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Jenny P. Bigelow letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jenny P. Bigelow letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jenny P. Bigelow was the wife of John Bigelow, a prominent lawyer and statesman. Hoping to arrange a visit with Abby.
Date:
1849-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Maria Hopper was Abby Hopper Gibbons's niece. Tells of her plans to come to New York soon and asks if Gibbons can arrange to have Colbert (William C. K. Burke) meet her when she arrives.
Date:
1868-09-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Maria Hopper was Abby's niece. Tells Abby that she is planning a trip to Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1868-11-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Maria Hopper was Abby's niece. Talks about how wonderful it was to have Abby and Sarah Hopper Emerson visit them recently.
Date:
1865-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Rosa De Wolf Hopper was Sarah Emerson's maternal aunt. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1863-03-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Rose Wagner was the sister of Dr. Clinton Wagner. Praises Abby and wants her to be a friend and maternal figure to her and her brother Dr. Wagner. Discusses her love for Abby's daughters and her brother's visit home.
Date:
1864-04-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Praises Abby. Discusses the Civil War and feeling depressed. Discusses her brother Dr. Wagner and his work to establish a military hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Talks about Sally, probably Abby's daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson. Mentions Dr. Stearns's work and the recent death of his father.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Glad to hear her health is improving. Hopes Abby will write her when she goes to Massachusetts.
Date:
1885-06-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Is looking forward to Abby's visit.
Date:
1883-03-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Wonders why Abby has not yet written to her from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1882-07-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses shopping for furniture with Abby's fiance James Sloan Gibbons.
Date:
1832-12-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Theodore Roosevelt letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Theodore Roosevelt letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on State of New York: Assembly Chamber stationery. Supports the act she wants to have passed but says he cannot introduce the bill himself.
Date:
1883-02-28
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
Sophy Mayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sophy Mayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Possibly written from Massachusetts. Wishes they could meet more often. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1845-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William L. King letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
William L. King letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses her receiving a fifty dollar contribution from Naylor. Discusses traveling in Europe with his family and the health of his daughter. Will visit her next time they are in New York.
Date:
1868-12-21
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
A. D. Cheever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
A. D. Cheever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Invites Abby and her daughters to her house by the shore.
Date:
1864-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Frances Palmer Wright
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Frances Palmer Wright
Description:
Frances Palmer Wright (1828-1891), was the daughter of Abby's sister, Sarah Hopper Palmer. Talks about staying with "Robert and Hattie, perhaps referring to Robert and Harriet Purvis. Plans to visit Dr. Walker and Cambridge friends.
Date:
1870-10-13
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:
Written from Greenwood. Discusses recent news concerning family.
Date:
1850-07-10
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hugh J. Grant
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hugh J. Grant
Description:
Expresses appreciation for Mayor Grant's visit to her home. Further implores the mayor to re-appoint Mary Nash Agnew and Grace Hoadley Dodge to the New York City Board of Education. Stresses the importance of giving women a voice and says a school board is incomplete without women.
Date:
1889-11-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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