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Dear Mr. Tracy,

When I lived in New York I had no bonnet. Now I have more bonnets that I can wear. I get no whippings and I have a father and a mother and brothers and sisters here and they are kinder to me than my own ever were. I think I will never be happier than I am now.

Mary

Another case:

The original plan by The Children's Aid Society was to have the Agent visit each child once a year to see how they were getting along. When the number of children placed in homes became so large, it became an impossible task. Therefore, some children were overlooked.

An Agent went to a home to check on a young girl and he found the man and the girl were a little too cozy for his liking. When he returned to New York City, he prepared papers to remove the girl from that home. When he returned a month later, they had moved.

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