Letter to Miss Mary Hollingsworth from Geo. W. Shepherd, January 1900.

Follow-up letter from November 1899. Shepherd writes to Hollingsworth regarding a "half" orphan, whose mother recently died and was a member of his church. The baby is 13.5 months old, and his father is 60 years old and "in destitute circumstances." Shepherd says that the father agreed to send his baby to the Home for its sake, and that he wants to bring the baby to the Home as soon as possible. Letter marked Ewing, KY. In a letter from Jan 1900, Shepherd says that he received a letter stating that he needed to include a blank from the child's father "giving the child wholy and uncondishonly to the home." He says he lost the blank already filled out and asks for another form. He says that he will bring the child around the 9th or 10th of January. Letter marked Winchester, KY.

Manuscript Collection, The Filson Historical Society

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