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title: 'Signing the Contract, and What It Cost'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Martha Farquharson Finley'
date: 1879-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Children and Youth'
scriptures:
- 'James 1'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/finley-1879-signing-the-contract-and-what-it-cost
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# Signing the Contract, and What It Cost

Victorian scene: a destitute mother and her infant are found at a stormy station and offered adoption by a kind couple, forcing a heartbreaking choice. Themes of poverty, maternal love, and sacrifice.

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