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Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1863-10-30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50
Identifier: A00180949
Scope and Contents 3 pages. Writes on behalf of the Women's Prison Association Committee of the Isaac T. Hopper Home, a shelter for women ex-convicts, to acknowledge Catharine Maria Sedgwick's resignation from the position of First Director. Her resignation letter was read at the special meeting and the members expressed their respect for her.Subjects: Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867; Women--Services for; Charity organization; Housing rehabilitation--Social aspects; Women ex-convicts...
Dates: 1863-10-30
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

Letter to E. M. Stanton, approximately 1860-1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57
Identifier: A00180977
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Likely written by Abby Hopper Gibbons to Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), who was Secretary of War during most of the Civil War. Complains about the chaplain John A. Spooner at the hospital in Point Lookout, Maryland, who has been neglecting his duties.

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War work; Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Md.)

Relevant locations: Point Lookout (Md.)

Dates: approximately 1860-1865
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

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
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Mrs. Smillie, 1890-06-22

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 61
Identifier: A00180986
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Describes difficulties setting up a diet kitchen; asks Smillie [sp] to reprimand a janitor who would not let them use a space.

Subjects: New York Diet Kitchen Association; Social service

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Dates: 1890-06-22
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to William Emerson, 1855-01-14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: A00180573
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Grieving the death of her son William Gibbons, who died in 1855. Sends a package to William Emerson with some of her son's things and asks him to take charge of the package.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; Gibbons, William, 1834-1855

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Dates: 1855-01-14
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to her children; Lucy Gibbons Morse to Sarah Hopper Emerson, 1859-08-21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: A00180726
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Document contains two letters, one by Abby Hopper Gibbons and one by her daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse. Discusses recent news concerning family/friends, including Dr. James Walker, James and Charles Lowell, William Choate and George Hepworth. Discusses the abuse of a woman called Katie Hoffine [sp] by her step mother, saying "I must attend to her case personally- and shall try all reasonable ways, and then if I must shall steal her." Talks at length about the women's personal...
Dates: 1859-08-21
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent: / Family:

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Florence Baker, 1893-01-09

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: A00180755
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Says that she has received the invitation to the "Annual Meeting" but states that she has been ill and there is a snow storm coming, so she asks Florence to take her chair.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Dates: 1893-01-09
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent:

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons, 1850-07-10

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: A00180756
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Written from Greenwood. Discusses recent news concerning family.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Dates: 1850-07-10
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent: / James Sloan Gibbons

Abby Hopper Gibbons and Lucy Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons, 1859-08-16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: A00180757
Scope and Contents

3 pages. Lucy and Abby describe a visit to Cambridge where they are staying with Dr. Walker. Lucy describes visiting the observatory where they looked at the stars and looking at the engravings of Murillo in Mr. Grey's collection. They have plans to see Alfred S. Hartwell, the Lowells, and "Charley" Emerson.

Subjects: Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936; Astronomy; Walker, James, 1794-1874

Relevant locations: Cambridge (Mass.)

Dates: 1859-08-16
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent: / James Sloan Gibbons

Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons and Sarah Hopper Gibbons Emerson, 1879-07-21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: A00180808
Scope and Contents

2 pages. In Ocean Grove with some family members and the Hepworths. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893

Relevant locations: Ocean Grove (N.J.)

Dates: 1879-07-21
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College / Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers / Series 1. Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) correspondence, 1811-1893 / Correspondence Sent: / James Sloan Gibbons
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