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Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Stearns, John, 1827-1898
Date Created: 1863-1864
2.
Letter to Martha Schofield
Date Created: 1861
3.
Maria C. Grier letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Grier, Maria Cuyler, 1822-1902
Date Created: 1864-08-29
4.
Rosalie De Wolf Hopper letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Hopper, Rosa De Wolf (Rosalie), 1826-1910
Date Created: 1864-06-09
5.
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to James Sloan Gibbons
Creator: Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
Date Created: 1862-10-11
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Inventories of boxes of supplies
Date Created: 1863-1865
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Dr. John Stearns, Jr., letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Stearns, John, 1827-1898
Date Created: 1863-04-30
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Dr. John Stearns, Jr., letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Stearns, John, 1827-1898
Date Created: 1863-04-15
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Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Stearns, John, 1827-1898
Date Created: 1864-03-24
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Dr. John Stearns Jr. letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Creator: Stearns, John, 1827-1898
Date Created: 1864-04-13
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Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
92
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
34
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
31
Schofield, Martha
28
Stearns, John, 1827-1898
17
Wilbur, Julia, 1815-1895 (author)
15
Morgan, Maria M., 1818-1896
14
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
14
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
11
Woolsey, Jane Stuart
10
Gibbons, Julia, 1837-1889
9
Ridgeway, William Oldden, 1838-1925
9
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
8
Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936
8
Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878
7
Dana, Thesta Dorcas, 1816-1907
6
Hopper, Rosa De Wolf (Rosalie), 1826-1910
6
Barnard, James M. (James Munson), 1819-1904
5
O'Meally, George
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4
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3
Bunting, Anna Webster, 1842-1914
3
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3
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
3
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3
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2
Bloor, A. J. (Alfred Janson), 1828-1917
2
Collins, Ellen, 1828-1912
2
Gibbons, William, 1834-1855
2
Hartwell, Alfred S. (Alfred Stedman), 1836-1912
2
Hopkins, Mary Hopper, 1826-1910
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Jones, Eli, 1807-1890
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Norris, H. T. (Henrietta Thomas Tyson), 1809-1871
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Palmer, Sarah Hopper, 1796-1885
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Parkman, Susan Parkman, 1810-1869
2
Rodgers, Robert Smith, 1810-1889
2
Stansbury, J. Nicholas, 1833-1892
2
Welch, Emily Sedgwick, 1819-1902
2
Allen, L. L.
1
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
1
Atkins, Smith D. (Smith Dykins), 1836-1913
1
Bell, Abraham, 1841-1914
1
Bell, Eliza H. (Eliza Hough Jackson), 1813-1901
1
Blake, Samuel Coleman, 1826-1897
1
Bristed, Grace Ashburner, 1833-1897
1
Crane, Charles Henry, 1825-1883
1
Craven, Marie Louise, 1817-1905
1
Culyer, John Y. (John Yapp), 1839-1924
1
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1
Dennis, Jonathan, 1809?-1878
1
Dorr, J. C.
1
Fay, Frank B., 1821-1904
1
Fussell, Susan, 1832-1889
1
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1
Grier, Maria Cuyler, 1822-1902
1
Griffith, Edith, 1801-1873
1
Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900
1
Harris, Cornelius W., 1834-
1
Haydock, Robert, 1807-1894
1
Hopper, Elizabeth, 1803-1872
1
Howard, Catherine A.
1
Howe, Francis Edward, 1828-1883
1
Howland, Eliza Woolsey, 1835-1917
1
Jenkins, J. Foster (John Foster), 1826-1882
1
Ketcham, Edward Hallock, 1835-1863
1
Ketcham, John Townsend, 1838-1863
1
Kite, Mary, 1793?-1861 (author)
1
Knapp, Frederick Newman, 1821-1889
1
Lander, J. M. (Jean Margaret), 1829-1903
1
Lee, Charles Carroll, 1839-1893
1
Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872
1
Lockwood, Henry, 1814-1899
1
Loud, Henry Martin, 1824-1905 (Reverend)
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Mann, Maria R., 1817-1894
1
Mifflin, Hannah Wright, 1818-1900
1
Poor, Mary Wild, 1820-1912
1
Rackemann, Elizabeth Dwight, 1826-1891
1
Rantoul, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1832-1922
1
Rogers, Henry B. (Henry Bromfield), 1802-1887
1
Schofield, E. H. (Eliza Hough), 1840-1913
1
Schuyler, Louisa Lee
1
Schuyler, Mary Morris Hamilton, 1818-1877
1
Sedgwick, Louise, 1829-1879
1
Smedley, Edward G. (Edward Garrett), 1835-1908 (author)
1
Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther), 1809-1867
1
Thaxter, Levi
1
Walker, James, 1794-1874
1
Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888
1
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
1
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
1
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
516
War--Relief of sick and wounded
140
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
138
Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Md.)
64
Fugitive slaves
48
Contraband of war
42
Personal correspondence
35
Slavery
31
Military hospitals
22
Freedmen
18
Schofield, Martha
18
Death
17
Shipping
17
Draft Riot (New York, New York : 1863)
16
United States. General Hospital (Beverly, N.J.)
16
Women teachers
16
Women--Diaries
16
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
14
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
13
Soldiers
13
Wagner, Clinton, 1837-1914
12
Abolitionists
11
Freedmen--Charities
11
Inventories
11
National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children (Washington, D.C.)
11
Woolsey, Jane Stuart
11
Bacon, Georgeanna Muirson Woolsey, 1833-1906
10
Howland, Emily, 1827-1929
10
Quakers
10
United States Sanitary Commission
10
Female friendship
9
Mann, Maria R., 1817-1894
9
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
9
Women in education
9
Antislavery movements
8
Books and reading
8
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
8
War--Religious aspects--Society of Friends
8
Draft
7
Gifts
7
Hopper, John, 1815-1864
7
African American soldiers
6
Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878
6
Emerson, Sarah Hopper, 1835-
6
Gibbons, William, 1834-1855
6
Ridgeway, William Oldden, 1838-1925
6
Stearns, John, 1827-1898
6
African Americans--Education
5
Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935
5
Nurses
5
Race relations
5
Social service
5
Society of Friends
5
War diaries
5
Women--Political activity
5
Bunting, John, 1839-1904
4
Complaint letters
4
Copperhead movement
4
Diaries
4
Employment references
4
Faith
4
Health
4
Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899
4
Parental grief
4
Parkman, Theodore, 1837-1862
4
War
4
War--Moral and ethical aspects
4
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
3
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.)
3
Fairfax Seminary Hospital
3
Freedmen--Education
3
Funeral rites and ceremonies
3
Gibbons, James Sloan, 1810-1892
3
Hammond, William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900
3
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
3
Lockwood, Henry, 1814-1899
3
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
3
Marriage
3
Marston, Gilman, 1811-1890
3
Operational rations (Military supplies)
3
Parkman, Susan Parkman, 1810-1869
3
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
3
Prostitution
3
Refugees
3
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
3
Sick
3
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
3
Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879
3
Transportation
3
Women educators
3
Women social reformers
3
African Americans--Services for
2
Anniversaries
2
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)
2
Barnes, James, 1801-1869
2
Birthdays
2
Briggs, George W. (George Ware), 1810-1895
2
Brown, John, 1800-1859
2
Charities--Management
2
Charity organization
2
Childbirth
2
Conscientious objectors
2
Crane, Charles Henry, 1825-1883
2
Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
2
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
2
Draftees
2
Equality
2
Fever
2
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
2
Garrison, Ellen Wright, 1840-1931
2
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
2
Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Maryland.)
2
Hartwell, Alfred S. (Alfred Stedman), 1836-1912
2
Haydock, Robert, 1807-1894
2
Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910
2
Homosexuality
2
Household employees
2
Housekeeping
2
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
2
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
2
Ketcham, Edward Hallock, 1835-1863
2
Law
2
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
2
Military discipline
2
Moore, Rachel Wilson
2
Mothers of war casualties
2
New York National Freedman's Relief Association
2
Portsmouth Grove Hospital (Portsmouth, R.I.)
2
Presidents--Assassination
2
Prisoner-of-war camps
2
Quaker abolitionists
2
Refugee camps
2
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
2
Schools
2
Sedgwick, Charles, Mrs., 1801-1864
2
Shame
2
Slaves--Emancipation
2
Smedley, William P. (William Pennell), 1829-1894
2
Soldiers' homes
2
Spooner, John Alden, 1807-1890
2
United States. Army of the Potomac
2
War relief
2
War widows
2
Washington, George, 1732-1799
2
Watson, Peter H., 1819-1885
2
Women prisoners
2
Women--Services for
2
Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875
2
Account books
1
Adams, Enoch George, 1829-1900
1
Affidavits
1
African American children
1
African American churches
1
African American household employees
1
African American nurses
1
African American schools
1
African Americans
1
African Americans--Civil rights
1
African Americans--Crimes against
1
African Americans--Medical care
1
American Freedman's Union Commission
1
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
1
Ash, Oliver Howard (1860-1874)
1
Ash, Sarah J. (Sarah Jane), 1835-1912
1
Bethany Mission for Colored Children
1
Bible. Old Testament
1
Bigelow, Alfreda, 1856-1933
1
Bristed, Grace Ashburner, 1833-1897
1
Brown, Anna Coffin Temple
1
Bunting, Anna Webster, 1842-1914
1
Burleigh, Gertrude Kimber
1
Burns and scalds in children
1
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
1
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
1
Carpet laying
1
Catholics
1
Charities
1
Chickamauga, Battle of (Georgia : 1863)
1
Children--Death
1
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
1
Christmas
1
Christmas cooking
1
Church schools
1
Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888
1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
1
Clothing and dress
1
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912
1
Columbian Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
1
Congresses and conventions
1
Conscientious objection
1
Conversion
1
Cooking for the sick
1
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
1
Culyer, John Y. (John Yapp), 1839-1924
1
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
1
Cutler, Elbridge Jefferson, 1831-1870
1
Dall, C. H. A. (Charles Henry Appleton), 1816-1886
1
Dana, Thesta Dorcas, 1816-1907
1
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
1
Davis, Maria Mott
1
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Swarthmore - Friends
494
Haverford College
21
Drexel University
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Diaries
16
Letters (correspondence)
1
Newspaper clippings
1
Collection
Abby Hopper Gibbons papers
390
Martha Schofield papers
57
Lucretia Mott manuscripts
34
Julia Wilbur papers
15
Emily Howland Family papers
5
Lewis-Fussell Family papers
4
Josiah White papers
3
Sharpless Family papers
3
Association for the Care of Colored Orphans records
1
Branson-Jackson Family papers
1
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor with Clothing records
1
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Point Lookout (Md.)
88
New York (N.Y.)
87
Washington (D.C.)
65
Darby (Pa.)
35
Philadelphia (Pa.)
33
Cheltenham (Pa.)
23
Alexandria (Va.)
19
Beverly (N.J.)
18
New York (State)
14
Winchester (Va.)
14
Skaneateles (N.Y.)
13
Boston (Mass.)
12
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
9
Arlington (Va.)
8
Baltimore (Md.)
8
City Point (Hopewell, Va.)
5
Virginia
5
Flushing (New York, N.Y.)
4
Langley (Va.)
4
Medford (Mass.)
4
Michigan
4
Norfolk (Va.)
4
Richmond (Va.)
4
Rochester (N.Y.)
4
Salem (Mass.)
4
Auburn (N.Y.)
3
Chambersburg (Pa.)
3
Falmouth (Va.)
3
Fishkill Landing (N.Y.)
3
Harrison (N.Y.)
3
Bermuda Hundred (Va.)
2
Cambridge (Mass.)
2
Chester County (Pa.)
2
Cornwall (Conn.)
2
Folly Island (S.C. : Island)
2
Fredericksburg (Va.)
2
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
2
Hagerstown (Md.)
2
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
2
Maine
2
New Jersey
2
Newark (N.J.)
2
Northampton (Mass.)
2
Palatka (Fla.)
2
Petersburg (Va.)
2
Portsmouth (R.I.)
2
Wadmalaw Island (S.C.)
2
Aiken (S.C.)
1
Annapolis (Md.)
1
Annapolis Junction (Md.)
1
Augusta County (Va.)
1
Berkshire County (Mass.)
1
Brookline (Mass.)
1
Buck Hill Falls (Pa.)
1
Byberry (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
California
1
Carrollton (La.)
1
Cavendish (Vt.)
1
Chancellorsville (Va.)
1
Chicago (Ill.)
1
Culpeper (Va.)
1
Detroit (Mich.)
1
Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)
1
Durham (N.H.)
1
Exeter (N.H.)
1
Falls Church (Va.)
1
Freeport (Ill.)
1
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1
Harleysville (Pa.)
1
Indiana
1
Ithaca (N.Y.)
1
Jefferson (N.H.)
1
Johns Island (S.C.)
1
Lenox (Mass.)
1
Leonardtown (Md.)
1
Lynn (Mass.)
1
Manassas (Va.)
1
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
1
Meriden (N.H.)
1
Middleburg (Va.)
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Morris Island (S.C.)
1
Mount Holly (N.J.)
1
New Orleans (La.)
1
Newburyport (Mass.)
1
Newtonville (Newton, Mass.)
1
Newtown Square (Pa.)
1
Northumberland County (Va.)
1
Pamunkey River (Va.)
1
Rappahannock County (Va.)
1
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
1
Rush (N.Y. : Town)
1
Rye (N.Y.)
1
Sherwood (N.Y.)
1
Somerset (N.Y. : Town)
1
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
1
Strasburg (Va.)
1
Suffolk (Va.)
1
Tenleytown (Washington, D.C.)
1
Utica (N.Y.)
1
Walpole (N.H.)
1
Washington County (Md.)
1
West Chester (Pa.)
1
Williamsport (Md.)
1
Wilmington (Del.)
1
Worcester (Mass.)
1
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