The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · Sep 1 I. It all began with a letter in February 1822 when William Gray (1751-1845) a pious and philanthropic attorney from the City of York picked up the quill to pen a missive to the Editor of the Yorkshire Gazette. LETTER WRITING DAY!
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II. Mindful of the need to rescue and reform the legions of young women forced to sell their bodies on the busy streets of this bustling city, William Gray began a Victorianesque crowdfounder to establish the York Penitentiary...