Various Letters to the Baptist Orphans Home from Nannie Parrott, Reverend Johnie Mason, and A. Perkins, October 1906.
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Various Letters to the Baptist Orphans Home from Nannie Parrott, Reverend Johnie Mason, and A. Perkins, October 1906.
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Description
Nannie Parrott writes to the Home regarding the adoption of Florie Herrin, an 11 year old girl at the Home. She says that she will send her daughter, Ellen Watts, on Friday to pick her up. She includes references from a Pastor, and says to send the child to Harrodsburg. An attached letter from Rev. Johnie Mason, Pastor, and J. A. Coulter C Clark recommends Mrs. Nannie Parrott and Mr. John Parrott to adopt the girl.This letter also asks the Home to "tell it to mind her and she will treat it as one of her own children and she says she dont want it to be sassy with her." A final letter from A. Perkins, member of a church, also recommends the Parrotts. Handwritten on Parrott's letter, "Child rent by Mr. Winchell but brought back. Recommendations untrue. Home and people announced by a Mr. Faller of Mackville or Springfield, M. E. A." Letters marked Mackville, KY and Battle, KY.
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Manuscript Collection, The Filson Historical Society
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Mss_BJ_B222-09_036
Citation
Nannie Parrott, “Various Letters to the Baptist Orphans Home from Nannie Parrott, Reverend Johnie Mason, and A. Perkins, October 1906.,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 17, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/2917.