Box 2

4 pages. Has been looking for a home to place the 9-year-old black girl whom Julia brought back after visiting Grandmother Gibbons. Has two potential families. Provides an update on her family members and gives condolences about Abby's son, Willie.

Subjects: Quakers; Gibbons, William, 1834-1855; Keese, Catherine Robinson, 1806-1860

Relevant locations: Peru (N.Y.)

2 pages. Jenny P. Bigelow was the wife of John Bigelow, a prominent lawyer and statesman. Is leaving for London soon and hopes Abby will write to her.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; Bigelow, Jane Tunis Poultney, 1829-1889

3 pages. John Bigelow was a prominent lawyer and statesman. Assures Abby that the stories circulating about Governor Tilden's excessive drinking are false.

Subjects: Bigelow, John, 1817-1911; Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886; Temperance

Relevant locations: Albany (N.Y.)

3 pages. David Lee Child was a journalist, editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, and husband of Lydia Maria Child. Offers sympathy for the recent death of their son Isaac T. H. Gibbons.

Subjects: Gibbons, Isaac T. H., 1841-1847; Death

Relevant locations: Northampton (Mass.)

4 pages. Written by multiple people; signed by "M," Henry P., and Ann Comely. Written from Byberry. Asks Abby to write. Discusses recent events and events concerning family/friends.

Subjects: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893

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

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.)

2 pages. Typed poem sent from Henry Gibbons to Abby Hopper Gibbons. Possibly written by Henry Gibbons; references both "Henry Gibbons" and "Abby."

Subjects: Gibbons, Henry, 1808-1884; Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

2 pages. Rebecca Donaldson Gibbons was Abby Hopper Gibbons's mother-in-law. Complains about not hearing from Abby and her family. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends.

Subjects: Gibbons, Rebecca Donaldson, 1786-1869; Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893