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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Description:
Says that the "Knickerbocker" is at the wharf, and she fears it is there to take the convalescents back to their regiments before they are ready. Discusses recent events the hospital where she is working as a nurse. Hopes that General Banks will recover from his wound.
Date:
1862-08-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Description:
Written on Hammond General Hospital stationery. Says Gibbons wrote to "Wm Nell" (likely William Cooper Nell) about two slaves having been sent outside the lines. Recounts a long discussion she had with General Lockwood and Col. Robert Smith Rogders and relays her opinions of the men. Discusses recent events at the hospital where she worked as a war nurse. Discusses the illnesses afflicting the "Contrabands" (formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines), and their dependency upon the aid workers.
Date:
1863-05-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Description:
Everyone at the hospital is grateful for the lemons and oranges. Says that without the "blessed chloroform, " the men would die. Sally has become particularly devoted to a young man, reading to him and writing for him. They are glad to have Dr. Stearns there, whom she considers a great manager.
Date:
1863-06-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Is sending clothing and offers to send newspapers to Gibbons for the soldiers. Discusses the hospital work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon at Portsmouth Grove Hospital and asks Gibbons on their behalf if there will be nursing positions opening where she works. Asks about the duties of the women who work under Gibbons.
Date:
1863-06-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Encloses a list of supplies she is sending to Gibbons for the relief of soldiers and offers to donate condensed milk. Discusses the need for supplies and more efficient and effective management in army settings. Says, How I wish the country had ever so many more such women, caring for its sick and wounded, as you and your party of ladies nurses! Mentions the death of a soldier friend.
Date:
1863-04-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George O'Meally letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George O'Meally letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George O'Meally was a corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps of the Union Army during the Civil War. Written from Hammond General Hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Discusses Gibbons and Dr. Anthony Heger's conflict with Dorothea Dix over the hiring of nurses. Alludes to soldiers' dislike of Dix.
Date:
1863-08-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
L. J. Gilbert letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
L. J. Gilbert letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Asks Abby for help locating a soldier from the hospital who may have information on another soldier named Henry S. May. Mrs. Gilbert met Abby and her daughter Sally while her son was in the Hospital, and wishes to see them again. Wishes to assist in the Hospital as well but is prevented by her poor health.
Date:
1864-09-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Miss Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Miss Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Addressed to either Julia Gibbons or Lucy Gibbons Morse. Glad that Gibbons and her daughter Sally have arrived safely at Point Lookout and discusses the donation and transportation of supplies to Gibbons. Is thankful to Gibbons for sending a copy of the Hospital Gazette. Discusses the work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon in the hospital at Portsmouth Grove, including the establishment of a reading room containing two thousand books.
Date:
1862-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon as war nurses in the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Thanks Gibbons on behalf of her mother for her sympathies, possibly referring to the death of Woolsey's sister Mary Elizabeth Watts Woolsey Howland in 1864.
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Wants a picture of Gibbons to add to the pages of American women in her French Albums who will represent "the hundreds and thousands worked so nobly" during the Civil War. Thinks that people "will look at the woman page with more interest than any other in the album."
Date:
1866-05-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Adeliza Perry letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Adeliza Perry letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Adeliza Perry was an Army nurse during the Civil War who worked under Dorothea Dix. Written from Balfour Hospital, Virginia. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse, including the deficiency of books supplied, the health of her patients, and her nurse coworkers. Discusses the lack of education of the local community, saying, They nearly all claim to be secessionists. Ignorant and deluded, not one in fifty know the meaning of the word. Discusses the execution of Dr. David M. Wright, who shot and killed the Lieutenant of a colored regiment. Says "if ever you should be matron in a hospital I should like dearly to serve under you."
Date:
1860-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Bell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Eliza H. Bell letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Praises Abby for her work as a war nurse and discusses collecting contributions for the relief of sick soldiers. Discusses their mutual friend C. Huntsman, who is "devoting her time for the benefit of the soldiers." Discusses H.T. Norris, who is working in hospitals in Baltimore and mentions other people. Expresses interest in reading the memoir of Abby's deceased son, William; her own daughter died under similar circumstances. Attended the Pennsylvania Soldiers Relief Association meeting in New York, which will be sending supplies to Point Lookout. Says "the times are hopeful and the dark cloud that has hung over our beloved country will vanish away... we shall behold a 'free country' and I trust a better people."
Date:
1863-03-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Henrietta T. Norris letter
Title:
Henrietta T. Norris letter
Description:
Seems to be written to one of Abby Hopper Gibbons's daughters shortly after her house was destroyed in the New York City draft riot. Norris has been visiting military hospitals, and discusses talking with wounded Confederate soldiers. Has received a letter from Elizabeth Longstreth Abbott, who is in charge of Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia.
Date:
1863-08-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. Manning letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
E. Manning letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Defends her friend "Miss N." from defamatory allegations concerning her professional behavior as a nurse.
Date:
1863-02-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Hattie Lee, who is sending boxes of supplies to the Sanitary Commission and for the Contrabands (a term used for slaves who escaped to Union lines). Mentions Abby's daughter Sally caring for "four hunted and hidden slaves." Is sending supplies and wishes she could be working with Abby as an army nurse. Mentions the controversy involving Dr. Wagner. Describes the recruitment and training of nurses for army hospitals, including the work of Mrs. Lander (probably Jean M. Lander) and "the surgeons who tried to resist the new regulation introducing women nurses."
Date:
1863-03-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Louisa Lee Schuyler letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Louisa Lee Schuyler letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Louisa Lee Schuyler was an early leader in charitable work and founded the first nursing school in the United States. During the Civil War, she worked as the corresponding secretary of the Woman's Central Association of Relief in New York City. Written on U.S. Sanitary Commission: Woman's Central Association of Relief stationery. Heard that Abby is working at Beverly Hospital in New Jersey as a war nurse. Asks her to read the enclosed letter concerning women in need of work placement. Mentions a Miss Georgy Woolsey (probably Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon), Miss Carrie Woolsey, and Miss Thumway.
Date:
1864-09-16
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. Mentions "the Philosopher." Discusses the experience of nursing people who are ill or injured. James Sloan Gibbons is going to Delaware shortly.
Date:
1870-06-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Possibly a letter fragment. Describes events at Point Lookout, where she worked as a nurse during the Civil War.
Date:
1863-04-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Describes problems at Point Lookout, including the fact that the people there cannot receive mail because their postal supplies were lost in a flood.
Date:
1863-07-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter
Description:
Letter likely sent to her family; written on official paper from the United States Sanitary Commission in Washington, D.C. Is nursing wounded soldiers.
Date:
1862
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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