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Griffing, Josephine Sophie White ?. Letter to Isaac Post.
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Philanthropie men in Rochester <br /> | Philanthropie men in Rochester <br /> | ||
Also will you ask the Colored <br /> | Also will you ask the Colored <br /> | ||
| − | people there to help the [ | + | people there to help the [thousands?] <br /> |
of suffering women and children <br /> | of suffering women and children <br /> | ||
of their people here. <br /> | of their people here. <br /> | ||
You will see by the circular <br /> | You will see by the circular <br /> | ||
what we are in most need of. <br /> | what we are in most need of. <br /> | ||
| − | We are [ | + | We are [through?] at our Office <br /> |
for wood & food & clothes & beds & <br /> | for wood & food & clothes & beds & <br /> | ||
| − | bedding | + | bedding - You cannot [imagine?] <br /> |
the [destitution?]. The weather is <br /> | the [destitution?]. The weather is <br /> | ||
severe, and many Mothers have <br /> | severe, and many Mothers have <br /> | ||
only kept their children from freezing <br /> | only kept their children from freezing <br /> | ||
by sitting up with them, <u> all night</u> <br /> | by sitting up with them, <u> all night</u> <br /> | ||
| − | & holding them | + | & holding them close to them, in <br /> |
| + | [turn?]- While many of them are <br /> | ||
| + | on the point of starvation. <u>[Work?]</u> <br /> | ||
| + | is so exceedingly <u>scarce</u> & [living?] so <br /> | ||
| + | high, that you can [see?] that 30,000 of <br /> | ||
| + | these people here [must?] suffer. <br /> | ||
| + | With sincere regards - Josephine S. Griffing | ||
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help us, and soon? For [instance?]
your Artistry, [illegible] , and
Philanthropie men in Rochester
Also will you ask the Colored
people there to help the [thousands?]
of suffering women and children
of their people here.
You will see by the circular
what we are in most need of.
We are [through?] at our Office
for wood & food & clothes & beds &
bedding - You cannot [imagine?]
the [destitution?]. The weather is
severe, and many Mothers have
only kept their children from freezing
by sitting up with them, all night
& holding them close to them, in
[turn?]- While many of them are
on the point of starvation. [Work?]
is so exceedingly scarce & [living?] so
high, that you can [see?] that 30,000 of
these people here [must?] suffer.
With sincere regards - Josephine S. Griffing