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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 Charles Emerson and his brother, likely William Emerson.
Date:
1855-10-24
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 at school. Dined with Frank Howland. Plans to spend Christmas at Randalls Island, since she "cannot disappoint over 300 sick children." An anti-slavery fair will be held at Robert Haydock's. Is considering visiting Boston.
Date:
1855-11-12
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:
Likely written in 1855. Discusses her daughters' schooling. Mentions her husband's travel for business. Cautions her son against playing cricket on the advice of Dr. Howe.
Date:
1850-1855
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:
Likely written in 1855. Sending her son clothing.
Date:
1839-1855
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:
Possibly a fragment. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illness of her husband James Gibbons. Gives her son advice.
Date:
1851-08-14
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:
Gives her son advice, including an encouragement to abstain from alcoholic beverages. Discusses her opinions of games and recreation. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1849-09-11
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
Joseph H. Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Joseph H. Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Joseph Hodges Choate was a lawyer and diplomat. Thanks her for the gifts to his young son. Will tell his son when he's older about Abby's deceased son William Gibbons, who was one of Choate's peers.
Date:
1865-01-16
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Mary R. Parkman was the sister of Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Asks Abby to write to her mother Susan P. Parkman to comfort and console her over the recent death of her son Theodore Parkman. Discusses the mourning of her mother. Abby's son William Gibbons and Theodore died on the same day of the year.
Date:
1862-12-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Mary Hopper Hopkins
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Mary Hopper Hopkins
Description:
Marked "private." Says they are waiting to announce Sally's engagement to William Emerson until he is admitted. Writes that Sally is transformed and is the happiest of mortals. Is still grieving over the loss of her son Willie.
Date:
1856-1863
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:
Talks of recent family events that have made her look back on "the joys and sorrows through which we have lived, particularly the death of her son, William Gibbons, in 1855.
Date:
1856-04-24
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
Anna Mott Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Anna Mott Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Anna Mott Hopper was Abby's sister-in-law. Discusses the recent deaths of her son George and Abby's son William. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Concerned about the prevalence of scarlet fever in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston.
Date:
1856-12-17
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. Thanks her for her kindness and for the presents to his son William, who was named after Abby's deceased son. Hopes his son will grow up to be like his namesake as he reads the memoir of William Gibbons. Hopes to see Abby's daughter Sally while she is in the city.
Date:
1865-04-20
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 Julia's future, saying "I am led to believe it right to take hold of such work as will enable you to benefit somebody beside those of our own household. Let it not be spent in heaping comforts upon those who were never needy, but seek out, or rather lend a hand to such as happen in your way, and thereby lighten the labour of your mother, who must accomplish what you fail to undertake." Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, particularly the friends of her recently-deceased son William.
Date:
1857-05-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter
Description:
Probably addressed to one of her siblings. Discusses her new house. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including her children, her father Isaac T. Hopper, and the upcoming visit of her brother Josiah Hopper. Considering visiting a paper manufacturer who employs girls from the Home, a shelter for women ex-convicts.
Date:
1851-05-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Description:
Provides a letter of introduction for William Emerson who will be attending the Convention in Philadelphia and is an abolitionist. Mentions "Aunt" Lucretia Mott. In a separate note just to Anna, she discusses at length the effect of the death of her son William Gibbons.
Date:
1856-06-13
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Grimes letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Elizabeth Grimes letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Elizabeth Grimes was the wife of Iowa Senator James W. Grimes. Thanks Abby for her interest in the memoirs of her good friend, Ada. R. Parker, which she is trying to get published. Read and appreciated the memoir of Abby's deceased son, William Gibbons. Mentions a Mrs. Trumbull, wife of Judge Trumbull.
Date:
1863-04-04
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
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Discusses a difficult event that occurred about a year earlier. Gives her son moral advice. Describes a photograph or portrait of Willie. Discusses recent events concerning friends/family.
Date:
1855-06-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers

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