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XKWH - Humphreys Bequest - 12th century-20th century
B - Manuscripts arranged into date sequences according to century - 1413-1946
18 - Nineteenth century manuscripts - 19th century
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KWH/B/18/326
Title
Letter from Mary Ann Bowden, Stone Row, Marple, near Stockport, Cheshire, to Mr Livesley, secretary to the committee of the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London
Extent
1 item
Date
1843
Description
As she is to be alone when her consumptive son dies, she requests a search in the books for the name of her mother whom she hears is alive in Surrey: she had left the Hospital in 1810 at the age of 14 so must have been received there in 1896
14 May 1843
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