Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cornelia Hancock Correspondence
Collection — Othertype RG5-308
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-308
Abstract
Cornelia Hancock (1840-1927) was a Civil War nurse, Reconstruction-era teacher in South Carolina, and, later, Philadelphia social worker. The papers consist primarily of her letters written in the post-Civil War years, 1865-1879, when she was teaching the children of formerly enslaved people in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The collection includes reference material used by the donor, Henrietta Stratton Jaquette, in preparation for her book South after Gettysburg which was based on...
Dates:
1861 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1865-1880
