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Case 4776

2. Letter from Miss Savage 27 March 1895

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to any Asylum, where she is not dying. The eldest son, who is 25 has tried to keep the family together, but the eldest sister is married & has a family of her own in [Ipsemouth], & the next girl is only 15, & she cannot manage the younger ones. The elder brother is anxious therefore if possible to place the three youngest children in Homes. There is a boy of 4 & two girls of 10, & 6. but he is most anxious that they should not be placed with the lower class


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