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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
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Mary R. Parkman was the sister of Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Asks Abby to write to her mother Susan P. Parkman to comfort and console her over the recent death of her son Theodore Parkman. Discusses the mourning of her mother. Abby's son William Gibbons and Theodore died on the same day of the year.
Date:
1862-12-30
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan P. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Susan P. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thanks her for the consoling letter concerning the death of her son Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Discusses her grief over the loss and compares it to the loss of Abby's son William Gibbons. Says it was comforting to read the memoir of William Gibbons. Mentions her work for soldiers.
Date:
1863-06-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary R. Parkman letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Mary R. Parkman was the sister of Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Thanks Abby on behalf of her mother Susan P. Parkman for her letter, which comforted her over the recent death of her son Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Discusses the mourning of her mother. Mentions her mother's work for the soldiers.
Date:
1863-02-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College