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Letter to Judge Jno. M. Burns from W. L. Weller, March 6th, 1889.
Letter to Judge Jno. M. Burns in Ashland, Kentucky from W. J. Weller discussing the bond process and the role of a Judge and County County Court in an adoption. -
Letter to Judge Jno. M. Burns from W. L. Weller, March 11th, 1889.
Letter to Judge Jno. M. Burns in Ashland, Kentucky from W. L. Weller confirming that he has sent the bonds to the mother are for her to use in committing her children. If the two children are of sound mind and body and the mother is willing to give them to the Home, the children will be accepted. Once the children are admitted, the mother, by contract, has no control of the children and will have to write the Home to hear from them. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Dr. Jos. Martin, March 20th, 1889.
Letter to Mr. W. L. Weller from Dr. Jos. Martin in Poindexter, Kentucky discussing his visit to the home on Monday, March 25th. -
Letter to William Weller from Geo. A. Cubbage, May 11th, 1889.
Letter to Mr. William Weller from Geo. A. Cubbage, clerk of the Grayson County Court in Leitchfield, Kentucky, confirming Mr. Moses Terry will adopt Ida May from the Home. Cubbage requests the required paperwork, and states that his friend Mr. Dugan will pick Ida May at the 7th St. depot. Cubbage also requests that Miss Cilla Owen be notified of this news. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Geo. A. Cubbage, May 14th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Geo. A. Cubbage to introduce Weller to Mr. S. F. C. Wooldridge, a neighbor of Mr. Moses Terry. Mr. Wooldridge will deliver Ida May to Mr. Terry and the bonds for her will soon be signed and sent. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from C. L. Givens, May 27th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from C. L. Givens saying that the child he intends to adopt will not be used as a servant. He and his wife again request a ten to twelve year old girl that will be present and attentive to young children, wanting it to be "just as if we had a child of that age ourself." -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Q. B. Coleman, June 15th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Q. B. Coleman, Muhlenberg County Judge in Greenville, Kentucky asking if the home has any children nine years old and older that can now be adopted by good Baptist families. He requests the conditions "upon which you bind children," as he can find homes for two or three children soon. -
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 W. L. Weller from J. W. Eades, July 26th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from J.M. Eades in Nebo, Kentucky, who writes in response to Weller's earlier letter confirming he will adopt Charlie Aulick and will fill blank checks upon their arrival to him. Eades prefers Charlie to be apprenticed so Eades can teach him how to farm. Eades is also a deacon at the Baptist Church in Pleasant Grove, Hopkins County. All his other children are girls and he needs a boy to assist him in his old age. -
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 W. L. Weller from Jas. A. Shuttleworth, August 16th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Jas. A. Shuttleworth, owner of a men's and boy's clothing store in Louisville, saying that him and his father are pleased with the boy they have adopted from the Home. Shuttleworth writes, "Trust he [Shuttleworth's father] may be able to make a useful man of him." -
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from Mrs. T. R. Givens, September 2nd, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from unknown person. Their name is not signed on the letter, but they are presumably related to T. R. Givens from the name on the letterhead. Givens writes to the Home saying she wants a boy instead of a girl, but still around ten years of age. Givens writes that she is a member of the M. E. Church and has two children, one nineteen years old and the other sixteen months. She says that she is forty-five years old, and her husband is forty seven. She lists four references: Mrs. Ludale La Rue, Mr. Hill Buchanan, Mrs. Hugh L. McElroy, and Mr. [Huron?] Harris. All are in Union County, Flournoy, Kentucky. Givens also writes that she will apply for a boy in Cincinnati if she doesn't receive a boy from the home. -
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from Reap. J W. Enders, September 8th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from Reap. J. W. Enders in Madisonville, Kentucky, giving Weller instructions for delivering the boy he is adopting to Madisonville, Kentucky by train. He also mentiones Dr. John Bassett of Providence Webster Co. Kentucky, who wants to adopt a girl in the spring. He asks Weller to send Charles to Madisonville Sept 14th, 1889 and he will meet him. -
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from J. M. Duley, September 23rd, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller & Sons from J. M. Duley in Birdsville, Kentucky in Livingston County. The metter is marked in the letterhead as Smithland, Kentucky. Duley writes to confirm he has sent the proper bonds to the Home (which he found to be "unnecessary") and wants them to send Minnie to Birdsville "the cheapest way [which is to] put her in the care of the Clerk [J. M. Worten] on the boat" and to "tell her that she will come all right [and tell her] not to fear." -
Letter to Bro. Weller from B. J. Dawson, October 25th, 1889.
Letter to presumably W. L. Weller from B. J. Dawson in Owensboro, Kentucky writing to confirm he and his wife will adopt the boy Wilson from the Home. Dawson then asks about the bonds process and how Wilson will get to his home in Masonville, Kentucky. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from B. J. Dawson, November 12th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from B. J. Dawson in Owensboro, Kentucky, writing that "Alton" has arrived safely and the bonds for him will be sent shortly. "Alton" started school the day prior and is pleased. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from W. M. Carr, November 16th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from W. M. Carr discussing the treatment of a former "inmate" of the home, Lula, who has been adopted by Mr. W. O. Haynes. Carr writes that Lula is at his home now and is doing well,as it will take a week or so for Mr. Robinson to arrive in Louisville. Carr mentions that a Mr. Leu McElroy wants to take Lula in as an apprentice, and Carr writes them as "good natured people." Her role would be to help hus wife in the house and "entertain a boy 2 or 3 years old." Carr writes that Lula is "as good as child as I ever saw." -
Letter to W. L. Weller from W. M. Carr, November 20th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from W. M. Carr discussing the treatment of a former "inmate" of the home, Lula, who has been adopted by Mr. W. O. Haynes. Carr writes that Mr. Green A. Robinson cannot deliver hogs and cattle because of unfavorable prices and weather. Carr asks if an arrangement can be made for Lula to travel by herself and be met when she arrives in Louisville. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from James Denton, November 29th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from James Denton of Somerset, Kentucky detailing the arrival of children to Louisville in the coming month, sent off by Mr. Suller and guarded by Mr. Philips. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Chas. Stevens, December 13th, 1889.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Chas. Stevens of Paris, Kentucky discussing Mrs. Amanda Nelson, who wants to put her children in the Home. She recently moved to Runsville, Kentucky, and is a member of the Baptist Church. Stephens considers her "fully worthy to recieve the benefits of the Home for her children."