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George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George Ellis Baker was a writer, editor, and prison reformer, and worked in multiple governmental roles, such as private secretary for Senator William H. Seward. Would like to hear from and be visited by Abby's family. Discusses the bigoted conduct of Mrs. Eaton towards the Unitarians of the Washington Ladies Prison Association. Discusses the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
Date:
1868-03-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
C. A. Sinclair letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
C. A. Sinclair letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written on Fortieth Congress, U.S. House of Representatives stationery. Discusses selling their house and wishes she and Abby could be neighbors; says "although we women are acknowledged to be supreme in the house-hold I greatly fear that our power is weak in holding a house either by legal means or moral persuasion." Discusses the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
Date:
1868-03-27
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College