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Collection Reference Number GLC06559.099
From Archive Folder Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden 
Title J.M. Annie to Sarah Ogden announcing her engagement to Samuel J. Thompson
Date 3 January 1861
Author J.M., Annie (fl. 1861)  
Recipient Ogden, Sarah Perot  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes from "home." Announces her engagement to Samuel J. Thompson. Says she intended to tell Ogden during their last meeting, but did not get the chance, and Christmas preparations have kept her from responding sooner. Describes Thompson as "a very honest, plain dealing good hearted man, remarkable for nothing but his good disposition and kind heart." Says she will be visiting her uncle, John Mitchel, in about three or four weeks and hopes to see Ogden soon.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Women's History  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Hospital  Woman Author  Marriage  Holidays and Celebrations  Children and Family  
People Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831)  J.M., Annie (fl. 1861)  
Place written s.l.
Theme The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Sarah Perot Ogden was a Quaker from Philadelphia who took part in variety of philanthropic works such as assisting the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Philadelphia Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, and President of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables. Both Ogden and her husband, Edward H. Ogden, were strong supporters of the Union cause. During the Civil War Ogden volunteered in a military hospital where she made daily visits. Her husband served as a Union soldier.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater