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Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Is sending clothing and offers to send newspapers to Gibbons for the soldiers. Discusses the hospital work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon at Portsmouth Grove Hospital and asks Gibbons on their behalf if there will be nursing positions opening where she works. Asks about the duties of the women who work under Gibbons.
Date:
1863-06-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Miss Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Miss Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Addressed to either Julia Gibbons or Lucy Gibbons Morse. Glad that Gibbons and her daughter Sally have arrived safely at Point Lookout and discusses the donation and transportation of supplies to Gibbons. Is thankful to Gibbons for sending a copy of the Hospital Gazette. Discusses the work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon in the hospital at Portsmouth Grove, including the establishment of a reading room containing two thousand books.
Date:
1862-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College