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Mary Kite letter to her nieces and nephews
Title:
Mary Kite letter to her nieces and nephews
Description:
Written while minister Mary Kite was visiting Quaker meetings in the Southern states. Discusses her travels south through Maryland and Virginia, including the landscape, people she met along the way, natural resources, and local customs.
Date:
1851-09-12
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Possibly a letter fragment. Recounts that, on May 24, she was with Sally (probably her daughter Sally) somewhere in the Maryland-Virginia region when suddenly they were told by members of the Michigan Regiment that the area was "completely surrounded" by troops. Escaped with Sally and others to Winchester, then Hagerstown, then Green Castle, Greensburgh, from where she writes the letter.
Date:
1862-05-26
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:
Says hello to her family. Jimmy Lowell, likely the brother of the Civil War nurse Anna Lowell, has died. Appears to be serving as an army nurse in Winchester. Will travel to Point Lookout, an army prison camp that holds Confederate soldiers and also serves as a place of dwelling for civilians and Union soldiers.
Date:
1862-07-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children
Description:
Possibly a letter fragment. Abby appears to be staying in the South for some time. She writes about the Civil War, on both personal and political levels. She discusses and compares the generals Frémont, McClellan and Burnside. Expresses concern about Jimmy Lowell, likely the brother of the Civil War nurse Anna Lowell.
Date:
1862-07-13
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:
Damaged letter. She tells him that "everything connected with the mail here is uncertain." She describes the aftermath of "the late horrible battle." She writes that after the battle, many of the wounded were left on the bare ground and people lit fires near them and draped them with blankets. She mentions that the colored people were especially devoted and kind to the wounded in the hospital. The men are being transferred from the Union Hospital, which will be closed, to the Seminary Hospital.
Date:
1862-04-11
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:
They have arrived at the Academy Hospital. They visited Bob Robinson's family and talked with a "concourse of colored brothers and sisters" about their conditions and prospects. They will be leaving for Strasburg tomorrow, where Dr. King tells them there are a thousand sick and the suffering is terrible.
Date:
1862-05-19
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 John Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Description:
General Shields and Dr. Gilbert are visiting the hospital. Dr. Gilbert will mail her letters in Washington. Mentions that four prisoners returned to them and spoke of the horrors they endured. Speaks about the poor conditions at the hospital and says she sees many slaves and longs "to run them off." Warns that many of the letters sent to her have already been opened and read before she receives them.
Date:
1862-04-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "My dear friend"
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "My dear friend"
Description:
Fragment. Recipient unclear, though Gibbons writes, you have sensible men in your ranks. She has read a letter from Ambrose Thompson to President Lincoln, and she thinks he has many good points but is wary of his ambitions. "Let our cause be honestly conducted and there will be no failure."
Date:
1862-04-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Description:
Describes her work as a war nurse. Mentions the botched amputations done by a Dr. Baguley.
Date:
1862-04-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Description:
Thanks her daughter Lucy for a box of supplies she received recently. Describes her work as a war nurse. Mentions that she gave one soldier anti-slavery literature and that many of the soldiers have heard of her father Isaac Tatem Hopper. Many local Quakers help the wounded; they are some of the only ones sympathetic to "the colored people."
Date:
1862-05-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Lucy Gibbons Morse
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Describes her work as a war nurse, the conditions in the hospitals, her dislike of Dorothea Dix, a sermon preached by Robert Robinson at a "Colored Church, and an African-American woman named Mary Strange.
Date:
1862-04-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her brother
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her brother
Description:
Possibly to her brother John Hopper. Thanks him for the money which arrived safely. She is occupied with the sick of Blenker's Division. The surgeon in charge is a son of the artist Rubens Peale, and Abby is helping him arrange the hospital.
Date:
1862-05-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Robert Crick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Robert Crick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written by Robert Crick [sp]. Is glad to hear from her and has been making enquiries about her. Is sorry he did not take her advice. Says "I hope I live to see you in New York."
Date:
1863-03-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College