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Letter to the Baptist Orphans Home from Mrs. Edith Baker, April 24th, 1894.
Mrs. Baker writes to the Home asking to adopt "an intelligent little girl between the age of 8 and 12 years old." She specifies that she wants her to have "plesent disposition," and that she "can give it a good home and will devote [her] life to her happiness!" She is a widow with no children. Letter marked Eubanks, KY. In a second letter from 2 May 1894, Mrs. Baker states that her references are attached, and that her "home is quiet yet surrounded with beautiful flowers, books, papers, etc." and that she would lavish the child with love. She says she is interested in an apprentice for now, then adopting the little girl after 1 or 2 years. Letter marked Eubanks, KY. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Mrs. Edith Baker, May 2nd, 1894.
Mrs. Baker writes to the Home asking to adopt "an intelligent little girl between the age of 8 and 12 years old." She specifies that she wants her to have "plesent disposition," and that she "can give it a good home and will devote [her] life to her happiness!" She is a widow with no children. Letter marked Eubanks, KY. In a second letter from 2 May 1894, Mrs. Baker states that her references are attached, and that her "home is quiet yet surrounded with beautiful flowers, books, papers, etc." and that she would lavish the child with love. She says she is interested in an apprentice for now, then adopting the little girl after 1 or 2 years. Letter marked Eubanks, KY.
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Letter to W. L. Weller from Mrs. Edith Baker, May 6th, 1894.
Mrs. Baker writes to the Home asking to adopt "an intelligent little girl between the age of 8 and 12 years old." She specifies that she wants her to have "plesent disposition," and that she "can give it a good home and will devote [her] life to her happiness!" She is a widow with no children. Letter marked Eubanks, KY. In a second letter from 2 May 1894, Mrs. Baker states that her references are attached, and that her "home is quiet yet surrounded with beautiful flowers, books, papers, etc." and that she would lavish the child with love. She says she is interested in an apprentice for now, then adopting the little girl after 1 or 2 years. Letter marked Eubanks, KY. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from James A. Acton, May 17th, 1894.
Acton writes to the Home inquiring about a girl between 13 and 14 years old who is "large enough to cook." He says he has one child of his own but that "it is small." Letter marked Newell, KY. In another undated letter, Mrs. Edith Baker, Isaac N. Grabul, and J. W. Floyd write to recommend Dr. Allen Acton as an adoptive father for a little girl. Letter marked Newell, KY.