Hampton

1929
Department of Interior, Republic of Liberia

This Permit of Residence allows Margaretta S. Ridgely to live for one year in Liberia. Then sixty years old, Margaretta spent 1929 as her twenty-fifth year residing in the country where she served as an Episcopal missionary and founded a school for girls. Instead of collecting her salary as a missionary, Margaretta redirected the funds to support the efforts of a missionary in China.

Paper. L 27.5, W 21.5 cm
Hampton National Historic Site, HAMP 14868