(Taken from actual letters received by a County Department)
"I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children I have seven but one died which was baptized on a half sheet of paper."
"Mrs. Jones had not had any clothes for a year and has been visited regularly by the clergy."
"Please find for certain if my husband is dead. The man I am living with can't eat or do anything until he knows."
"I am very much annoyed to find you have branded my son illiterate. This is a dirty lie as I was married a week before he was born."
"In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a boy weighing ten pounds. I hope this is satisfactory."
"I am forwarding my marriage certificate and three children, one of which is a mistake as you can see."
"Unless I get my husbands money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life."
"You have changed my little boy to a little girl. Will this make any difference?"
"I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children I have seven but one died which was baptized on a half sheet of paper."
"Mrs. Jones had not had any clothes for a year and has been visited regularly by the clergy."
"Please find for certain if my husband is dead. The man I am living with can't eat or do anything until he knows."
"I am very much annoyed to find you have branded my son illiterate. This is a dirty lie as I was married a week before he was born."
"In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a boy weighing ten pounds. I hope this is satisfactory."
"I am forwarding my marriage certificate and three children, one of which is a mistake as you can see."
"Unless I get my husbands money pretty soon, I will be forced to lead an immortal life."
"You have changed my little boy to a little girl. Will this make any difference?"