Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Dr. James Walker, 1863-09-04
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 59
Identifier: A00180983
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Thanks him for offering to shelter her family after the destruction of her house in the draft riots in New York. Details the destruction and looting of her house. Mentions that her father Isaac T. Hopper's personal papers were burned. Her daughters with the help of John Choate were able to save some valuable items by carrying them over the rooftops to safety. They have since been staying in her brother's home, but hope to move into a new house by the autumn. Says "because this...
Dates:
1863-09-04
