Letter from Patrick A. Browne in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor Charles Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
Browne wrote to the governor after reading that the state planned to hire "800 boys for farm work." In the letter he explains that he and a friend are interested in employment: "My friend has had experience in farm work but I have not, but I am sure I can learn. I am fifteen years old...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | Browne wrote to the governor after reading that the state planned to hire "800 boys for farm work." In the letter he explains that he and a friend are interested in employment: "My friend has had experience in farm work but I have not, but I am sure I can learn. I am fifteen years old and my friend sixteen, but I am a head taller and six lbs lighter. His being 13 lbs and mine 124 lbs." |
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