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Case 1214

12. Letter from Eton Mission, Hackney 24 July 1888

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up unconditionally but I am afraid it is no use, he is I believe writing to you today, it is chiefly the evil influence of a young woman whom he has lately married & I am afraid he is not going on steadily himself so that it seems extremely sad that the child must be given up to him especially as they are now very poor & can scarcely support themselves. He seems to have thought that he

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