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Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Geo. A. Cubbage, August 3rd, 1888.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Geo. A. Cubbage in response to Mr. Jno. H. Weller confirming they can hold a boy for adoption until Cubbage arrives in the city. He has gotten sick since writing, but will be well soon to come get the boy. He asks if the boy can be had as an apprentice, as his uncle would not adopt him otherwise. -
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. -
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 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. -
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 [S. T.?] Harrison, May 23rd, 1887.
Letter to Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from [S. T.?] Harrison in Winslow, Connecticut. He writes to the home on behalf of his daughter Stella, who attached a photo of herself to let her brothers know how happy she is in her new home. Harrison also writes that there is a space for one of her brothers in Hartford with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Beasley. The second letter (from May 28th) is a reference to the Beasley's of their good nature, and a mention of Stella's brother Green - who may be able to find a home with a farmer close to Stella, Mr. Jas Thomas -
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 R. C. Chenault, April 7th, 1887.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Dr. R. C. Chenault concerning a twelve year old boy, whose mother is a poor widow and can't give him a home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Wm. A. Broadhurst, January 1st, 1887.
Letter to a "Madame" (presumably Mary Hollingsworth) from Wm. A. Broadhurst, secretary of the Christian Church Oprhan's Home, on the transfer of students to the Baptist Home. -
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 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. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from W. L. Weller and Son, July 22nd, 1885.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from the office of W. L. Weller & Son, Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers in Louisville. W. L. [Wellerson?] writes to notify the home that an adoptive mother has died and the boy - whose name was possibly McHidden - has no direct caregiver. They lived in Campbellsburg, Kentucky. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from W. F. Norton [Hierbert], 1884 March 25
W. L. Charles Hiebert (or Hicebest?) writes "Let Mr. Harris have Anna Laura Doyle. He has executed the papers." From the office of G. W. Norton and W. F. Norton Bankers. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from A. [Hopeland? or Hogeland], November 11th, 1881.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from an A. [Hopeland? or Hogeland] from the Kentucky Infirmary for Women and Children in Owingsville discussing the care of a boy whose father is a drunkard. The Infirmary is wanting the Baptist Orphanage to take him into their care to produce him a chance at life before he is "soon beyond redemption." -
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 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 Mrs. W. W. Breese, May 24th, 1880.
Letter to Hollingsworth from Mrs. W. W. Breese of Nashville questioning the exact age of the two girls she's adopting. The eldest was said to be nine but her birthday was listed as May 29th, 1868, making her twelve. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. W. W. Breese, May 10th, 1880.
Letter to Hollingsworth from Mrs. W. W. Breese of Nashville, Tennessee confirming her and her husband's adoption of two little girls from the home. -
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.