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Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children (AKA "the Home"). A new matron has been causing trouble at the Home, and Maria R. Mann, a teacher there, wants Gibbons to help sort it out.
Date:
1864-09-06
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 her work with a group of about 30 other women in Washington (including Elizabeth Grimes, wife of Iowa Senator James W. Grimes) to get a bill passed by both houses of Congress (an Act to incorporate the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Has been put in charge of the hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland. The Surgeon General (William Hammond?) has offered her support. Visits Frances Seward, wife of Secretary of State William Seward.
Date:
1863-02-12
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:
Is in Washington trying to get a bill through Congress (likely the one for the Association for the Relief of Colored Women). Frustrated by "the everlasting red tape."
Date:
1863-02-08
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:
Criticizes the choice of managers for the newly-formed National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, which Abby Hopper Gibbons helped found. Discusses shipping relief supplies.
Date:
1863-04-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Joseph B. Collins letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Joseph B. Collins letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on National Freedman's Relief Association stationery. Discusses the donation of money to the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children by the National Freedman's Relief Association.
Date:
1864-03-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from the Washington Contraband Camp. Thanks Abby for her letter and the wise counsel it contained. She attended a meeting for the "Association, which is probably the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, and discusses money-raising efforts for the Association. The new hospital is finished, and they will be moving into it soon.
Date:
1863-04-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Camp Todd in Arlington, a contraband camp. ("Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines.) Talks extensively about the "Home" (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Howland thinks they should ask the government for a supply of rations because the children were orphaned by "military necessity" and not by ordinary circumstances. Mrs. Seward helped her acquire a horse.
Date:
1864-04-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Camp Todd in Arlington, a contraband camp. "Contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines. Writes extensively about the "Home" (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Frances Seward, wife of Secretary of State William Seward, is currently at the camp and is trying to influence Colonel Greene to furnish Howland with a horse.
Date:
1864-03-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary A. Donaldson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary A. Donaldson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Asks Gibbons to attend the next Monthly Meeting, which will address the conflicts surrounding Maria R. Mann. Mann is being pressured to resign from the Home.
Date:
1864-09-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria R. Mann letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children (the "Home"), where she was a teacher. She is in distress over the affairs and interests of the Home, particularly the fact that several women are trying to have her ejected. Implores Abby to come to the Home as soon as possible to make her own assessment of the issues and provide counsel.
Date:
1864-02-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Margaret Robinson letters to Emily Howland
Title:
Margaret Robinson letters to Emily Howland
Description:
Margaret Robinson was a teacher and activist who worked with Howland on the board of the Colored Orphans' Home in Washington, D.C., during the 1860s. Says she has forwarded Howland's letter about an old African American woman to Harriet Underhill in Washington. Discusses the running of the Home and the board's thoughts about its changing purpose. Passes on news of mutual friends. Asks about the conditions of the freedmen.
Date:
1875-01-22
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Camp Casey in Arlington, a contraband camp ("contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines). Apologizes for having missed seeing Abby when she was in Washington. Talks about Miss Maria R. Mann and her struggle to gain permission to go to Savannah and organize schools and relief for freedmen. Asks if Abby can use her influence to help Miss Mann.
Date:
1865-02-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
A. D. Cheever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
A. D. Cheever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thanks Abby for sending a poem. Wants to visit her but has been caring for her sick father. Charlie almost sent the proceeds from his "Fair" to Abby for the Washington "Home, and Cheever promises to contribute money when she sees Abby. She refers to the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children.
Date:
1865-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
N.M. Johnson and Mary J. Eliot letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
N.M. Johnson and Mary J. Eliot letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Expresses condolences over the passing of William Emerson, Abby's son-in-law. Mary J. Eliot has been elected president of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, and she shares a story about her brother, William Greenleaf Eliot, losing his young daughter in a skating accident.
Date:
1864-03-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
N. M. Johnson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
N. M. Johnson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Knows Abby is busy with ''Hospital duties'' but reminds her that she is still a manager of the ''Home'' (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Talks about the goals and needs of the ''Home, '' including the need for a clean water supply which will cost $800.
Date:
1864-08-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
N.M. Johnson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
N.M. Johnson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Is seeking Abby's assistance for acquiring needs of the "Home" (National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children). Discusses some controversy involving the new matron of the "Home, Miss Coleman.
Date:
1864-09-07
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:
Discusses the recently formed National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, which Abby Hopper Gibbons helped found. Offers advice on writing a circular calling for donations and establishing organization structure. Passes on news of friends and family.
Date:
1863-03-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and was a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Received Abby's "leaflet" and wishes her a happy Christmas and New Year's. Looking forward to seeing her next week and discusses a meeting next Tuesday. Says "the enemy are no doubt lying in wait to out vote and overpower us, and we cannot get on without your calm force." Mentions Miss Mann, likely Maria R. Mann.
Date:
1865-01-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College