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Letter to Baptist Orphan's Home from Q. B. Coleman, May 14th, 1889.

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Title

Letter to Baptist Orphan's Home from Q. B. Coleman, May 14th, 1889.

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Description

Letter to Baptist Orphan's Home from Q. B. Coleman, Muhlenberg County Judge writing from Greenville, Kentucky. On behalf of Bro. J. H. Craig, Coleman writes to send a destitute child with no father and a mother kept in the local jail. The child's name is Etta Whitmer and is only two years old. Coleman is unaware if Etta's mother was a member of any church, but believes her family to be Northern Methodist.

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Manuscript Collection, The Filson Historical Society

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Mss_BJ_B222-02_058

Citation

Q. B. Coleman, “Letter to Baptist Orphan's Home from Q. B. Coleman, May 14th, 1889.,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed May 8, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/2099.