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Case 1024

5. Letter from Mrs Thompson 6 May 1887

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Wells with her grand parents for some time, certainly in two years or more & is only [scnd] crime & a [?] to rescue her has brought her into notice particularly when we heard that her grandmother was bad - I have never even seen the child or any of the [?] Mr. Bourke may be able I told you may he the father can or could contribute more. No one in wells knows as they about him he has proved he did not care for the welfare of his child.

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