Box 2
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Frank B. Fay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons, 1864-04-28
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 86
Identifier: A00181089
Scope and Contents
1 page. Frank B. Fay was a Massachusetts politician who worked as chief of the Auxiliary Relief Corps during the Civil War. Written on U.S. Sanitary Commission stationery. Asks her to confirm whether she hired an African American man to work in the kitchen and discusses his wages. A note from Abby at the bottom says "Nelson began to work for us June 20th."
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War work; Contraband of war; Fugitive slaves; Freedmen
Dates:
1864-04-28
Elizabeth Gay letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons, 1864-07-28
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 86
Identifier: A00181090
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Elizabeth Gay was a Quaker abolitionist and women's rights activist; her husband was Sydney Howard Gay. Discusses and sympathizes over the recent death of Abby's brother John Hopper.
Subjects: Hopper, John, 1815-1864; Death
Relevant locations: Randolph (Vt.)
Dates:
1864-07-28
