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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Mentions seeing an Isaac T. Hopper who is planning to visit relatives in Duchess and Glen Cove.
Date:
1869-06-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her family
Description:
Describes a trip to Cambridge, especially meeting many people associated with Harvard University.
Date:
1859-08-20
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:
Explains that she had not sent a package to Sally with clothing because she was waiting for Sally to tell her whether she needed it. Has been sick. Julia has successfully entertained her guest, Lorrie, who has also helped with the housework. Abby has been sick. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Sends her love to Aunt Sarah, Uncle Ed, and others.
Date:
1856-05-08
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson and Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson and Julia Gibbons
Description:
Fragment. Written to Sarah and Julia while they were at the Sedgwick School in Massachusetts. Gives advice to the girls, including advising them to be patient and kind to each other and to be grateful to Mrs. Sedgwick. Mrs. Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight Sedgwick (Mrs. Charles Sedgwick) was an author and headmistress of a nationally recognized girls' school.
Date:
1851-1864
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anne D. Sever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Anne D. Sever letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Is appreciative of the painting/photograph she received as a gift. Discusses moving from Kingston. Discusses visiting with Abby's daughter Sally.
Date:
1865-06-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Maria Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Maria Hopper was Abby's niece. Talks about how wonderful it was to have Abby and Sarah Hopper Emerson visit them recently.
Date:
1865-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Rose Wagner was the sister of Dr. Clinton Wagner. Praises Abby and wants her to be a friend and maternal figure to her and her brother Dr. Wagner. Discusses her love for Abby's daughters and her brother's visit home.
Date:
1864-04-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Praises Abby. Discusses the Civil War and feeling depressed. Discusses her brother Dr. Wagner and his work to establish a military hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Talks about Sally, probably Abby's daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson. Mentions Dr. Stearns's work and the recent death of his father.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
'Rosa" De Wolf Hopper was Abby's sister-in-law. She and Lucy went to the opera the night before and had a "jolly time." Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including that Mr. Emerson dropped in to see Sally.
Date:
1858-1864
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Gibbons' daughter Sally is visiting her.
Date:
1866-06-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Gibbons's daughter Sally Emerson is going to visit Dana soon; Dana brings up William David Norris, an African-American boy living with Gibbons, in connection with the visit.
Date:
1866-04-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan P. Parkman letter
Title:
Susan P. Parkman letter
Description:
Discusses the recent marriage of Abby's daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons to William Emerson. Discusses multiple recent deaths in her family. Has been giving away the possessions of her deceased son Sergeant Theodore Parkman. References the destruction of Abby's house in the New York draft riots.
Date:
1864-01-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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:
Discusses the work of Abby and Sally as army nurses during the Civil War. Says that she would join them if she were younger. Discusses recent events concerning her daughter Fanny.
Date:
1864-07-01
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:
Postal conditions are unstable and she has not received any letters after leaving Washington. Describes her experiences as a war nurse. Her daughter Sally fainted after witnessing a man with severe injuries. Says it is "necessary to control one's feelings, as to make ourselves useful in such extremities. I did not dream how much I could endure." Discusses interacting with black people, including a woman named Mary Strange, and receiving an invitation to meet at their church.
Date:
1862-04-09
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:
Likely written while her daughters Sally and Julia were away at school with Mrs. Elizabeth B.D. Sedgwick in the 1850s. Discusses her father Isaac T. Hopper and gives her daughters advice on dress and conduct.
Date:
1850-1855
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson letter to Sally Thayer
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson letter to Sally Thayer
Description:
Wants her to visit. Sarah Emerson will begin working as a school teacher next Monday, taking over the work of Abby's recently deceased daughter Julia.
Date:
1890-01-04
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends and house repairs. Mentions an article in the Tribune.
Date:
1869-06-18
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Hunt letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Elizabeth Hunt letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Is filled with anguish to send her only son, Theodore, off to college but knows it is for his own good. Still has her daughter Sally's French books which she has not yet had time to read.
Date:
1868-09-11
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:
Martha is still sick and will be visited by doctors. Says to Sally, Do all thee can to advance the movement. Has received Sally's letter and will send a box.
Date:
1864-10-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer
Description:
Describes the outfits Willie, Sally, and Lucy wore to a party. Julia did not want to go to the party and stayed home. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Mentions her son Isaac.
Date:
1841-1847
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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