Letter to Miss Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. F. T. Heyser, March 19th, 1894.

Letter to Miss Mary Hollingsworth from Mrs. F. T. Heyser, March 19th, 1894.

Heyser writes to Mary on behalf of a "'grass' widow" living near him whose husband has deserted her and who has two young children, aged 9 and 2 years old. He says that the woman won't put her children anywhere else but the "'Home,'" and that she is located "seven miles in the Country." Letter marked Cloverport, KY.

1894-03-19

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