Inasmuch as we seem to be talking past one another about "adoption,"
which has both a formal legal meaning and history as well as an informal
and longer history, permit me to recommend a recent book on this very
topic: E. Wayne Carp, Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives
(University of Michigan Press, 2003).

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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