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Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Discusses recent events involving the war and their work in the army hospital, including the observations of camps and colored regiments. Discusses multiple individuals, including Secretary of War Edwin Stanton; other people mentioned include General Casey, General Meade, Dr. Stearns, and "Frank."
Date:
1863-10-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Discusses herself and her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon taking over the positions of Gibbons and her daughter Sally at the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Georgeanna will fill Gibbons's position as Lady Superintendent. Discusses Georgeanna's current work at Gettysburg. Requests information about the Ladies Department at Point Lookout and the duties that would be expected of them.
Date:
1863-07-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon, who is currently busy working at Gettysburg, agrees to fill Gibbons's position as Lady Superintendent at the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Asks multiple questions concerning her and Georgeanna's arrival and stay in Point Lookout, including whether it is acceptable to come in September. Asks about the Catholic aid contingent. Encloses a list of questions on Georgeanna's behalf requesting information about the position.
Date:
1863-07-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing as well as a teacher of freedmen. Requests a personal interview with Gibbons to learn the details about the hospital positions that she and her sister Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon are willing to take over. Her sister and mother just arrived back from Gettysburg. Expresses sympathy over the destruction of Gibbons's home in the New York draft riots, which has led Gibbons and her daughter Sally to require replacements for their positions in the army hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland.
Date:
1863-08-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Written from Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Makes arrangements to meet with Abby. Mentions an upcoming meeting in Washington with people who ''will settle the colored question.''
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Makes plans to travel to Abby. Writes "I thank you for sending for me and long to be at work."
Date:
1855-1891
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
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. Discusses the work of her sisters Jane Stuart Woolsey and Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon as war nurses in the hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Thanks Gibbons on behalf of her mother for her sympathies, possibly referring to the death of Woolsey's sister Mary Elizabeth Watts Woolsey Howland in 1864.
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Charles H. Crane letter to Dr. Anthony Heger; Dr. Anthony Heger letter; Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Georgeanna Woolsey
Title:
Charles H. Crane letter to Dr. Anthony Heger; Dr. Anthony Heger letter; Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Georgeanna Woolsey
Description:
Handwritten copies of three separate letters regarding the dismissal of the Protestant nurses from Hammond General Hospital. Dr. Anthony Heger served as Medical Director of the hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland.
Date:
1863-09-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Her sister Mary Elizabeth Watts Woolsey Howland (1832-1864) died yesterday. Miss Thomas will fill Georgeanna's position. Mentions that Abby and her daughter Sally may have gone to the front.
Date:
1864-06-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey Bacon was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses Abby's "new hospital" and offers her services.
Date:
1855-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College