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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hon. John Bigelow
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hon. John Bigelow
Description:
Approves of Tilden for president; writes, We need a man of might and power and that man is Tilden.
Date:
1876-09-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Florence Baker
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Florence Baker
Description:
Says that she has received the invitation to the "Annual Meeting" but states that she has been ill and there is a snow storm coming, so she asks Florence to take her chair.
Date:
1893-01-09
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1869-07-30
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illness of Edward Russell. Goes to The Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home) on Tuesdays.
Date:
1869-08-06
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Is sending him sweet potatoes.
Date:
1869-09-03
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses the mail and recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1869-07-20
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses a group of men associated with the Young Men's Christian Association exposed for swindling money.
Date:
1869-07-26
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illnesses of Edward Russell and her sister Elizabeth. Mentions an eclipse.
Date:
1869-08-10
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illnesses of her sister Elizabeth and of Edward Russell.
Date:
1869-08-20
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illness of Edward Russell. Mentions a coal strike, as well as the Avondale Mine disaster in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that killed over 100 workers.
Date:
1869-09-17
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Received a bequest of five hundred dollars for The Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home).
Date:
1869-09-23
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the death and funeral of Mrs. Dr. Bellows.
Date:
1869-08-30
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the illness of her sister Elizabeth.
Date:
1869-08-27
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:
Written on stationery from the Point Lookout military hospital. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse and her interactions with General Gilman Marston, including his good treatment of the "Contraband" (formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines) and agreement to send several fugitive slaves to Washington. Is befriending the Woolsey sisters, who were influential figures in relief work and nursing.
Date:
1863-09-17
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:
Written on stationery from the Point Lookout military hospital. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse, including interactions with Confederate prisoners. Her current area may soon be given over to Confederates, to her dismay. Mentions the "Home Legacy."
Date:
1863-10-02
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:
Postal conditions are unstable and she has not received any letters after leaving Washington. Describes her experiences as a war nurse. Her daughter Sally fainted after witnessing a man with severe injuries. Says it is "necessary to control one's feelings, as to make ourselves useful in such extremities. I did not dream how much I could endure." Discusses interacting with black people, including a woman named Mary Strange, and receiving an invitation to meet at their church.
Date:
1862-04-09
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 recent events concerning family/friends. Describes her experiences as a war nurse. Says many men will die because of the "unskillful and positively ignorant butchering of men calling themselves surgeons."
Date:
1862-04-21
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 recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse. Plans to return home in about a week. Talks at length about the "Contraband" (formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines), some of whom have asked her advice about getting married.
Date:
1862-10-16
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 recent events concerning family/friends and social events. Mentions her attitude towards Secretary of State William Seward and his wife. Describes her affection for Elizabeth Grimes, wife of Iowa Senator James W. Grimes.
Date:
1863-02-01
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 the death of a woman named Eva and her family's reaction.
Date:
1867-10-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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