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Case 517

18. Letter from Emily Jackson 15 April 1889

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He will have a good home & good training. My cook is a very kindly respectable widow, with boys of her own. He will be under her in the morning & my Parlourmaid, whom I want him to assist in the after part of the day, is also a widow, & a very [especial] woman.

I will do my best to encourage him to live up to the principles in


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