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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 Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Describes a visit to Cambridge and Boston. Passed Thanksgiving with Dr. Walker and his nieces, one of whom was a clerk in a real estate office.
Date:
1873-11-28
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends as well as upcoming travel plans.
Date:
1869-03-25
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:
Possibly a fragment. Writes that that they left Dr. Walker's yesterday after visiting for 10 days. She then visited her son Willie's room at Harvard and talked to his friends about him. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1859
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:
Traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her daughter Sally and is staying with Dr. Walker. He has procured them tickets to Boston, and said he had "appreciation for women who had seen service."
Date:
1870-10-05
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 friends encountered on a visit to Boston, including Dr. James Walker and "Mrs. Emerson."
Date:
1867-10-23
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:
Describes her visit to Dr. James Walker, the social calls they made together (mostly to Harvard professors and students, including Louis Agassiz) and a festival in support of freedmen. Mentions poet Elbridge J. Cutler and "Anna Lowell's colored home." Concludes with Governor Andrew's death.
Date:
1867-11-02
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Anna and Edward Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Anna and Edward Hopper
Description:
Fragment. Talks of visiting Boston and Harvard and speaking with friends of her son Willie, including Charles William Eliot (who later became president of Harvard), Alfred S. Hartwell (Willie's former roommate), and Jimmy Lowell. She also talks of visiting Dr. Walker and speaking with him at length of Willie. She expresses unfailing love for her family.
Date:
1857
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons and Lucy Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons and Lucy Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Description:
Lucy and Abby describe a visit to Cambridge where they are staying with Dr. Walker. Lucy describes stargazing at the observatory and looking at the engravings of Murillo in Mr. Grey's collection. They have plans to see Alfred S. Hartwell, the Lowells, and "Charley" Emerson.
Date:
1859-08-16
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 her visit to Cambridge.
Date:
1869-03-26
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including James Walker and a member of the Grimke family. Will be travelling to Salem and Dorchester.
Date:
1840-1893
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:
Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including James B. Thayer, Dr. Briggs, Dr. Walker, and the family of Joseph Choate. Will be traveling to Salem.
Date:
1874-10-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Dr. James Walker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Walker was president of Harvard University from 1853 to 1860. The letter touches briefly on a variety of subjects, including the composition of Walker's church congregation and the recent trend of clergymen marrying.
Date:
1874-05-26
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Passes on news of friends and family, including Dr. James Walker, former president of Harvard, and one Mrs. Pomeroy. Describes Emerson's activities in Boston and Cambridge.
Date:
1865-06-27
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:
Heard a sermon by a Mr. Chaney, likely George Leonard Chaney, a Unitarian minister from Salem, Massachusetts. Describes going to the theater with a Mr. Hepworth and seeing people of all social classes - especially working-class people - present at the show. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends.
Date:
1869-04-12
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 her visit to Cambridge. Encounters a Mrs. Pendergast whom she had known at Point Lookout. Mentions an article in the Tribune about the resignation of a doctor. Mentions a Mr. Ware, a religious leader associated with Harvard - possibly Henry Ware, who helped create Harvard Divinity School.
Date:
1869-03-24
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:
Tells Sally not to correct or circulate the Treasury Report. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Mr. Thayer and Dr. Walker.
Date:
1869-03-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Julia Gibbons
Description:
Discusses a visit to Boston. Visited a "model hospital"; had dinner with the Barnard family, Dr. James Walker, Julia Ward Howe, and others. Briefly recounts Dr. Walker's opinion on women's suffrage.
Date:
1867-10-30
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:
Attended the funeral of Massachusetts governor John Albion Andrew. Clarifies Dr. James Walker's views on women's suffrage.
Date:
1867-11-04
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College