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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 J. W. Reid, July 17th, 1891.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J. W. Reid of Lancaster, Kentucky. Reid writes on behalf of a poor widow, who has four children that need to be taken to the home. The eldest is a girl, at ten years old. The next is also a girl, and is eight. The third is a four year old boy. And the last child is a two year old boy. The mother also has a newborn infant, around four or five months old, that she would like to keep with her. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J.J. Swan, December 10th, 1873.
Letter to Hollingsworth from J.J. Swan of the Union Depot Hotel in Rockport, Indiana discussing Bethel Church. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J.K. [Nuriselly?], July 29th, 1878.
Letter to Hollingsworth from J.K. [Nuriselly?] from the Office of J. G. & J. W. Allen in Sharpsburg, Kentucky discussing the Frannie Moore, a child adopted by Mrs. Sarah C. Ratliff, who is looking to adopt a friend for her. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J.S. Coleman, February 14th 1873.
Letter to Hollingsworth from Coleman of the Western Recorder in Louisville. Coleman and Hollingsworth are meeting for a job opportunity. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J.S. Phelps, February 21st, 1874
Letter to Hollingsworth from J.S. Phelps of Planters Tobacco Warehouse writes to Hollingsworth on behalf of his business partner, Winston, and Winston's wife, Phelps' cousin. Letter is marked Louisville, KY -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from J.W. Edwards, August 21st, 1877.
Letter to Hollingsworth from J.W. Edwards, Louisville Chief of Police, discussing the delivery of two children to the home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from James S. Phelps, March 22nd, 1892.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from James S. Phelps recommending Mr. Jeff Rines as an adoptive parent. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Jas. [Svan?] Chatta, March 20th, 1880.
Letter to Hollingsworth from Jas. [Svan?] Chatta from the Bank of Shelbyville notifying the home that an adoptive mother, Mrs. Joseph Donahue, has died. He is asking if her adoptive son must be returned to the home, as he nor his wife can care for the child. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Jas. H. Wilkins, December 11th 1876
Letter to Hollingsworth from the law office of Jas H. and Jno. M. Wilkins discussing W. Geo. C. Staylore. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Jesse J. Mabsy, August 30th, 1886.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Jesse J. Mabsy, a housekeeper in Cunngingham, Kentucky, asking to adopt a little girl. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John A. Herring, June 25th, 1880.
Letter to Hollingsworth from John A. Herring concerning his five neices. Herring was reccommended by Reverend R. M. Dudley to write on the five little girls's behalf, as their mother is sick and unable to care for them, and he is too poor to care for them. The girls are in McCracken county and Herring writes from Georgetown, Kentucky. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John D. Taggart, June 6th, 1889.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John D. Taggart, president of the Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Company, to ask if Josie Long can bring her sister, Lana Long, to his office and verify she is alive. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John J. Orr, April 11th, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John J. Orr, an attorney in Owenton, Kentucky, concerning the will of a Joe Williams that wishes to donate a portion of his wealthy estate to the Baptist Home. His family members, including his brother J. A. Head, are challenging that portion of the will on grounds of insanity as he was institutionalized for a portion of his life. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John J. Orr, April 7th, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John J. Orr, an attorney in Owenton, Kentucky, concerning the will of a Joe Williams that donates a portion of his wealthy estate to the Baptist Home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from John. L. A. Stewart, December 12th, 1880.
Letter to Hollingsworth from John L. A. Stewart of the Kentucky Institution for the Education and Training of Feeble-Minded Children in Frankfort concerning Alice Westfall's arrival to the Institution from the Baptist Home. Alice has fallen ill and is unlikely to recovery, and is unable to contact her mother. -
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 Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. Cassie Gregary, May 3rd, 1890.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. Cassie Gregary in Wingo, Kentucky. Gregary writes about a six year old girl left in her care after her mother died a month prior. The girl has a sister that's ten years old and a brother who is fourteen. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. J. C. Barclay, November 3th, 1891.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. K. C. Barclay of Russellville, Kentucky, concerning Prof. Ryland's application to admit two girls into the home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. J. S. Settle, April 17th, 1885.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. J. S. Settle of Seneca, Kansas concerning the abuse her adopted daughter Elma had possibly endured at the home, as she has bruises and cries out to not be whipped whenever she is changed. Mrs. Settler also requested a picture of Elma's birth mother, Mrs. Jackson. Mrs. Settle's mother has declined adopting an orphaned girl named Nellie because she has never met her before.