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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