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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Describes her arrival to Point Lookout, particularly the varying ways in which she and her daughter Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson were received. Discusses Dorothea Dix's displeasure with her at length.
Date:
1863-02-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse at the N.J. General Hospital, with a focus on the death of Major Potter [sp].
Date:
1864-09-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse at the N.J. General Hospital, especially a woman who came to retrieve her husband's body for burial.
Date:
1864-09-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Description:
Describes serving as a nurse for the "Contraband" ("Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines). Describes her discussions with senators about what she has been experiencing, and the general ignorance of these senators and other men in positions of power. Discusses at length the behavior of the Surgeon General, whom she finds to be ignorant and an abuser of his power - says that he "hates Protestant women."
Date:
1863-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on Hammond General Hospital stationery. Dr. Anthony Heger was the successor of Dr. Wagner as Medical Director of Point Lookout. Is happy that Gibbons' family and valuables were recovered safely from the New York City draft riot that destroyed her home. Hopes she will be able to return to the hospital soon, saying "you have become almost identified with its rise and progress." Discusses recent events that have transpired while she's been away; there have been multiple "visitors of high official character" who have approved of the hospital conditions, including Dorothea Dix. A prison camp for Confederate soldiers is going to be established at Point Lookout.
Date:
1863-08-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written by a soldier in the army hospital at Point Lookout, where Gibbons had worked as a nurse. Briefly talks about the destruction of Gibbons's house during the recent New York draft riots. Expresses distrust of Democrats and dislike of many perceived traitors to the Union such as "Wood" and "Seymour" (perhaps Thomas H. Seymour, governor of New York). Reports that there are about 1100 African-Americans at Point Lookout. Talks about a visit of an "Old Angel, likely in reference to Dorothea Dix, and discusses conflict between her and Gibbons. Talks about a Contraband man called Uncle Willoughby (contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
Date:
1863-08-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frederick N. Knapp letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Frederick N. Knapp letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Frederick Newman Knapp was a clergyman, teacher, and prominent figure of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War, acting as superintendent of the Special Relief Department. Wants to include a written account of Gibbons' experiences as a Civil War nurse in the book he is writing about the relief of sick and wounded soldiers.
Date:
1866-07-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Henrietta T. Norris letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Henrietta T. Norris letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses arrangements at hospitals in Baltimore, including the "diet rooms." Has received a "Hammond Gazette" from the hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland, where Gibbons worked as a nurse. Describes communications with relief workers in Philadelphia and Flushing, NY. Recently saw astronomer Maria Mitchell in Philadelphia.
Date:
1863-04-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Written on U.S.A. General Hospital, Fairfax Seminary stationery. Discusses recent events concerning army hospital personnel, including the controversies surrounding Surgeon General Hammond. Describes the substandard conditions of a regimental hospital and rebukes the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the Medical Department. Disapproves of the social receptions held exclusively for the officers and ladies. Is working to establish a reading room and asks for donations of surplus books and magazines. Mentions the misplacement of a box of supplies sent to Gibbons. Says that Gibbons "can certainly influence the right people" within the Medical Department.
Date:
1864-02-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Written from Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Asks Gibbons to confirm the news of General Barnes' drunkenness at Point Lookout and to send her the contact information of any witnesses.
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Offers sympathy over the recent death of Gibbons's brother John Hopper. Discusses Gibbons and her daughter Sally's possible plans to take time off from hospital work and offers her assistance. Asks about the military hospital in the New York area and wonders about possible work available there.
Date:
1864-07-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Discusses herself and her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon taking over the positions of Gibbons and her daughter Sally at the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Georgeanna will fill Gibbons's position as Lady Superintendent. Discusses Georgeanna's current work at Gettysburg. Requests information about the Ladies Department at Point Lookout and the duties that would be expected of them.
Date:
1863-07-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Written from Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Gibbons's letter concerning the drunken conduct of Colonel Barnes has been read to President Lincoln in an attempt to prevent Barnes's official placement as Surgeon General and to work towards the reinstatement of General Hammond. Discusses recent events surrounding her work as a nurse with wounded soldiers. Is waiting to hear from the Sanitary Commission about the possibility of herself, Gibbons, and her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon going to the front.
Date:
1864-05-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Written from Fairfax Seminary Hospital on United States Sanitary Commission stationery. Requests information about a nurse named Miss Heald whom she suspects was fired from her previous position under Gibbons at Point Lookout. Asks for a letter concerning Miss Heald from Gibbons to use in case Dorothea Dix tries to assign Miss Heald to work with her in Fairfax.
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon, who is currently busy working at Gettysburg, agrees to fill Gibbons's position as Lady Superintendent at the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Asks multiple questions concerning her and Georgeanna's arrival and stay in Point Lookout, including whether it is acceptable to come in September. Asks about the Catholic aid contingent. Encloses a list of questions on Georgeanna's behalf requesting information about the position.
Date:
1863-07-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Requests a personal interview with Gibbons to learn the details about the hospital positions that she and her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon are willing to take over. Her sister and mother just arrived back from Gettysburg. Expresses sympathy over the destruction of Gibbons's home in the New York draft riots, which has led Gibbons and her daughter Sally to require replacements for their positions in the army hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland.
Date:
1863-08-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria C. Grier letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria C. Grier letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on United States Sanitary Commission stationery. Mrs. Maria C. Grier was President of the Women's Pennsylvania Branch of the Sanitary Commission. Is waiting to hear back from Gibbons about sending a nurse to the Beverly army hospital.
Date:
1864-08-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses the work of Abby and Sally as army nurses during the Civil War. Says that she would join them if she were younger. Discusses recent events concerning her daughter Fanny.
Date:
1864-07-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William A. Hammond letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
William A. Hammond letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
William Alexander Hammond was a doctor, the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army during the Civil War, and the founder of the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine). Written on Surgeon General's Office stationery. Authorizes Gibbons and nurses of her selection for service at Point Lookout Hospital, Maryland.
Date:
1863-02-13
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Written on stationery from the Point Lookout military hospital. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse, including interactions with Confederate prisoners. Her current area may soon be given over to Confederates, to her dismay. Mentions the "Home Legacy."
Date:
1863-10-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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