Smithtown July 25th
66

Dear Mrs. Gibbons,
I write you
for a small amount of information feeling
perhaps I am asking
too much with all
the demands you
have on your time.

Could you give
me the address of
the servants Home
in N.M. Several I
know among the
poor in whom I
am interested, women
[with?] situations in
the city I have
seen such an

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Institution advertised
where application
could be made
by those wishing homes
in the city, where
they could remain
until a home
was found.

One thing
more do you
know of any young
girl wishing a home
until womanhood
I am on the
lookout for one I
can offer the
advantages of a
good home to one
that would not be
troubled with
relations or taken
from me.

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I could not see
the fruits of my
labor.

What I
have done for
the colored people
with s has all
brought its reward
Just now we
have three in our
house good and
respectable, one
married a man
who has lived
with us five years
and two little
boys who promise
to become good
men. I have
proposed to our
[?] and
several others to
apply to the [association]

[association] in Hudson St
for domestics. I could
help you much. I often
feel in all your labors
of love, if my home
was in the city, but
providence has marked
out another sphere
as best for the
present.

I will feel
it a great favor, if
you could give me
the information at
an early day, soon
as you can,
for which I will be
very much obliged.
Yours with respect
S.E. Vail.

Smithtown
Long Island