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Although not specifically stated, it seems clear that this letter to Maria Maher, "a first rate servant" girl who had "served us [the Ewings] so long and so well," addressed her unfortunate condition--becoming pregnant out of wedlock. She was sent to the Catholic charitable institution in St. Louis and advised to seek legal assistance from a particular attorney there "if the young man will not honorably fulfil his promise. . . . If the young man means to marry you, he will do it at once."
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: September 14, 1859
Item Number: 903
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 903
Business and Industry - Labor - Domestic servants
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Catholic
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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