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The Meeting of Mother and Daughter
In New York, Jacobs is reunited with her daughter Ellen, who has been living with the Hobbs family in Brooklyn, and learns that Ellen has been kept largely uneducated and referred to as a future “waiting-maid” rather than being sent to school as promised.
Arrival in New York and old acquaintancesReunion with her daughter EllenEllen's neglected educationSearching for brother William, and a discouraging letter from Dr. Flint