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HOUG/B/N/3/44
Title
Note from Mary Burdon, a blind girl, to Annabella Hungerford Milnes, written in capitals formed by raised dots
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- Jan. 1858 (Creation)
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1 sheet.
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[Text written out in both upper and lower case for ease of reading]: Respected Lady | I hope you will excuse the liberty I have taken in making your baby a pair of shoes which I hope you will accept as a small token of my gratitude for your kindness to us. I am your grateful servant | Mary Burdon'.
Note written directly onto facing page of volume: 'Sent with a pair of Baby's Shoes by a little blind Girl - Jan[uary] 1858'.
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Tipped into HOUG/BN/3.
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Note
The letter is tipped in upside down; perhaps because of this the note on the adjoining page has also been written up-side down compared to the other material in the book.