jones he is now living with the fourth woman since he and sister Jones parted." Letter marked Hopkinsville, KY.
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    Follow up letter from December 26, 1893. In a letter from 21 Feb 1895, Quinn writes to Weller to say she feels she has "bin treated bad" because she drove to Morganfield to give a bond for the girl and never heard back. She later refers to the girl as Elly, and explains the lengths she has gone to formalize this adoption. Letter marked Sturgis, KY.
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