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Letter addressed to a "Madam" from Charles Wright, February 3rd, 1877.
Letter to the Baptist Home, presumably addressed to Hollingsworth, from Charles Wright of the South and North Alabama Railroads, requesting to be notified of when a little girl enters the home that would be available for adoption. Letter is marked Louisville, KY. -
Letter from J.B. Wilgus, February 15th, 1877.
Letter to the Baptist Home from J.B. Wilgus of J.B. Wilgus & Co., a bank in Lexington, recommending Mr. and Mrs. Shivel as a potential adopting family. -
Letter to Baptist Orphan's Home from R.E. Ryan, August 29th, 1876.
Letter to the home from R.E. Ryan of the Daily and Weekly Ledger, concerning a woman interested in sending her seven year old daughter to the home. Answer written on the back, addressed to a Dr. Peter. -
Letter to Dr. Burton from Mrs. A. M. White, May 21st, 1892.
Letter to Dr. Burton, the chairman of the committee to the Home, from Mrs. A. M. White of Lexington, wishing to adopt a boy from ten to twelve years old. Her and her family are members of the First Baptist Church in Lexington. For more information, White suggests contacting Brother Felix and his wife. Her husband is a carpenter, and is "well acquainted with Miss Hollingsworth." -
Letter to Dr. Smith from Mary A. Hollingsworth, March, 1874.
Letter to Dr. Smith by Mary Hollingsworth concering Mr. Jones, who was requesting a child that would suit him. Hollingsworth recommends Lula Totem, given to the home by her father (still living) Cornealius Totem. -
Letter to Mary Holliingsworth from F. McCoy, April 3rd, 1891.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from F. McCoy of the Tradewater Lumber M'F'G' Go. in Marion, Kentucky. McCoy writes that him and his wife have "about concluded" to adopt a girl from the Home. They want a girl that's fourteen to fifteen years old and from "good stock." -
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 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 A. J. Hess, June 11th, 1892.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from A. J. Hess, Grand Dictator of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Knights of Honor, in Colombus, Kentucky. Hess writes about a three year old little girl whose mother is a poor servant of the Hess family. The little girl is illegitimate and her father will not accepted the child as his. Hess has gained the mother's consent to send the child to the Home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Annie Wearen, December 17th, 1889.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Annie Wearen, presumably related to B. K. Wearen on the letterhead, in Stanford, Kentucky. Wearen writes to the Home asking if they can take a girl into their care: Elizabeth Pence. Her brother, Elijah Pence, has already been taken to the Home. Wearen writes that Elizabeth "has had a hard life." -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Arthur Peter, August 21st, 1877.
Letter to Hollingsworth from Arthur Peter of Arthur Peter & Co., Wholesale Druggists and Importers in Louisville. He discusses the chief of police, Mr. Edwards, and the two children of Madame Turpin. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Arthur Peter, December 29th, 1890.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Arthur Peter, druggist, that confirms that a child, Albert, has been sent to the home by the County Court. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Bright Church, October 3rd, 1888.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Bright Church, publisher of The Examiner in New York, confirming they have now received payment of three dollars and fifty cents and will add the Orphans Home on their subscription list. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Bright Church, September 4th, 1888.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from the Bright Church, publisher of The Examiner, in New York stating that they send publications to reading rooms, Y. M. C. A. and Institutions for one dollar and fifty cents a year. -
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 G. F. Sutton, December 23rd, 1890.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from G. F. Sutton in Lewisburg, Kentucky, concerning the whereabouts of Frank Bell, an orphan adopted by the Home by Miss Mary Newman. Miss Newman married and now has no interest in taking care of Frank, and Frank begged her to go back to the Home. -
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from G.H. Black, April 12th, 1875
Lettet to Hollingsworth from E.H. Black of the Kentucky Insitution for the Education of Feeble-Minded Children confirming the arrival of a little girl from the home. -
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 Geo. A. Cubbage, May 16th, 1892.
Letter to Mary Hollingsworth from Geo. A. Cubbage to recommend Mr. Jos. F. Pasons as an adoptive father. Cameron Cunningham in Leitchfield, Kentucky, also endorses Pasons. -
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.