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1897 September 11, Awbury, to My Dear Wife
Title:
1897 September 11, to My Dear Wife
Date:
1897-09-11
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Thomas Smedley letter to Edward G. Smedley
Title:
Thomas Smedley letter to Edward G. Smedley
Date:
1863-11-22
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Fragment. Written by a soldier who tells Schofield about a letter he gave to a woman before leaving for the front. He also discusses his friendship with Schofield.
Date:
1864-08-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Written from Camp Ridgeway. Discusses his current activities in the army, a planned ambush, and the food. Describes meeting at night with slaves, who told the soldiers about locals disloyal to the Union. Tells Schofield he has abstained from alcohol.
Date:
1861-08-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Says he has been bedridden with rheumatism. Discusses the military situation and the advance of Confederate troops.
Date:
1861-08-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Written from Camp Tennally. Describes the state of the war and predicts its future course.
Date:
1861-09-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Written from Camp Pierpont. Describes the difficulties his rheumatism caused for him on a march. Discusses his views on violence and the death of General Edward Baker.
Date:
1861-10-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Written from Camp Pierpont. Discusses his friendship with Schofield and the emotional support she has given him in the past. He does not expect the war to last much longer.
Date:
1861-11-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Describes his life at Camp Wayne, including his uniform and his schedule. Hopes Schofield will come visit him.
Date:
1861-07-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Samuel Mason
Title:
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Samuel Mason
Description:
Written to his father-in-law while Howard and his wife Katharine Wistar Elkinton were in France as relief workers. Discusses his and Kit's finances. Expects that their work at Èvres will be concluded by the spring. Discusses the possibility of more American relief workers being sent to France. Describes two fires that had taken place in the town, the second of which involved Moroccan French soldier casualties. Briefly comments on the negative French attitude towards the Moroccan soldiers; "the French say... 'they come to France to get rich and see they are burnt by their own avarice.' In dying from their suffering in the cold of a French winter and the fact that they are 'forced labor' the remark is a bit cruel."
Date:
1918-12-07
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Francis Goodhue letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton and Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Francis Goodhue letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton and Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Addressed to his relatives. Describes his reasons for leaving the Red Cross to join the U.S. army, saying his heart is not in the work. A note in pencil on the envelope (likely by Katharine Wistar Elkinton) reads, This letter speaks for itself & tells a tale that might belong to many beside Fran.
Date:
1918-08-15
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Letter addressed to "My dearies;" envelope addressed to her brother-in-law Joseph Passmore Elkinton. Written on Friends War Victims Relief Committee letterhead. Discusses their activities and recent events, including having a Captain and a Major over for dinner. Describes the difficulty of acquiring feed for the farm animals with "nearly all the oats requisitioned by the army, and the hay being worth its weight in gold." Mentions how she deeply upset the cat when she tried to clean it with a flea killer mixture. Also describes conversations she has had with several homesick American soldiers, including one who later was sent to the front lines for his misbehavior.
Date:
1918-09-22
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her relief activities and emotional health; postwar reconstruction progress, including the use of German prisoners of war in reconstruction work; the availability and cost of produce, describing a violent incident at a food market; and the withdrawal of fellow relief workers and soldiers from France. Also comments on the death of Monsieur Guiot, losing a piece of luggage, and correspondence from her parents.
Date:
1919-08-18
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. She recently attended Quarterly Meeting where Lucretia Mott and others preached. She expresses great love and admiration for Mott. She also explains in greater detail the specific duties she carries out while volunteering at the hospital. As at the Brooklyn Hospital, they have male nurses, and the women distribute the meals and the donations as well as carry out sewing and mending duties. She says they have started drafting in her area which brings them great sorrow. She hopes the New York election will end with a Republican victory and is disappointed that Pennsylvania went to a Democrat.
Date:
1862-11-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. She describes her work caring for the soldiers at the hospital, saying she will do whatever she can since she cannot "take up the sword or button the armor for defense."
Date:
1862-08-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Describes conditions at Camp Pierpont. Has been chosen to present a sword to his colonel on behalf of the non-commissioned officers; writes out the speech he plans to give.
Date:
1862-01-31
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. He thinks a Union victory and emancipation are imminent.
Date:
1862-02-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Oldden Ridgeway letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Oldden Ridgeway was a distant cousin of Martha Schofield's who joined the Union army during the Civil War. Written from Camp Washington. Describes the desolation in the area. Hopes emancipation will come soon. Discusses the state of the war; believes it will be over soon.
Date:
1862-05-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. She writes that Oldden Ridgeway has returned from the war and prefers not to talk about what he saw or experienced. She is still keeping very busy tending to soldiers at the hospital, including 17 Rebels. She recently attended a concert given by Louis Gottschalk and says she "never heard sweeter music than came from a piano when he touched it."
Date:
1862-10-09
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Wallace P. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Wallace P. Hurley
Description:
Written to her brother Wallace P. Hurley while she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses Wallace's "government work" and involvement in the war effort, and her relief work.
Date:
1918-08-18
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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