"November 1844: [A letter received by the asylum was entered into the record:] "My mother died when I [Caroline Sophia Hyde] was at the age of seven years. I was then admitted into the Asylum where I remained til I was eighteen. The ladies of the Asylum very kindly offered to give me a trade, but I preferred living at service; lived in that capacity nearly two years and then thought I would try my fortune at something else. I procured a situation in a printing office which I liked very much. I worked there til I was married. I have been married two years, have a very kind husband and am very comfortably situated. I shall ever feel grateful to the ladies for their kind care of me when an orphan child and the interest they have manifested in my welfare since I became of age. May the blessing of Heaven be upon them; and may the be prosperous in all their undertakings. Signed Caroline S. Pollard."
