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The Camden Journal
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
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A Morning Chronicle correspondent visiting a house in Leeds finds three children alone, revealing extreme ignorance: they don't know their ages, the Queen's name, or places like Ireland, England, or Yorkshire, except that they live in Leeds. The family is believed to be Irish.
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I asked them if they ever went to school? "Never."—"Can you tell your letters?" A mere stolid stare of ignorance.—"How old are you," I asked the eldest girl. "Don't know."—Do you know what is the Queen's name?" "No." "Where were you born?" "Don't know." (The relieving officer said he believed all the family were Irish.) "Did you ever hear of a place called Ireland?" "No." Or a place called England?" "No." "Or a place called Yorkshire?" "No."—"Do you know the name of this town?" After a pause the question was answered. The eldest girl did know that she lived in Leeds: and this knowledge with the exception of matters belonging to the daily routine of existence, seemed positively to be the only piece of information in the possession of the family.
Liverpool Chronicle.
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Leeds
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Correspondent enters house in Leeds, finds three children alone. Conversation reveals they never went to school, cannot tell letters, don't know their ages, Queen's name, birthplace, or places like Ireland, England, Yorkshire. Eldest knows they live in Leeds. Family believed Irish by relieving officer. This is their only knowledge beyond daily routine.