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Title
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Petition (white schools) 1922 Silcott Springs supplies list of students they want to send to school
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Description
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In this petition, families list their students to prove they have "quite a number" to send to a school for white children in Silcott Springs.
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Tag
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letter, dated, August, 1922, petition, children, school, community, education, support
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Date
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1922-08-19
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Identifier
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1041436
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Is Version Of
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1041436_2.5.B Yr 1922 Silcott Springs wants Myrtle Piggott.pdf
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWS Special Projects/Lost_Letters Project/Ed Washington Folder/2.5B White Petitions/2.5.B Silcott Springs/2.5.B Yr 1922 Silcott Springs wants Myrtle Piggott.pdf
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Transcription
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Purcellville, Va.
Aug 19-1922
Mr. W.T. Smith--
Dear Sir--
Mrs. Dr. Piggott took the inclosed (sic) paper around in neighborhood, and the following people
signed it to send pupils to the school here, and every day that it is fit for them to get there. As you see there is quite a number--
Kindy let me
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hear from you, and also what salary will be given--
Hoping this is alright, I remain,
Yours truly
/s/ Myrtle E. Piggott,
Purcellville
Va.
Mr E.
I will get this petition some time when I am in your office after you have looked it over
Mr.[illegible] J.S
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Sign paper for sending children as regular as possible to Silcott Springs School.
These are the following--
I.
R L Utterback (age)
Elisa 9
Albert 7
II
Ollie Rhodes
David “ 12
Louise “ 9
Mary “ 15
III
Mrs. Alto Embry
Myrtle Embry age 11
Henry Embry “ 9
Ruth Embry “ 7
IV.
Mrs Edgar Hurst
Floyd Hurst age 9
Bedford Hurst 8
Helen 7.
V
Mrs Thomas M Reed
Thomas E. Reed 8
Harry C. Reed 13
VI
Beverly Carter
Alice Carter
(1) Carroll Carter
(2) Nellie Carter.
(3) Paul Carter.
VII.
Mrs. R. C. Hindman
Vivian Hindman 6
(over)
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VIII.
Mrs. Henry Emerick
Louise Emerick 7
Roger Emerick 9
IX
Mrs William Gray
Margurette Gray 13
Ada Gray 10
Virgil Gray 8
Harry Gray 6
X.
Dr W B Piggott
Margaret R Piggott (6)
