Case 1106

we always before accepting a situation require a reference to the clergyman of the parrish in which the applicant lives. [?] the answers to [?] the same they It is somewhat a delicate matter though as many [?] would look upon it as interference, & again [?] would be a [?] matter if taken on the part of most of the clergy at [?] is my experience.

yrs truly
Frances Gittens