Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, December 22 - December 24, 1862
- Title
- Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, December 22 - December 24, 1862
- Publication
- Alexandria, V[irgini]a
- 1862 December 22 - December 24
- Notes
- "There is not a woman in Alexandria now who sympathizes with me in my work…" Talks with wounded soldier; his reaction to injury. Contraband and soldier housing. Contraband tenement burns. Relations with army personnel. Description of a contraband barracks; she contemplates an appeal to Lincoln about them. Mr. Burge: executive in contraband work who is usually drunk. Dr. Ripley: a quack and a thief. Contrabands' Christmas. She secures a place for contrabands to live. Ambulance shortage. Commentary on Reverend Gladwin. Smallpox. She sees a wounded soldier she knows from New York.
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- Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society papers [Box 1, Folder 39]
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"Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, December 22 - December 24, 1862." In the digital collection Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1848-1868. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/rochester.0001.039. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.