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1866 February 22, Petersburg, to Anna
Title:
1866 February 22, to Anna
Date:
1866-02-22
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1837 October 28, Harrisburg, to Henry
Title:
1837 October 28, to Henry
Date:
1837-10-28
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1866 May 24, Richmond, to Lilly, Tom, and Hazen
Title:
1866 May 24, and Hazen
Description:
3 half sheets written to Lilly, Tom, and Hazen, comprising one letter.
Date:
1866-02-24
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1889
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1889
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail, including her trips to Providence, New York, and Philadelphia. The memoranda at the end include a summary of the state of her health and her family, her finances for the year, and various facts, sayings, and literary extracts, including an abolitionist poem by James Russell Lowell and a quotation from Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Baker's Wrecking Company, 1871 March 31
Title:
Letter from Baker's Wrecking Company, 1871 March 31
Date:
1871-03-31
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1839 March 12, Charleston, to Dear Brother, Haverford College
Title:
1839 March 12, Haverford College
Date:
1839-03-12
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1885
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including attending White House receptions and Congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a list of the year's "principle events, an account of her summer travels, a list of vacations she took between 1876 and 1885, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.
Date:
1885
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1834 March 10, Philada, to Alfred, Madeira
Title:
1834 March 10, Madeira
Date:
1834-03-10
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1897 August 2, Awbury, to My Dear Wife
Title:
1897 August 2, to My Dear Wife
Date:
1897-08-02
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1839 March 18, Charleston, to Mother, Philadelphia
Title:
1839 March 18, Philadelphia
Description:
[3/18/1837 F.R.C. from Charleston when on trip with Uncle Alfred for his health. Amusing episode about Quakers] pencilled in unknown hand on address section of letter. Watermark says "Phila" with sign of dove bearing an olive branch.
Date:
1839-03-18
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1866 February 21, Norfolk, to Anna
Title:
1866 February 21, to Anna
Date:
1866-02-21
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1881 March 23, Norfolk, to Lilly
Title:
1881 March 23, to Lilly
Date:
1881-03-23
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1839 March 5, Norfolk VA, to Mother, Philadelphia
Title:
1839 March 5, Philadelphia
Date:
1839-03-05
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Enoch Adams letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Enoch Adams letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Enoch Adams was a soldier and poet who Gibbons met while working as an army nurse during the Civil War. The letter discusses recent events concerning friends as well as Adams's court martial. Briefly mentions a garden that is now managed by a freedman.
Date:
1864-07-18
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:
Briefly discusses the "Diet Kitchen" she set up in Washington, D.C. Discusses the gratitude of the soldiers whom the Sanitary Commission aided at Fredericksburg and her work as a nurse there. Describes her trip by boat to the towns of White House and Norfolk, including "contraband" and freed people of color ("Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
Date:
1864-06-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Adeliza Perry letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Adeliza Perry letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Adeliza Perry was an Army nurse during the Civil War who worked under Dorothea Dix. Written from Balfour Hospital, Virginia. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse, including the deficiency of books supplied, the health of her patients, and her nurse coworkers. Discusses the lack of education of the local community, saying, They nearly all claim to be secessionists. Ignorant and deluded, not one in fifty know the meaning of the word. Discusses the execution of Dr. David M. Wright, who shot and killed the Lieutenant of a colored regiment. Says "if ever you should be matron in a hospital I should like dearly to serve under you."
Date:
1860-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland suffrage badges and ribbons
Title:
Emily Howland suffrage badges and ribbons
Description:
Badges and ribbons collected by Emily Howland at various congresses and conventions; most relate to women's rights. The largest part are from the New York State Woman Suffrage Association (NYSWSA). Also represented are the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the National Council of Women of the United States, the Association for the Advancement of Women (AAW), the World's Congress of 1893, the National Arbitration and Peace Congress of 1907, and the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.
Date:
1890-1913
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1866 March 3, Petersburg, to Anna
Title:
1866 March 3, to Anna
Date:
1866-03-03
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Dr. J. Foster Jenkins letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. J. Foster Jenkins letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Encloses a copy of a letter from Dr. Julius Nichols about the government supplying clothing for the "lunatics" and the matrons.
Date:
1863-03-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College