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Rebecca Collins letter to Isaac Collins
Title:
Rebecca Collins letter to Isaac Collins
Description:
Written while Rebecca Collins's husband, Isaac Collins, was on an extended trip to England. Discusses attending Quaker meetings and the participation of women. Shares news about herself and others and discusses a recent visit from Dorothea Dix.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Describes her arrival to Point Lookout, particularly the varying ways in which she and her daughter Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson were received. Discusses Dorothea Dix's displeasure with her at length.
Date:
1863-02-21
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:
Apparently written during Gibbons's time as a Union nurse during the Civil War. Discusses Dorothea Dix and the Sanitary Commission.
Date:
1861-1867
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. Anthony Heger letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on Hammond General Hospital stationery. Dr. Anthony Heger was the successor of Dr. Wagner as Medical Director of Point Lookout. Is happy that Gibbons' family and valuables were recovered safely from the New York City draft riot that destroyed her home. Hopes she will be able to return to the hospital soon, saying "you have become almost identified with its rise and progress." Discusses recent events that have transpired while she's been away; there have been multiple "visitors of high official character" who have approved of the hospital conditions, including Dorothea Dix. A prison camp for Confederate soldiers is going to be established at Point Lookout.
Date:
1863-08-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Frank Nichols letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written by a soldier in the army hospital at Point Lookout, where Gibbons had worked as a nurse. Briefly talks about the destruction of Gibbons's house during the recent New York draft riots. Expresses distrust of Democrats and dislike of many perceived traitors to the Union such as "Wood" and "Seymour" (perhaps Thomas H. Seymour, governor of New York). Reports that there are about 1100 African-Americans at Point Lookout. Talks about a visit of an "Old Angel, likely in reference to Dorothea Dix, and discusses conflict between her and Gibbons. Talks about a Contraband man called Uncle Willoughby (contraband" was a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
Date:
1863-08-18
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. Written from Fairfax Seminary Hospital on United States Sanitary Commission stationery. Requests information about a nurse named Miss Heald whom she suspects was fired from her previous position under Gibbons at Point Lookout. Asks for a letter concerning Miss Heald from Gibbons to use in case Dorothea Dix tries to assign Miss Heald to work with her in Fairfax.
Date:
1861-1865
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Everyone at Point Lookout is excited to receive letters. Mentions keeping a diary of her experiences. Discusses Dorothea Dix and her opinions of the Surgeon General. Complains about the Catholic contingent of relief workers occupying too much space, stating "if there was ever an imposition practised upon our poor men, this is one of the greatest magnitude." Discusses the busy day resulting from the arrival of 280 wounded soldiers. Asks her husband to send supplies and not to publish any of the confidential information from her letters.
Date:
1862-07-24
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:
Asks if she can do anything to help Mrs. Elizabeth B.D. Sedgwick, Julia's teacher. Gives her opinion of General Butler. Describes attending a woman's convention held by the "Insane" where she saw Louisa Schuyler, Dorothea Dix, and others (likely the Women's Council).
Date:
1864-01-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Is very thankful for her husband securing and sending supplies, especially butter and condensed milk. Dorothea Dix also supplied a large amount of currant jelly. Discusses caring for a man whose master, Thomas Laker, whipped him for allegedly attempting to escape. Discusses her duties and experiences as a war nurse. Complains about the Prussian Dr. Drumacher [sp]. They are expecting an arrival of 800 patients. Has 12 nurses under her direction and praises the work of Mary and Sally (probably her daughter). Misses her family.
Date:
1862-08-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Very happy to receive supplies for both the workers and the sick soldiers from the latest boat shipment. Dorothea Dix also provided ten boxes of food. Says, the question has been, not how much can they eat, but how little they can exist upon. Discusses her work as a nurse, and how she has "the command of the hospital... I have hitherto held the rank of "General" but last evening was promoted- am now Major General." She is in contact with a few Washington officials, and is "able to put a stop to some outrages of which I am keeping record." Five new nurses have arrived from Boston.
Date:
1862-08-04
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:
Possibly a fragment. Describes her work as a war nurse, the conditions in the hospitals, her dislike of Dorothea Dix, a sermon preached by Robert Robinson at a "Colored Church, and an African-American woman named Mary Strange.
Date:
1862-04-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George O'Meally letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George O'Meally letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George O'Meally was a corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps of the Union Army during the Civil War. Written from Hammond General Hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Discusses Gibbons and Dr. Anthony Heger's conflict with Dorothea Dix over the hiring of nurses. Alludes to soldiers' dislike of Dix.
Date:
1863-08-18
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Mentions that a friend or family member is going to Ruschberg, possibly meaning the municipality in Germany, but possibly referring to the name of a family called Rusch. Mentions the activist Dorothea Dix, wondering whether she is "in this life, or the other."
Date:
1882-09-08
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 Abby leaving her work as an army nurse when her house was destroyed in the draft riots of New York. Discusses recent events at Point Lookout, including a visit from Dorothea Dix, the behavior of the nurses in Abby's absence, the establishment of an adjoining prisoner of war camp, and the arrival of several doctors. Bought an office from someone named Hobbs.
Date:
1863-08-09
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:
Written on stationery from Hammond General Hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland. Updates Gibbons on the events at the hospital and complains about the quality and abilities of the nurses appointed by Dorothea Dix. Is happy to accept the eight women Gibbons recommended, who he will make room for by discharging some of Dix's "pets". Hopes that she will return to work at the hospital, saying "there is no place you could do more good, or where your labors would be more kindly appreciated."
Date:
1863-01-16
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Sarah Hopper Palmer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Has had a difficult winter involving illness and thieving servants. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including her siblings, John Dunn, the health of Anne Wharton, and the upcoming marriage of Mary Wilson. References Abby and Sally's work as army nurses and says that "Miss Dix is evidently spoiled by her notoriety."
Date:
1863-05-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College