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Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Passes on news from the military hospital where Emerson worked. Lists supplies needed from the Sanitary Commission. Mentions that the Woolseys are present.
Date:
1864-10-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses the illness of Martha Sever (sp?) and passes on other news from the military hospital where Emerson worked as a nurse. Asks Gibbons to have a newpaper article written. Gives a list of items received from the Sanitary Commission. Expresses outrage that a "Rebel woman" has been put in charge of the Sanitary Commission's hospital supplies for wounded Confederate prisoners in Winchester, Virginia; says that "if it were not that the Sanitary and Christian Commissions were rivals and that the former does so much good, I would write a letter to the paper myself about it"; blames the leadership of Mr. Knapp.
Date:
1864-10-04
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. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse with her daughters Sally and Lucy at the N.J. General Hospital.
Date:
1864-08-17
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. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse with her daughters Sally and Lucy at the N.J. General Hospital, including a man who wanted his leg further amputated to correct a faulty first job.
Date:
1864-08-26
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. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse at the N.J. General Hospital, with a focus on the death of Major Potter [sp].
Date:
1864-09-14
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. Discusses her experiences as a war nurse at the N.J. General Hospital, especially a woman who came to retrieve her husband's body for burial.
Date:
1864-09-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Happy that Gibbons and possibly her daughter Lucy are coming to the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey, and is making arrangements for their arrival. Insists that they live with him to keep him company. Has been working hard to establish the hospital. Says the work will help take her mind off of the recent death of her brother John Hopper. Has received over one hundred nurse applications and will discuss the matter with Gibbons when she arrives. Says he has been "at war with the ladies" in the hospital area who want to visit the ward "at all hours" and feed the patients.
Date:
1864-08-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Makes arrangements for Gibbons to come to the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. The hospital is preparing to receive patients starting next week. Will accept Miss Sedgwick and any other women Gibbons selects for nurses.
Date:
1864-07-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Dated the second day of 1864, but contents suggest 1865. Written from a military hospital where Emerson worked. Discusses her travel plans and the departure of G.A. Chesley, a doctor at the hospital.
Date:
1865-01-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Corporal George Everett letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Corporal George Everett letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Corp. Everett participated in the running of the Hammond "Gazette" at the army hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Discusses recent events at the hospital, including an argument concerning Dr. Anthony Heger's actions, and the removal of Chaplain Leonard. Encloses a note to Dr. Clinton Wagner about establishing a printing office at Beverly Hospital in New Jersey.
Date:
1864-08-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Sends his sympathies over the recent death of Abby's brother John Hopper. Has been in the process of establishing a large army hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Has received many applications from women interested in working as the nurse Matron but would prefer to have Abby fill the position and offers to let her and her daughter Sally live with him in his cottage.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on U.S. Army General Hospital stationery. Encloses a photograph of himself. Overjoyed about the news of the fall of Charleston and is optimistic about the upcoming conclusion to the war. Has been accused of stealing the body of a man named Bridges by the family of the deceased.
Date:
1865-02-21
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events surrounding his work as an army surgeon, including the assignment to establish a hospital in Beverly for three thousand patients. Discusses two of his former stewards named Nebrich [sp] and Tambough [sp]. Wants Abby and her daughter Sally to come work with him in Beverly. Mentions the loss of his influence with the "fall" of Hammond, referencing the dismissal of William Alexander Hammond as Surgeon General of the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland.
Date:
1864-07-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Clinton Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Writes that army hospitals, including Beverly Hospital, are being closed and the surgeons discharged. Will be sent to McClellan [sp] Hospital near Germantown. Would like to visit and speak with her.
Date:
1865-05-10
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
R. S. Wernwag letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
R. S. Wernwag letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from U.S.A. General Hospital, Point Lookout, Maryland. Would like to be transferred to Beverly Hospital in New Jersey. Possibly employed as a quartermaster or steward.
Date:
1864-08-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Emily (Sedgwick) Welch was the sister of Major General John Sedgwick. Discusses volunteering at the Beverly army hospital in November.
Date:
1864-09-13
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses the illness of Emerson's sister Lucy Gibbons Morse, whether it was smallpox or varioloid, and what she believed the appropriate course of action was. Mentions recent events at the military hospital at which Emerson worked.
Date:
1865-02-08
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:
Is staying and working at an army hospital in Beverly, New Jersey (N.J. General Hospital). Asks Sally to write.
Date:
1864-09-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers