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Letter to the Baptist Oprhan's Home from Wm. K. Withers, June 16th, 1887.
Letter to the President of the Baptist Orphan's Home from Wm. K. Withers in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, who writes for advice on how to discipline his adoptive son, John Martin, who keeps running away. -
Telegram to the Baptist Orphan's Home from Alfred Arrasmith, June 18th, 1887.
Letter to the Baptists Orphan "Asylum" from Alfred Arrasmith in Warsaw, Kentucky, looking for someone to claim five orphan children. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from H. J. Hamscott, July 22nd, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from H. J. Hamscott from the Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum in Anchorage, asking about the whereabouts of his children and if they have been adopted, or what their new address is. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Fannie Nash, August 10th, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Fannie Nash (possibly the wife to Carrollton pastor Chase. E. Nash) concerned about six small children in a nearby farm whose mother cannot feed them because of the drought. If they aren't accepted by the Home, they will likely starve. -
Receipt to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, September 6th, 1887.
Receipt to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of four hundred dollars. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from L. H. Shuck, September 10th, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Reverend L. H. Shuck of the First Baptist Church of Paducah, Kentucky, writing if the Home could take in a two year old named Albert Louis for a few years. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Wm. Russell, September 21st, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Wm. Russell denying his neighbor's allegations that he and his wife have been abusing the two children they adopted at the home. -
Letter to a Mr. Weller from W. B. Blackiver, September 23rd, 1887.
Letter to a presumed W. L. Weller from W. B. Blackiver, writing to argue his suspicions of Mr. Russell who is most likely abusing the children he adopted from the home. Mr. Russell has pulled his children out of school, and Blackiver believes this is not the fault of their teacher. -
Letter to W. L. Weller and Son from H. C. Settle, September 30th, 1887.
Letter to a [Miss?] Weller and Son from H. C. Settle, a dealer of lumber, building, and plastering material with L. B. Keith, in Seneca, Kansas. He writes that they have decided to adopt Maggie Elmira Jackson to become their heir. They will call her Elma. They request copies of the apprentice papers so they can legally adopt her in Kansas. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from J. D. Huggins, October 4th, 1887.
Letter to Mr. W. L. Weller from J. D. Huggins in Newberry, South Carolina. He attached bonds to this letter to pay for a child from the home. Huggins asks if the child will be transported to South Carolina by railroad. He describes Mrs. Lyle is eager to know the names of child's parents. -
Letter to the Baptist Orphan Home from Susie Mullins, October 12th, 1887.
Letter to Baptist Oprhan Home from Susie Mullins in Livingston, Kentucky. She writes that Mary Cummins, widow of Allen Cummings who died in Broadhead (a city in the same county as Livingston), has two small children left "in a helpless condition." The mother is oppossed to sending the small children away, but as their Father was a member of the Baptist Church of Broadhead, Mullins thinks the Home can provide some relief. On the back of the letter, in different handwriting is the name "Judge G. Carter, Broadhead, Kentucky." -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from H. C. Settle, October 15th, 1887.
Letter to Miss Hollingsworth from H. C. Settle in Seneca, Kansas. Settle writes asking why the Apprenticeship papers have not been recieved by them yet, as they were supposed to have a meeting with the Board two weeks prior. He writes that the Attorneys here need those papers for her to become an heir "in the fullest sense of the law." On the back of the letter, in large letters and underlined, is the phrase: "we are now ready to take this step in Justice to our Darling and I hope we will not be retarded. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, November 2nd, 1887.
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of three hundred dollars. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from A. R. Penny, November 5th, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller and Brother from A. R. Penny, dealer in Drugs and Books in Stanford, Kentucky. He writes that the children Bro. Barron wrote to the home about are in a "helpless condition" as their father was killed by being run over by a car, and their mother died of fever six weeks prior. Bro. Barron is said to be a Chrisitian gentleman, and Bro. Elsom at the Seminary can vouch for his character. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from G. M. Davison, November 9th, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller from G. M. Davison, attorney and master comissioner of Lincoln County, who writes from Stanford, Kentucky on the Heybus children. Davison does not know the three children's birth dates or mother's maiden name. Their grand mother is not in the area to give this information, and won't be for several weeks. Davison may have sent three blank checks, two of which were soiled, and is asking for them to be returned. -
Letter to Mr. W. L. Weller from Mary A. Hollingsworth, November 21st, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Mary A. Hollingsworth on the adoption of Mary Williams (born after 1876) by Dr. Edwin Haines, members of the Broadway Baptist Church. Dr. Haines and his wife were referred by Mr. E. N. Woodruff and Rev. H. A. Tupper Jr. -
Letter to the Board of Gentlemen from Mary A. Hollingsworth, undated, possibly August of 1887.
Letter to the Board of Gentlemen from Mrs. Mary A. Hollingsworth, writing on behalf of Mrs. John J. Oserton [Osertin?] of Finchville (previously Bloomfield). Mrs. Oserton adopted a ten year old girl, Mary Ellen Slaughter, at the home who has proven "untrustworthy" and unreliable. Mrs. Oserton and her husband wish to return Mary Ellen for a younger child. -
Letter to Mr. Weller from Thomas Rodman, December 6th, 1887.
Letter to a presumed W. L. Weller from Thomas Rodman, president of the Farmer's Bank of Kentucky in Frankfort. Rodman writes that a Mr. Greer was "slow in consenting" of giving up his children, but was willing once Rodman explained the advantages of the Home. Mr. Greer never wants to hear from his wife again, but would like to hear from his children. -
Letter to the Baptist Home from J. T. Tartar, February 6th, 1888.
Letter to the Baptist Orphan's Home from attorney J. T. Tartar in Somerset, Kentucky. Tartar writes that Dr. W. F. Scott has examined Effie Tucker and has determined she is free of disease. -
Letter to Mr. Arthur Peter from Mrs. J. W. Caseldine, February 18th, 1888.
Letter to Mr. Arthur Peter from Mrs. J. W. Caseldine, presumed wife of the Henry County Sherrif, writes from Eminence, Kentucky about a little girl elligible for coming to the home. Mrs. J. W. Caseldine confirms that before they could admit her to the Home, the little girl was taken in by her aunt. Caseldine says that it might have been better for her to go to the Baptist Orphan's Home, but she hopes her relatives will take good care of her.