Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62

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Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62
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Alexandria, [Virginia]
[18]62 November 25
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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Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society papers [Box 1, Folder 36]
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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.

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