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Letter to Amanda Carter from the Board of Public Welfare

February 17, 1960

Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A letter signed by Superintendent of Public Welfare, Carrie H. Bliss, RSW, to Amanda Carter referencing payment of $20.00 for midwife services. Typewritten in black ink on a single sheet of white paper with letterhead reads "BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE / Prince Edward County and Town of Farmville / Courthouse Building / Farmville Virginia." The letter is dated February 17, 1960.

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Catalog reference: 2011.75.27

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