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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Written on Julia's 17th birthday. Discusses travelling by train. Is happy that Julia and Sally get along. Discusses recent events concerning family, including the schooling of her children and Julia's future.
Date:
1854-06-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Rosalie De Wolf Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Rosalie De Wolf Hopper
Description:
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper was married to Abby's brother, John Hopper. Written from Beach Hill. Discusses at length her vacation at the beach and in Cambridge, primarily with the friends and classmates of her deceased son William Gibbons.
Date:
1856-07-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends and the state of the house.
Date:
1883-07-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is at school. Will travel to Cambridge soon and has been invited to stay with two different families while there.
Date:
1854-06-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is at school. Discusses recent events concerning friends/family, including a visit from Ada Drury and one from Mrs. Sedgwick (her daughters' teacher).
Date:
1855-04-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is away at school. Discusses guests and food at a dinner she held. Mentions dancing. Warns her son against self-importance and hopes that he will receive good moral influence at Harvard.
Date:
1854-05-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including James Walker and a member of the Grimke family. Will be travelling to Salem and Dorchester.
Date:
1840-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including James B. Thayer, Dr. Briggs, Dr. Walker, and the family of Joseph Choate. Will be traveling to Salem.
Date:
1874-10-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Walker was president of Harvard University from 1853 to 1860. The letter touches briefly on a variety of subjects, including the composition of Walker's church congregation and the recent trend of clergymen marrying.
Date:
1874-05-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Walker was president of Harvard University from 1853 to 1860. The letter discusses his wife Caroline Walker, who was terminally ill with dropsy.
Date:
1868-05-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Col. A. S. Hartwell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Col. A. S. Hartwell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Alfred Stedman Hartwell was a lawyer and American Civil War soldier who later became a government official in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Written during his time as a student at Harvard. Discusses his studies at school and Abby's deceased son William Gibbons, who was his friend and roommate. Discusses recent events concerning mutual friends/family, including Mrs. Elizabeth Sedgwick. Wants Abby to visit Massachusetts.
Date:
1856-10-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Col. A. S. Hartwell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Col. A. S. Hartwell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Alfred Stedman Hartwell was a lawyer and American Civil War soldier who later became a government official in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Was unable to visit Abby in Cambridge, Massachusetts, due to being busy with work. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, and includes a class list.
Date:
1868-07-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Says that she wishes Sally will return home soon. Describes a shawl and flowers she received as a gift from Anne W. Whitney. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Asks Sally to write of her travels.The parlors have been successfully rearranged. Expresses sorrow about the death of her son, William Gibbons.
Date:
1856-04-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James B. Thayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James B. Thayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
James Bradley Thayer was a jurist and educator. Has always wanted Abby to meet his son William. Mentions not agreeing about the presidential election of 1884 and says that Willy supports James G. Blaine. Is interested in the information his mother told him about witchcraft from when she was young and asks Abby for her recollections on the subject. Mentions being grateful for the care Abby's daughter Julia gives to Susan's children (possibly his sister Susan).
Date:
1884-12-07
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucia R. Briggs letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Lucia R. Briggs letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Invites Abby and her daughter Sally to stay over, and provides directions to her house. Mentions Mrs. Gardner and "Nannie."
Date:
1867-11-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Passes on news of friends and family, including Dr. James Walker, former president of Harvard, and one Mrs. Pomeroy. Describes Emerson's activities in Boston and Cambridge.
Date:
1865-06-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discusses recent family news, finances, furniture, and logistics surrounding The Home (later the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. "The Philosopher is to retire into private life...and his whereabouts is not to be known at all." Briefly discusses the upcoming election.
Date:
1870-11-07
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children; Lucy Gibbons Morse to Sarah Hopper Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children; Lucy Gibbons Morse to Sarah Hopper Emerson
Description:
Document contains two letters, one by Abby Hopper Gibbons and one by her daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Dr. James Walker, James and Charles Lowell, William Choate and George Hepworth. Discusses the abuse of a woman called Katie Hoffine [sp] by her step mother, saying "I must attend to her case personally- and shall try all reasonable ways, and then if I must shall steal her." Talks at length about the women's personal independence.
Date:
1859-08-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Discusses her visit to Cambridge. Encounters a Mrs. Pendergast whom she had known at Point Lookout. Mentions an article in the Tribune about the resignation of a doctor. Mentions a Mr. Ware, a religious leader associated with Harvard - possibly Henry Ware, who helped create Harvard Divinity School.
Date:
1869-03-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is away at school, and his mother is worried about his behavior. She discusses the "perplexities" and "drudgeries" to which women are subjected, and says that in her work with poor women she finds "great misery growing out of the low estimate in which women are held."
Date:
1854-05-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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