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Letter to the Baptist Orphans Home from Jeb and Nannie Peyton, November 11th, 1893.

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The Peytons write to the Home asking to "get" a girl "of good mind and good health about 12 or 14 years of age" with "no relation so that she would learn to love me as a mother." They include that they have 7 boys and one 4-year old girl. They also…