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Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Schofield details the struggles of the newly enfranchised African Americans in the South to vote and the violence enacted against them by white men. She also discusses the rampant racism in Aiken and her own struggles as an educator and defender of African Americans. She says that if they see fit, they can submit parts of the letter to be published by the press.
Date:
1880-11-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Thanks Gibbons for the documents concerning the conditions of the Washington Jail. Woolsey's brother-in-law Col. Joseph Howland (the New York State Treasurer) has written a letter to Senator Morgan about the jail but doesn't feel optimistic about their efforts to instigate reform. Discusses ideas for aid and employment services for working class women.
Date:
1867-02-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news and discusses recent events concerning family and friends. She recently read a letter in the press written by the governor of Kansas reporting that emigrants are flocking there, and that money is needed to clothe them. She writes that she finds Business Meeting less and less interesting and the preaching as well. Partially written over a printed invitation to the Thirteenth Anniversary celebration of the Universal Peace Union.
Date:
1879-06-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes about attending Quarterly Meeting, where she made an appeal for aid for Kansas immigrants (thousands of Southern blacks had migrated to Kansas in the late 1870s as a result of poverty and the failures of Reconstruction). She talks about recent activities of family and friends and briefly discusses the Free Religious Association. Partially written over a fragment of a letter from her nephew Thomas C. Cornell.
Date:
1879-11-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield has recently returned to Aiken after a trip to Washington, D.C. She laments missing attending Lawrence Obanyon Posey's commencement ceremony where he was the valedictorian and praises Posey's achievements. She then discusses her trip to Washington and expresses ire about what she saw in Congress. She writes that "the presence of woman, is the only remedy to make it decent and respectable." She also writes in great detail about a dinner party that she threw, including the guest list, the menu, and their activities.
Date:
1882-06-25
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Eveline S. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Eveline Stevens Baker was the wife of George Ellis Baker. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including Dr. John Stearns, Mrs. Bigelow, and Abby's daughter Julia Gibbons. Discusses her children. Alludes to the reconstruction of Washington after the Civil War, and mentions a "Home" for poor white girls. Would like to visit with Abby and her family.
Date:
1871-03-12
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George Cabot Ward letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George Cabot Ward letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Probably written by George Cabot Ward, 1828-1887. Would be happy to help Abby's "young friend" and discusses opportunities for men who have been in the army. Possibly providing a reference to be used to gain employment.
Date:
1860-1887
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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. Discusses the appointment of Abby's husband James Sloan Gibbons as President of the Delaware Railroad. Discusses the ongoing reconstruction of Washington after the Civil War. Asks for the last report from the Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts.
Date:
1871-03-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Jane Sedgwick letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Possibly written by Jane Minot Sedgwick (1821-1889). Tells Gibbons about a destitute war widow with five children who is looking for work and wonders if she would be applicable for aid from the "employment society for war widows" that Gibbons participates in.
Date:
1866-06-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Rose Wagner letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Praises Abby. Discusses the Civil War and feeling depressed. Discusses her brother Dr. Wagner and his work to establish a military hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. Talks about Sally, probably Abby's daughter Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson. Mentions Dr. Stearns's work and the recent death of his father.
Date:
1864-07-20
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas Jackson letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Thomas Jackson letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Thomas Jackson was Martha Schofield's maternal uncle. He praises Schofield for the work she is doing in the South and is pleased to hear that she refused to shake the hands of Rebels. He condemns all the Rebels and the "arch-traitor" Andrew Johnson. He also discusses conflicts in Europe that he fears the United States will be drawn into. He says he was of the first settlers of California and promises to tell Schofield about his "adventures to this far off land" when he sees her again. He briefly discusses his time in the West Indies and interactions with the freedmen there. He also talks about a lengthy lawsuit he is involved in against "Rebels" regarding a land dispute. He talks of his adoration for Anna E. Dickinson and is impressed that Schofield has met her.
Date:
1866-06-06
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George O'Meally letter
Title:
George O'Meally letter
Description:
Most likely to Abby Hopper Gibbons. George O'Meally was a corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps of the Union Army during the Civil War. Writes that he has gone to Pittsburgh looking for work as a printer but has not had success due to the "flood of emmigration" as a "consequence of oil fever." Left Point Lookout when "it broke up."
Date:
1866-02-25
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the current national financial troubles and its effect on charitable services. Her sister Jane Stuart Woolsey has profitable work tailoring for the government and southern plantations. General Samuel C. Armstrong is struggling to teach useful vocational skills to African Americans at his Hampton Institute. Will donate money to one of Gibbons's charities and discusses the financial issues surrounding Gibbons's "laundry" service enterprise.
Date:
1868-1891
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the conditions of the Washington Jail, and the work of her sister Eliza Newton Woolsey Howland and Mrs. Stull [sp] there. Eliza's husband Col. Joseph Howland will present facts and statistics provided by Gibbons or Mrs. Stull to the state senators. Col. Howland was the New York State Treasurer. Asks Gibbons for vocational skill ideas to teach African American women at the Hampton Institute.
Date:
1867-02-01
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Abby Howland Woolsey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Abby Howland Woolsey was an influential figure in relief work and nursing. Discusses the Home (the Isaac T. Hopper Home) and employing women there to do sewing. Discusses General Samuel C. Armstrong and the "Tabb farm question" concerning the Hampton Institute, a school for African Americans.
Date:
1868-04-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Mary W. Poor letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Glad to hear of the prosperity of The Home (later called the Isaac T. Hopper Home), a shelter for women ex-convicts. Discusses her experiences at the asylum for female inmates that she managed for a month, and considers plans for its future management. Hopes that Gibbons will visit the asylum and give constructive criticism. Talks about the mother of the late Col. Charles E. Griswold, who requests an introduction to Gibbons. Praises Gibbons for her work with soldiers' families.
Date:
1866-06-10
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:
Written on Mower United States Army General Hospital stationery. Will appear before a medical Examinary Board next month and has been trying to study. Has been relieved of his position as head of the Mower Hospital by Dr. Taylor. Discusses the closing of other hospitals. Complains about the "subject and partial" distribution of brevets to those in the service less deserving than him. Mentions the recent movements of family/friends.
Date:
1865-08-13
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:
Written on Mower United States Army General Hospital stationery. Is being moved from service at Beverly Hospital, New Jersey, to Mower Hospital after the recent death of Dr. Joseph Hopkinson (1816-1865). Would like her to visit him.
Date:
1865-07
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:
Written on Mower United States Army General Hospital stationery. Has been put in charge of Mower Hospital as well as Beverly Hospital in New Jersey after Dr. Joseph Hopkinson (1816-1865) contracted a terminal case of Typhoid fever. Will be unable to visit the North for the foreseeable future.
Date:
1865-07-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E. M. Sines letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Title:
E. M. Sines letter to Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson
Description:
Written from Mrs. E. M. Sines, whom Sally stayed with while working as a war nurse in Virginia. Sarah "Sally" Hopper Gibbons Emerson was Abby Hopper Gibbons' daughter. Saw Sally's name in the paper in relation to her work for women's rights. Asks for Sally's help in finding employment after becoming a widow and losing her home.
Date:
1868-07-16
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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