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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discussion of an upcoming election, particularly regarding the politician Roscoe Conkling. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1881-07-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Discussion of visiting and logistics, and then discussion of the election. Writes, What a relief that the President improves from day to day, likely refering to James A. Garfield, the president at the time who was shot several days prior to the writing of this letter.
Date:
1881-07-09
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Chester A. Arthur
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Chester A. Arthur
Description:
Urges Arthur to resign if Garfield dies and allow the people to elect him to the office of the President in an honorable manner rather than taking the office under the cloud of Grant and Conkling, whose policy has been condemned by the people.
Date:
1881-08-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College