{"id":5701,"date":"2023-10-23T19:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/changestartsnow.ca\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=5701"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:05:51","slug":"letter-from-melba-jewell-to-the-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/changestartsnow.ca\/fr\/documents\/letter-from-melba-jewell-to-the-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Melba Jewell to the Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear sir:<br>RE: Negro Cemetery, Concession? Woolwich TWP. (?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Last month we had occasion to visit the cemetery where some of the early Negro<br>settlers are buried. A number of the deceased are ancestors of our own family and<br>until the last few months, we did not know that the cemetery existed or that it<br>contained some of our ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This letter is to request that from time to time, the grass and weeds in the small<br>cemetery be cut also it is requested that we be allowed to place a cross and<br>appropriate flowers at\/near the assembled gravestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You are assured that the costs for the cross and flowers and their maintenance<br>will be borne by the undersigned. The township council is asked to consider this<br>matter at its early convenience and advise of any decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Yours truly<br>(Miss) Melba Jewell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190507\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190507\/image-14.png 944w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190507\/image-14-363x500.png 363w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190507\/image-14-768x1058.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"1036\" src=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190521\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190521\/image-15.png 936w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190521\/image-15-452x500.png 452w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/23190521\/image-15-768x850.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear sir:RE: Negro Cemetery, Concession? 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