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Spartanburg S. C. 77 Forest St. Mrs Jane L. Stanford:- Dec 12th 1901

Dear Madam:-

A lady gave me some old magazines to read the other day and I saw your name in one of them so I write to ask if you wont be so kind as to let me do some work for you. The kind of work I do I cant not get sales for it here as the people do their own work and them that cant do it are too poor to buy. My husband has been sick for two years with rhumatism and is hardly ever able to do any work and we have 2 little boys to raise and I do all the work I can get so as to keep the boys at school but times are so hard here this winter. I am afraid I will have to take them from school because I cant get cloths for them to wear and feed them as I cant get work to do. I embroidery sofa pillows tops on satin and