Case 6537

W. was a Harness maker by trade, but being invalided he came to Clapham ten months ago, having secured a situation as Coachman to Mrs. B., who is a dissenter. This accounts for H. attending the Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School. Before this he had always been to a Church Sunday School. Since his father's death his old grandmother H. ( -- was her second husband) has been allowed to live on in the mews, but she now has to leave and is going to live with a friend, who however cannot take charge of H. His brother E. will now have to provide a home for himself, and therefore would not be able to assist H. out of his 14/- a week and none of his other relations are in a position to do so, unless it be his uncle G., who has a large family, I think, eight in number. Mrs. B. might be willing to do something but the Society would have no claims on her. In fact unless the boy can be placed in a Home, the only alternative is the Workhouse, which is hardly the best start for a particularly bright and intelligent lad.

Dr. H.
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222 [Landon] [?] S.W.