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Case 1294

8. Letter from E's paternal grandmother c. 18 November 1895

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which was against the rules of the Society. I wrote Mrs. Bere that I would take the child but I find that I cannot fill up the rule's properly, as we live over stables I have only two rooms, & there is myself & my husband & 2 boys of 14 & 16 & my daughter a domestic servant has been ill 3 months & they will soon be sending her home from the hospital & I don't know when she will be able to move her leg as it is perfectly

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