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Allen A. Scott letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Allen A. Scott letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Allen A. Scott was a former student of Martha Schofield's who went on to attend Lincoln University. Reports that Lawrence Obanyon Posey, another former student of Schofield's, has been injured in a sports accident. Will probably stay at school over the spring break and look for work. Mentions joining the Presbyterian Church. Considers Schofield a friend and mother figure and seeks her guidance.
Date:
1871-03-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Family letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Family letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Written by her mother, Mary H. Child, and her sisters Lydia and Eliza Schofield. They hope Schofield has arrived safely in Aiken, South Carolina, and are waiting to hear from her (Schofield moved to Aiken to teach African Americans). They discuss recent events and news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1868-11-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Essay about Martha Schofield and Elizabeth Yarnall
Title:
Essay about Martha Schofield and Elizabeth Yarnall
Description:
Titled "To Martha and Elizabeth of the household of Faith." Written in biblical style. Summarizes the Civil War and describes Martha Schofield's and Elizabeth Yarnall's decision to teach African American freedmen in South Carolina.
Date:
1866-1870
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
F.L. Walker letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
F.L. Walker letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Discusses the hiring of a teacher for the Schofield School. Offers condolences for the recent death of Schofield's mother Mary H. Child. Discusses recent riots and Northerners' overestimation of violence in the South.
Date:
1874-09-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Written by "Sarah." She reacts to Schofield's letter describing the violence, intimidation, and oppression of the colored people in the South but is relieved to know how brave Schofield was when dealing with the Ku Klux Klan. She is eager to learn who will win the presidential election and suspects that it will be Rutherford B. Hayes. She shares news about friends and discusses the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. She adds that she thinks it's time for her to have the right to vote.
Date:
1876-11-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Mentions a visit to the dying Harmon Hutton. Discusses visiting Schofield's school in Aiken, South Carolina, and comments on Schofield's ability to help others.
Date:
1874-05-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter fragment
Title:
Letter fragment
Description:
Fragment. Possibly written by Martha Schofield. Describes land near Beaufort, South Carolina, which the author would like to purchase in order to establish a home for elderly freedmen and a school for young freedmen.
Date:
1865-1868
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Schofield describes hosting her former co-teacher Mary Taylor Stone and her husband Major William Stone for a lengthy visit, which included a "masked party." She discusses her attempts to encourage "Bureau money" to be allocated to build a non-sectarian school building on her lot of land, rather than being given to the Methodists to build a church and schoolhouse. She hopes that if the Freedmen's Bureau is dissolved they put General O. O. Howard at the head of the Educational Bureau and "all will be right." She expects to spend Easter with Carrie Taylor Corbin, Major David Corbin, and the Stones in Charleston. She also adds that she is keeping busy trying to get her former students settled, including Lawrence Obanyon Posey and Allen A. Scott.
Date:
1870-01-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Jane Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah Jane Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah Jane Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. The letter wishes Schofield luck on her journey South and says Ash is praying for her.
Date:
1865-10-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Esther K. Smedley letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Esther K. Smedley letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written over a letter from Esther K. Smedley to Lucretia Mott asking her to publicize the a journal called "The Children's Friend." Mott talks about news of friends/family, including the recent death of Cyrus Dennis. She describes the Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends recently held in Longwood, Pennsylvania. Mott also briefly discusses Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's attitudes towards the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" and her sister Martha Coffin Wright's performance presiding over a recent American Equal Rights Association meeting.
Date:
1866-06-11
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Martha Schofield expresses deep gratitude for the gifts Lucretia Mott sent her, which she will use to "cheer the weary hearts who are still bearing the burden of recent sorrows." She calls Lucretia a beacon of light "in these dark days when in a state surrounded by the shadows of our nation's sins" and praises her labors in working towards freeing slaves. She discusses the horrible treatment of black people in the South and mentions the Hamburg Massacre and her fear the Governor Chamberlain will be defeated in the upcoming election. She also discusses her school, the Schofield Normal and Industrial School.
Date:
1877-04-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Gibbons and Stearns met during the Civil War while working at an army hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Written from Prospect Hill. Relates news about friends/family, describes his new house by the Potomac river, and rejoices at the end of the war.
Date:
1865-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Gibbons and Stearns met during the Civil War while working at an army hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Stearns relays news from abolitionist Hannah Stevenson about the opening of a freedman's school in Richmond, Virginia, and the attitude of the those in the city. He also discusses the politics around the end of the war.
Date:
1865-04-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Written from Fort Richardson. Invites Gibbons and her family to visit him in Washington. Mentions Abby's deceased brother John Hopper.
Date:
1865-05-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Eveline Stevens Baker was the wife of George Ellis Baker. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Dr. John Stearns, Mrs. Bigelow, and Abby's daughter Julia Gibbons. Discusses her children. Alludes to the reconstruction of Washington after the Civil War, and mentions a "Home" for poor white girls. Would like to visit with Abby and her family.
Date:
1871-03-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George Ellis Baker was a writer, editor, and prison reformer, and worked in multiple governmental roles, such as private secretary for Senator William H. Seward. Discusses the appointment of Abby's husband James Sloan Gibbons as President of the Delaware Railroad. Discusses the ongoing reconstruction of Washington after the Civil War. Asks for the last report from the Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts.
Date:
1871-03-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Asks Gibbons for help getting an African-American girl named Mary Louisa Smith from Washington to Plymouth. Discusses her husband's work. Lists the clothing measurements of Mary Dana (likely a pseudonym for Smith), age 10.
Date:
1866-01-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Discusses plans for getting an African-American girl named Mary Louisa Smith from Washington to Plymouth. Also talks about shipping goods and "government purchases, and discusses Maria R. Mann and her school for African Americans at some length. Has received a letter from Dr. Stearns in Paris.
Date:
1866-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. The letter is chiefly concerned with Lord and Lady Amberley, who were staying at the house of John V. L. Pruyn. It also reports on the state of Maria R. Mann's school for African-Americans and describes Sally Cadwallader's daily commute from Washington to Bladensburg, Maryland, to teach African Americans.
Date:
1867-12-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Talks about changes to the army following the end of the war and how they have affected her and her husband.
Date:
1866-08-13
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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