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Letter to W. L. Weller from Z. T. Long, November 16th, 1888.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Z. T. Long of Mayfield, Kentucky on behalf of his adopted daughter, Mary. Mr. Long writes that Mary is adjusting well to her new home and new things, and receives many hugs and kisses from Mr. Long and his wife. Mary sends her love to Mrs. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Hackley, as well as all her "mates:" Gassie, Sallie, Merry Bell Brown, Mollie Cot, Evaloma Spernits, Nrussinice (?) Dickens, Cleven Dickens, Hattie Stemper, Maggie Halloween, Mirnice (?) Jacksons. Mr. Long requests Mr. Weller pass on Mary's messages, as well as send any of Mary's birth information the Home has to put in the family Bible. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from Wm. Russell, September 21st, 1887.
Letter to W. L. Weller from Wm. Russell denying his neighbor's allegations that he and his wife have been abusing the two children they adopted at the home. -
Letter to W. L. Weller from W. T. McGill, March 31st, 1894.
W. T. McGill writes to the Home regarding Wilie Worh, a boy who they apparently adopted from the Home and are having trouble with. They say that Wilie says he will not stay unless they will "pay him wages as he is bent on having money of his own." He goes on to say that they have given him too much to pay him, and that any money they have given him he has spent on "tobaco and other trash." They want to send him to "a house of reform as soon as posible" and ask for the Home to advise. They specify that they want him to be treated well but "do not want to think of him as tramping over the world being misstreated and nocked about." Letter marked Sonora Hardin Co., KY. -
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 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 Mrs. Walter Cunningham from W. L. Weller, March 29th,1893.
Letter to Mrs. Walter Cunningham in Canton, Kentucky from W. L. Weller, responding to a previous letter and advising the Church on admitting Lola into the Home. The receipient also asked if there were employment options in the home, and Weller confirmed there were none. Weller stated that the Home currently has 81 children. -
Letter to Rev. R. W. Mahan from W. L. Weller, November 11th, 1891.
Letter to Rev. R. W. Mahan of Bardwell, Kentucky from W. L. Weller concerning the adoptive daughter of Brother Steinbach. Mahan's response, dated December 4th from Clinton, Kentucky, is written on the back. Mahan says Weller can write to the pastor of Bardwell Church, Edel Y. H. Pease. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller, July 3rd, 1891.
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons of three hundred dollars. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller, June 20th, 1891.
Check to T. J. Humphrey of five hundred and five dollars with ninety cents from W. L. Weller. -
Check for T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller, May 6th, 1891.
Check for T. J. Humphrey for three hundred dollars for the Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home, signed by W. L. Weller. -
Letter to Judge H. C. Rogers, Sr. from W. L. Weller, April 10th, 1891.
Letter to Judge H. C. Rogers, Sr. in Leitchfield, Kentucky from W. L. Weller detailing that if the eldest, twelve years old, is a boy, the Home cannot take him in. If the eldest is a girl, the six children can be committed to the Home. He requests that a physician give a certificate of their good health and that their ages be inserted in the Bond. -
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 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 Mr. Joseph Dulany from W. L. Weller, October 2nd, 1888.
Letter to Mr. Joseph Dulany in Rockcastle County, Kentucky from W. L. Weller discussing the acceptance of a little girl, Amanda Bangs. If her parents are both dead and she is "sound in mind and body" that she can be sent to Louisville with the papers and be accepted in the Home. -
Letter to Mr. Shelby Wilson from W. L. Weller, September 24th, 1888.
Letter to Mr. Shelby Wilson in New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky from W. L. Weller, requesting he provide confidential reference for a possible adoptive mother, Mrs. Fannie Brown. On the back, Mr. Wilson responds that he doesn't know her, though she is twenty-one years old and lives with her husband. Both seem kind, yet they are too poor to "do much for a child. " -
Letter to Ms. J. Ellotten from W. L. Weller, June 11th, 1888.
Letter to J. Ellotten (sp) in Donover, Kentucky, from W. L. Weller on behalf of the Louisville Baptist Orphan's Home. Weller writes that he has received her letter and she now needs to fill out bonds before a clerk to complete the paperwork. She can send her two little girls with the paperwork. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, November 2nd, 1887.
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of three hundred dollars. -
Receipt to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, September 6th, 1887.
Receipt to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of four hundred dollars. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, January 8th, 1887.
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of three hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-seven cents. -
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, March 14th, 1887.
Check to T. J. Humphrey from W. L. Weller & Sons, distillers and liquor dealers, of two hundred and thirty one dollars and fifty three cents.