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James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Likely written to Abby Hopper Gibbons while she was visiting their daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse and her family. Encourages her to not cut her visit short.
Date:
1879-07-28
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 her activities in Cotuit.
Date:
1879-07-27
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. Sally is on a "pilgrimage." Her husband, James Sloan Gibbons, suspected Sally had malaria.
Date:
1883-08-05
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 Bonnie Haven, the home of Lucy Gibbons Morse and James Morse, where she plans to stay through next week. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, and mentions The Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home).
Date:
1880-08-13
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:
Letter sent from Bonnie Haven, the home of Lucy Gibbons Morse and James Morse. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1882-07-14
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 visiting plans. Mentions Mary Dewey, potentially the biographer Mary E. Dewey. Mentions Rockaway as a location.
Date:
1882-07-24
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:
Letter sent from Bonny Haven, the home of Lucy Gibbons Morse and James Morse. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1882-07-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1879-07-24
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:
Making plans. Discusses home renovations. Then discusses political news regarding the campaigns and/or elections of Grover Cleveland and William E. Chandler.
Date:
1887-06-17
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 that a friend or family member is going to Ruschberg, possibly meaning the municipality in Germany, but possibly referring to the name of a family called Rusch. Mentions the activist Dorothea Dix, wondering whether she is "in this life, or the other."
Date:
1882-09-08
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 the Western Union strike and her opinions on it, saying "I hope the rich may be made to pay the poor higher wages while I think a man who is earning his daily bread had better stick and take what he can get."
Date:
1883-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Written from Bonnie Haven, the home of Lucy Gibbons Morse and James Morse. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Francis O'Kate [sp] at the Cotocheeset House and Anna Davis Hallowell.
Date:
1880-08-17
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
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. Planning to return to New York from Massachusetts.
Date:
1880-08-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
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.
Date:
1880-09-07
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Gives minor updates before discussing the upcoming New York gubernatorial election of 1882. Accuses Roscoe Conkling of manipulating Chester A. Arthur into meddling in New York elections and getting Charles Folger elected, to have power over him. Second page/letter concedes that Folger would still be better than a Democrat, then asks for a copy of "father Hopper's life" (the book “Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life” by Lydia Maria Child).
Date:
1882-09-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Letter consists of miscellaneous updates. Describes the weather, how things are at home, how people have been, James's preparations for leaving, and visiting Colonel Reeds and coming home with a basket of tomatoes, several cantaloupes, and a box of butter.
Date:
1883-09-07
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Describes the beautiful weather and watching the busy port in Cotuit. Mentions Democrats being annoyed by replacing a Republican Postmaster for a Republican Postmistress. Talks about how, besides a trip to Europe, this is the longest he's been away from family, and it makes him feel lonely.
Date:
1885-09-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James Sloan Gibbons letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Letter consists mostly of miscellaneous updates. Describes attending a clambake where none of the fishermen were able to catch any clams, but still had a lot of fun. Also complains about the resurgence of his sciatica and the poor mood it put him in. Claims that, while critical, John's health isn't as bad as Bessie made it out to be.
Date:
1887-09-08
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:
Abby has returned home.
Date:
1882-07-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers