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Case 2

9. Letter from H. R. Roxby 25 August 1886

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is far too old for us to have, even if he was a good & nice boy which I fear he is not. Mr. Blackman, Mr. [Hale] ([?] Martin of the Board School) & Mrs. Mitchell all complain of him & from what I can find out he ought not to remain at Clapton.

He is poor boy an awful cripple & cannot do much, but on the other hand is rude & conceited beyond conception, being such a

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