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Box 1

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Contains 61 Results:

Siblings, 1832-1834

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents

1 addressed to "my dear brother", and 1 to "my dear sister".

Dates: 1832-1834

Siblings, 1851-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

1 addressed to "my dear brother", 2 to "my dear brother & sister", 1 to "brothers & sisters", 2 to "my dear sister", 1 to "dear ones".

Dates: 1851-1859

Siblings, 1862-1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

6 ALsS3 addressed to "my dear brother", 1 to "my dearest brother", 1 to my dear brother, sister", 1 to "my own dear brother".

Dates: 1862-1863

Siblings, 1870-10 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents

to sister Mary, including 1 "Private" letter regarding Sally (her daughter) and William Emerson.

Dates: 1870-10 and undated

Siblings, 1872-92

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents

4 addressed to "my dear brother", and 1 to "my dear sister"

Dates: 1872-92

Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson letter to William Gibbons, approximately 1850-1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: A00180911
Scope and Contents

1 page. Abby and Sally are worried something has happened to Willie and are waiting to receive a telegram with news. Likely written in December 1855 immediately before Willie's death.

Subjects: Gibbons, William, 1834-1855

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Dates: approximately 1850-1855

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper, 1891-08-22

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: A00180918
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Addressed to "My dear brother and his daughter." Will be leaving Connecticut soon. Mentions a recent accident that she had but says no bones were broken. Says she is a "staunch Republican" and is fond of the Tribune, which she reads daily, and has objections about other journals, including the Post.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; New York tribune (New York, N.Y. : 1841)

Relevant locations: Canaan (Conn.)

Dates: 1891-08-22

Abby Hopper Gibbons and Isaac T. Hopper letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer, 1811-07-19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: A00180932
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Addressed "Dear Sister." Abby writes that their brother Edward has been sick but is doing better, and briefly mentions their other siblings. Isaac T. Hopper writes that the family is well.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Dates: 1811-07-19

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Sarah Hopper Palmer and Jonathan Palmer, 1820-11-03

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 47
Identifier: A00180933
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Mentions several people who have been disowned by their Monthly Meeting. Recounts telling Thomas Legget that she feels "too independent to be under the direction of 12 men" at the school where she was working. Also states, "if I have a husband, I will not be ruled by him."Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Quakers; Society of Friends; Leggett, Thomas Haight,...
Dates: 1820-11-03