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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. Discusses and offers her sympathies for the recent death of Abby's brother, John Hopper.
Date:
1864-07-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott and George Lord letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Title:
Lucretia Mott and George Lord letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of family and friends to her niece Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is visiting England. She talks about illnesses and childbirths in particular, as well as Maria Hopper's ill-health after working as a nurse at an army hospital in City Point, Virginia. Mott also discusses the sudden death of John Hopper, brother of Edward Hopper and Abby Hopper Gibbons. George Lord gives more details about Maria Hopper (repeated from Mott's note of 1864-08-08, scanned as A00182051).
Date:
1864-08-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Offers condolences for the recent death of John Hopper, Gibbons's brother, and briefly describes his current medical practice.
Date:
1864-08-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Horatio N. Rust letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Horatio N. Rust letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Springfield. Horatio Nelson Rust was a friend and supporter of abolitionist John Brown, a medical volunteer during the Civil War, and a Native American rights advocate. Offers condolences for the death of Abby's brother John T. Hopper. Requests pictures of her and her brother. Encloses a card for Mr. Clark for her to deliver. Would like to get back the "pair of Dies" [sp] he gave to John T. Hopper years ago.
Date:
1864-08-26
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. Offers sympathy over the recent death of Gibbons's brother John Hopper. Discusses Gibbons and her daughter Sally's possible plans to take time off from hospital work and offers her assistance. Asks about the military hospital in the New York area and wonders about possible work available there.
Date:
1864-07-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Margaret Manning Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Margaret Manning Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Margaret Manning Choate was the mother of Joseph Choate. Expresses sympathy over the death of Abby's brother, John Hopper. Rev. Dr. Briggs mentioned him in his sermon. Invites Abby and her daughters to visit this summer.
Date:
1864-08-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sidney Howard Gay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sidney Howard Gay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Sidney Howard Gay was an lawyer, journalist, and abolitionist who edited the National Anti-Slavery Standard and participated in the Underground Railroad. Written on Office of the Tribune stationery. Discusses the recent death of Abby's brother, John Hopper.
Date:
1864
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "Mary"
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "Mary"
Description:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends. Talks of family grieving over the death of her son William. Describes visiting her brother John Hopper and his wife Rosa when she gave birth to their son, Willie (William DeWolf Hopper).
Date:
1858-04-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Catharine Maria Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Catharine Maria Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Probably written by novelist Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Expresses condolences over the recent death of Abby's brother John T. Hopper.
Date:
1864-07-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Hopper letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
Elizabeth Hopper letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Elizabeth Hopper was Abby's sister. She describes all of the Christmas gifts she received from her family members and requests that Sarah send her photographs of herself and her husband William. Says that the war must end soon.
Date:
1865-01-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George Luther Stearns letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George Luther Stearns letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George Luther Stearns was an abolitionist and recruiter of black soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War. The letter discusses the recent death of Gibbons's brother John Hopper. Mentions Stearns' efforts to help Maria R. Mann's school. Talks about politics, antislavery, and Abraham Lincoln's ruthless ambition.
Date:
1864-07-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Robert S. Rantoul and Harriet C. Rantoul letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Robert S. Rantoul and Harriet C. Rantoul letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Robert S. Rantoul was a politician from Salem, Massachusetts. Letter offers condolences for the death of Abby's brother, John T. Hopper.
Date:
1864-08-07
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 the death of Uncle John Hopper, who passed away in his sleep.
Date:
1864-07-19
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Gay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Elizabeth Gay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Elizabeth Gay was a Quaker abolitionist and women's rights activist; her husband was Sydney Howard Gay. Discusses and sympathizes over the recent death of Abby's brother John Hopper.
Date:
1864-07-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Mary and George
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Mary and George
Description:
Writes about the death of her brother, John Hopper.
Date:
1864-12-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
J. F. B. Marshall and Martha Marshall letters to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
J. F. B. Marshall and Martha Marshall letters to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
J.F.B. Marshall thanks Abby for her letter and is pleased to report that his wife, Martha, is doing much better. He regrets having to leave City Point, where Abby is. Expresses sympathy over the sudden death of Abby's brother, John Hopper. Martha Marshall thanks Abby for her letter and expresses sympathy over the death of John Hopper.
Date:
1864-07-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to John Hopper
Description:
Is concerned after hearing about John's boil. Sends gratitude to the Office of Tribune for sending packages of New York papers. Praises Dr. Heger.
Date:
1863-05-06
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:
Discusses the recent death of Gibbons's son Isaac Hopper Gibbons (1841-1847), as well as her brother John Hopper and his new wife Rosa De Wolf Hopper. Briefly mentions a visit from "Aunt" Lucretia Mott. Also discusses a Maria and David, possibly Lydia Maria Child and David Lee Child.
Date:
1847-05-26
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. Talks about her desire to accept Abby's offer to visit her at Point Lookout but has concerns. Discusses her husband John Hopper's health problems at length.
Date:
1863-05-08
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:
Sends his sympathies over the recent death of Abby's brother John Hopper. Has been in the process of establishing a large army hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Has received many applications from women interested in working as the nurse Matron but would prefer to have Abby fill the position and offers to let her and her daughter Sally live with him in his cottage.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College