Letter to Miss Mary A. Hollingsworth from H. H. Beaty, October 6th, 1893.

Letter to Miss Mary A. Hollingsworth from H. H. Beaty, October 6th, 1893.

Beaty writes to Hollingsworth asking for an application to "get a girl in the home." Letter marked Oakville, KY. In a follow-up letter on 10 Oct 1893, Beaty writes that the girl is about 11 years, has no father or mother, no estate, and is sound in body and mind. In another letter 12 Oct 1893, she writes that she doesn't know the father's age or church status, and that the girl was an illegitimate child. She says that her grandmother is a member of Pleasant Grade Baptist Church of Lagon Co., KY.

H. H. Beaty

Manuscript Collection, The Filson Historical Society

1893-10-06

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