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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.