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Letter to W. L. Weller from A. R. Penny, November 5th, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller and Brother from A. R. Penny, dealer in Drugs and Books in Stanford, Kentucky. He writes that the children Bro. Barron wrote to the home about are in a "helpless condition" as their father was killed by being run over by a car, and their mother died of fever six weeks prior. Bro. Barron is said to be a Chrisitian gentleman, and Bro. Elsom at the Seminary can vouch for his character. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from G. M. Davison, November 9th, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller from G. M. Davison, attorney and master comissioner of Lincoln County, who writes from Stanford, Kentucky on the Heybus children. Davison does not know the three children's birth dates or mother's maiden name. Their grand mother is not in the area to give this information, and won't be for several weeks. Davison may have sent three blank checks, two of which were soiled, and is asking for them to be returned. -
Letter to Mr. Weller from George Hunt, July 17th, 1889.
Letter to presumably W. L. Weller from George Hunt in Stanford, Kentucky discussing a boy mentioned in a prior letter and his behavior becoming akin to his father's. Hunt also writes that Bro. Barron had been paralyzed a few weeks earlier, and was unable to respond to letters.The letterhead is for A. R. Penny, Druggist and Jeweler. -
Letter to Mr. Weller from George Hunt, August 10th, 1889.
Letter to presumably W. L. Weller from George Hunt in Stanford, Kentucky discussing a boy mentioned in a prior letter after he had a discussion with Mr. Pierce, the boy's father. Hunt mentions a "sister Jani in Caldwell," and says he will fill blank checks if they are sent to him. -
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 the Baptist Orphans Home from Jno. L. O'Neal, July 18th, 1894.
Jno. L. O'Neal writes to the Home regarding William Pence, an orphan from the Home adopted by a Dr. Golden. He states that Pence was "fleeing from hard hands he had fallen into in Henry County," and that he knew the boy from when he stayed with a Mrs. Stewart near Anchorage. Pence told O'Neal that Golden kept him only a short time, and then passed him off to his father who mistreated him. When asked why he did not report the mistreatment to the Home, William stated he was afraid and that the neighbors "promised to write and report for him." O'Neal was going to send him back to Stanford to his sisters, but contacted the Home "so as to avoid the R. R." He asks if the Home allows "orphans to be bandied around as in shuttlecock hither and thither," or if they "scrutinize the character of applicants for them." Letter marked Eminence, KY.