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Case 9627

20. Letter from Mary Mortimer about arrangements 22 July 1903

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Broadlands, Newport, Isle of Wight.
July 22. 1903

Dear Sir
J.

I was very sorry to receive your letter respecting this child this morning, & it has come so unexpectedly too, as the doctors here thought so differently of his intelligence, & to hear now he is an imbecile is very sad. May I ask if he may remain at

Overwritten in black: ans 23 July 03

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