Letter by Hitty Vail

Description: Walter Martin was brought here on the 4th of July, 1872 and stayed 43 weeks until the 16th of April, 1873, and was then taken away but was brought back on the 16th of Jan. 1874, and has been here now just 6 weeks, and during a part of that time he laid sick of typhoid fever [for] 3 weeks. Now if you can do anything for me I would be glad to hear from you. The child is now 4 years old on the 3rd of May. - Mrs. Hitty Boyd; Claim no. 86.; The claim was not allowed by Lib. Ginn.
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Origin: 1874-02-28 (Dated)
Created By: Vail, Hitty
Contributor(s): Martin, Walter; Ginn, Liberty; Cunningham, A. B.; Keesling, George; Cecil, George
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/PoRelRec/id/844
Collection: Delaware County Poor Relief Records
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography: Muncie
Delaware County
Indiana
United States
North and Central America
Subjects: Public welfare

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