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Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Passes on news from the military hospital where Emerson worked. Lists supplies needed from the Sanitary Commission. Mentions that the Woolseys are present.
Date:
1864-10-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses the illness of Martha Sever (sp?) and passes on other news from the military hospital where Emerson worked as a nurse. Asks Gibbons to have a newpaper article written. Gives a list of items received from the Sanitary Commission. Expresses outrage that a "Rebel woman" has been put in charge of the Sanitary Commission's hospital supplies for wounded Confederate prisoners in Winchester, Virginia; says that "if it were not that the Sanitary and Christian Commissions were rivals and that the former does so much good, I would write a letter to the paper myself about it"; blames the leadership of Mr. Knapp.
Date:
1864-10-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Says Emerson has heard Gibbons is sick and will come visit her in New York City if it is true.
Date:
1865-01-04
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 with her daughters Sally and Lucy at the N.J. General Hospital.
Date:
1864-08-17
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:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse with her daughters Sally and Lucy at the N.J. General Hospital, including a man who wanted his leg further amputated to correct a faulty first job.
Date:
1864-08-26
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Mentions seeing an Isaac T. Hopper who is planning to visit relatives in Duchess and Glen Cove.
Date:
1869-06-27
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:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse at the N.J. General Hospital, with a focus on the death of Major Potter [sp].
Date:
1864-09-14
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 at the N.J. General Hospital, especially a woman who came to retrieve her husband's body for burial.
Date:
1864-09-29
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. Discusses her work at the "Asylum" and says, We took in our first colored baby, although Mrs. Garrison expressed a hope that we would never get so low as that–no one had the courage to ask a white mother to take it–I do not care what the color is, if I can do it any good. Briefly discusses work "with our Home sisters" from the Isaac T. Hopper Home and the fact that Julia is getting ready to go to Beverly.
Date:
1873-07-18
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:
The house is being sold. Will call for Sally soon to come home because the matter "requires a united judgment in planning for the future." Praises Dr. Wagner and instructs Sally to consult him about the matter.
Date:
1865-02-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Happy that Gibbons and possibly her daughter Lucy are coming to the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey, and is making arrangements for their arrival. Insists that they live with him to keep him company. Has been working hard to establish the hospital. Says the work will help take her mind off of the recent death of her brother John Hopper. Has received over one hundred nurse applications and will discuss the matter with Gibbons when she arrives. Says he has been "at war with the ladies" in the hospital area who want to visit the ward "at all hours" and feed the patients.
Date:
1864-08-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Makes arrangements for Gibbons to come to the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. The hospital is preparing to receive patients starting next week. Will accept Miss Sedgwick and any other women Gibbons selects for nurses.
Date:
1864-07-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Dated the second day of 1864, but contents suggest 1865. Written from a military hospital where Emerson worked. Discusses her travel plans and the departure of G.A. Chesley, a doctor at the hospital.
Date:
1865-01-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her daughter
Description:
Discusses upcoming plans and finances. Mentions the Civil War nurse Clara Thomas.
Date:
1864-12-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses the illness of Emerson's sister Lucy Gibbons Morse and urges her mother Abby Hopper Gibbons to get vaccinated at once. Passes on news of friends and family.
Date:
1865-01-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Sends his sympathies over the recent death of Abby's brother John Hopper. Has been in the process of establishing a large army hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Has received many applications from women interested in working as the nurse Matron but would prefer to have Abby fill the position and offers to let her and her daughter Sally live with him in his cottage.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on U.S. Army General Hospital stationery. Encloses a photograph of himself. Overjoyed about the news of the fall of Charleston and is optimistic about the upcoming conclusion to the war. Has been accused of stealing the body of a man named Bridges by the family of the deceased.
Date:
1865-02-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events surrounding his work as an army surgeon, including the assignment to establish a hospital in Beverly for three thousand patients. Discusses two of his former stewards named Nebrich [sp] and Tambough [sp]. Wants Abby and her daughter Sally to come work with him in Beverly. Mentions the loss of his influence with the "fall" of Hammond, referencing the dismissal of William Alexander Hammond as Surgeon General of the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland.
Date:
1864-07-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on U.S. Army General Hospital stationery. Wants her to visit him. Says that the war is over; the hospital has not received any patients lately and he expects some of the hospitals to be closed to save money. Mentions upcoming plans to travel to Washington. Says "I have no doubt President Johnson will inaugurate his term by the hanging of traitors, it must be done, we will never have peace without it."
Date:
1865-04-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia by a Union soldier Gibbons met at Point Lookout, Maryland, while working as an army nurse. Regrets that Gibbons could not stay longer to inspect the hospital. Expresses antipathy towards "Copperheads" in reference to the New York City draft riot. Discusses the presidential election of 1864 and his conversations with "traitors." Briefly talks about the treatment and rights of African-Americans. Thanks Gibbons for helping him secure back pay. Possibly a fragment.
Date:
1864-09-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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