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Box 1

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Contains 17 Results:

Correspondence, Aug. 1861-Dec. 1861

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To Sadie, from W.O. Ridgway in army, teaching in Philadelphia, friendship with John Bunting.

Dates: Aug. 1861-Dec. 1861

Correspondence, Jan. 1862- May 1862

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To Sadie. From W.O. Ridgway, a cousin, Carrie Willetts just after her marriage, Sadie. Attending Episcopal church service with friend Anna Barnes, visiting sick, friendship with John Bunting.

Dates: Jan. 1862- May 1862

Correspondence, June 1862- Dec. 1862

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To and from Sadie, from Anna (Webster?). Death of a cousin in the war, her work in the Philadelphia hospital, W.O. Ridgway’s return, the draft.

Dates: June 1862- Dec. 1862

Correspondence, Jan. 1863- May 1863

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To Sadie about Wendell Phillips. From aid society sending hospital supplies, Jane Hillborn, a response to her first request to teach freedmen, a soldier named Edward Wilson. Program from benefit concert for hospital.

Dates: Jan. 1863- May 1863

Correspondence, June 1863-July 1863

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To and from Sadie about Edward Wilson, her vow not to marry, draft riots. From Anna Webster, John Bunting. Poem about Gettysburg.

Dates: June 1863-July 1863

Correspondence, Aug. 1863-Dec. 1863

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To and from Sadie about marriage, war. From cousin Abraham. Another request to teach and replies from the Anti-Slavery Office and National Freedmen’s Association. Poem called To the Spirit of Poetry.

Dates: Aug. 1863-Dec. 1863

Correspondence, Jan. 1864- May 1864

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To and from Sadie and Anna Webster, mostly concerning love and marriage.

Dates: Jan. 1864- May 1864