Search results

Log in for more access

[
]
Searching as Anonymous (not verified)
9 items [showing 1 - 9]
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Eveline Stevens Baker was the wife of George Ellis Baker. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Dr. John Stearns, Mrs. Bigelow, and Abby's daughter Julia Gibbons. Discusses her children. Alludes to the reconstruction of Washington after the Civil War, and mentions a "Home" for poor white girls. Would like to visit with Abby and her family.
Date:
1871-03-12
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
Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written by a member of the Sedgwick family. Expresses sympathy over the illness of Abby's daughter Lucy. Says that William Minot spoke of Abby's daughter Julia with admiration and enjoyed her visit.
Date:
1865-02-07
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:
James is abroad in Europe. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, particularly her daughter Julia, who may travel to Europe for her health.
Date:
1869-10-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Katharine Sedgwick Minot letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Katharine Sedgwick Minot letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Katharine Maria Sedgwick Minot was the daughter of Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight Sedgwick. Written from Woodbourne. Informs Abby that Julia has arrived safely.
Date:
1864-01-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Hattie Lee, who is sending boxes of supplies to the Sanitary Commission and for the Contrabands (a term used for slaves who escaped to Union lines). Mentions Abby's daughter Sally caring for "four hunted and hidden slaves." Is sending supplies and wishes she could be working with Abby as an army nurse. Mentions the controversy involving Dr. Wagner. Describes the recruitment and training of nurses for army hospitals, including the work of Mrs. Lander (probably Jean M. Lander) and "the surgeons who tried to resist the new regulation introducing women nurses."
Date:
1863-03-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Emily M. Gardner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Gives her a set of needles. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Abby's daughter Julia.
Date:
1864-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James C. Carter letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
James C. Carter letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Offers sympathy over the recent death of her daughter Julia Gibbons.
Date:
1890-01-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Gibbons family portrait
Title:
Gibbons family portrait
Description:
Portrait of the Gibbons family; photographer unknown. Back row, left to right: William Gibbons, Sarah Hopper (later Sarah Hopper Emerson), Julia Gibbons. Front row: Lucy Gibbons (later Lucy Gibbons Morse), Abby Hopper Gibbons, James Sloan Gibbons.
Date:
1854-1855
Collection:
Friends Historical Library miscellaneous photographs collection, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College