Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62
Herald at any time We have had reports that the army has moved across the Rappahanock & that there has been fighting, but the reports want confirmation. Please give my kind respts to the ladies of the society. I hope they will continue to be interested, & keep up good courage. Remember me to thy father & Mother. With love to thyself Truly thy friend Julia A. Wilbur I am Economizing in the paper department. {The following text is written in pencil by a modern cataloger: [Reference to Harriet Jacobs would date this scrap after Jan 17, 1863]}
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- Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62
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- Wilbur, Julia, 1815-1895
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- letter
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- Barnes, Anna M. C.
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- Image 10
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- Alexandria, [Virginia]
- [18]62 November 25
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- autograph manuscript signed
- Notes
- Frederick Douglass. Ugent need for winter women's clothing, need for bedding. Smallpox. Poor sanitation and water supply. Two southern women turn down a plea for contraband assistance. Donation box from Philadelphia contains books: "What an absurdity." Reverend Gladwin's policies and ideas of charity. Description of men's contraband camp. Heavy ratio, blacks to whites, Alexandria. Black girl's funeral. Northern and Southern sympathies clash. Northern soldier regrets enlisting and sympathizes with South.
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"Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62." In the digital collection Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1848-1868. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/rochester.0001.036. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2025.