| Title: |
Letter from Abigail Hopper Gibbons to Sally Thayer, February 22, 1862
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S97-D159
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1862
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| Speaker: |
Gibbons, Abigail Hopper, 1801-1893
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
07-Dec-1801
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Abolitionist; Nurse; Social reformer; Teacher; Women's rights activist
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| Age at speaking: |
61
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| Document location: |
New York, NY
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| Document date: |
22-Feb-1862
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| People discussed: |
Emerson, Mrs. William; Emerson, Sally; Emerson, Sarah Hopper Gibbons, 1835-1918; Gibbons, Julia, fl. 1862-1874; Gibbons, Lucy; Gibbons, Sally; Julia Gibbons; Lucy Gibbons Morse; Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936; Morse, Mrs. James Herbert; Sally Gibbons Emerson
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| Historical events discussed: |
U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Emerson, Mrs. William; Emerson, Sally; Emerson, Sarah Hopper Gibbons, 1835-1918; Gibbons, Julia, fl. 1862-1874; Gibbons, Lucy; Gibbons, Sally; Julia Gibbons; Lucy Gibbons Morse; Morse, Lucy Gibbons, 1839-1936; Morse, Mrs. James Herbert; North America; Sally Gibbons Emerson; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Absent mothers; Civil wars; Daughters; Entertainment and recreation; Health; Medical corps; Military; Military hospitals; Military war casualties; Nurses; Relationships; Separation anxiety; Sociology; Soldiers; Travel; Volunteers
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S97-D159-3
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