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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 William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is at school. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, and briefly mentions visiting industrial schools. Her daughter Sally has been at Robert Haydock's in Flushing.
Date:
1855-07-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is at school. Letter focuses on logistics of their sending clothes to each other.
Date:
1855-09-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Willie is at school. Discusses logistics of sending each other packages. Plans to visit the New York City Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell Island with a number of other people for dancing and music.
Date:
1855-09-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Gibbons
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Discusses arrangement for the funeral of Abby's brother Josiah Hopper ("Uncle Si").
Date:
1855-04-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Multiple people have recently died, including William Gibbons. Describes the fair that she helped organize (probably referring to the annual Anti-Slavery Fair of Pennsylvania).
Date:
1855-12-18
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, 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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including her son Willie.
Date:
1851
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anne Whitney letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Anne Whitney letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Offers sympathy over the recent death of Abby's son William Gibbons and shares stories about him.
Date:
1855-12-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anne Whitney letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Anne Whitney letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Talks about obtaining a blanket and other items that belonged to Abby's recently deceased son William Gibbons. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.
Date:
1856-04-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane C. Hoge letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Jane C. Hoge was a Civil War nurse for the Union soldiers and social activist. Enjoyed reading the memoirs of Abby Hopper Gibbons' deceased son, William Gibbons. Says she often references Gibbons' social work as a source of inspiration when addressing women groups in Chicago. Discusses her book, Boys in Blue, and has sent Gibbons a copy.
Date:
1867-10-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia Minturn Post letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Lydia Minturn Post letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thanks Abby for the kind note and memoir of Abby's deceased son, William Gibbons. Regrets not being able to participate in the "Labour and Aid" because of her brother-in-law's illness. Discusses the establishment of an "enterprise."
Date:
1862-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Theodore Tebbets letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Theodore Tebbets letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Theodore Tebbets authored "A Memoir of William Gibbons." Has just received a copy of Mr. Rantoul's Memoir of Willie, Abby's deceased son, and will provide his honest feedback as requested. Discusses several issues he has with the memoir and says he does not believe it is worth printing.
Date:
1859-12-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Gibbons letter to his father and sister
Title:
William Gibbons letter to his father and sister
Description:
Fragment. Envelope says "picked up after the Riot, referencing the sacking of the Gibbons home in the New York Draft Riots. The letter is William Gibbons's first letter from college in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Date:
1854-03-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Gibbons letter fragments
Title:
William Gibbons letter fragments
Description:
Envelope says "precious relics from under the feet of the mob that sacked our house July 14, 1863." The Gibbons home was sacked in the New York Draft Riots. Contains two damaged letter fragments from Abby Hopper Gibbons's son William Gibbons and two from Isaac T. Hopper.
Date:
1854-1855
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Gibbons letter to Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
William Gibbons letter to Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Is writing on his 18th birthday and talks about his resolutions. Discusses recent events, including the postponement of the Roosuth Meeting.
Date:
1852-01-16
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Gibbons letter to Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
William Gibbons letter to Sally Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Glad that she read the paper he sent home and discusses Mrs. Young's play. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the engagement of Annie Wharton and his recent disinterest in girls.
Date:
1855-11-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Description:
She is very affected by the recent death of her son William. Her husband is travelling soon. Her daughter Sally is staying with Edward and Anna.
Date:
1856
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:
Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, and her recent visit to Salem. Friends have recently had a baby. Reminisces about her deceased son William's tea pot.
Date:
1867-11-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons and Lucy Gibbons Morse
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons and Lucy Gibbons Morse
Description:
Is with a group of people in the Berkshires. Is reminded of her son Willie, who died while he was a student at Harvard in 1855.
Date:
1858-08-24
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:
Discusses visits from her friends and from classmates of her deceased son William Gibbons.
Date:
1858-07-15
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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