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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.130 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Unknown to Sarah Ogden regarding a pasteboard and taking things to the hospital |
| Date | ca. 1860-1870 |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes she has no pasteboard at home, but would be able to find some elsewhere. Notes she has enclosed five dollars for the missing pasteboard. Mentions that Annie, [Latham], and Lilly filled a pushcart, and with the aid of an African American man brought it to the ward of a hospital. Upon arriving there, she found that the doctor was not there. Writes that Mr. Harmon was at their house that morning and left a note from the doctor. Written to "Sallie," likely referring to Sarah Ogden. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Military Supplies Charity and Philanthropy Health and Medical Finance African American History Woman Author |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; African Americans; Women in American History |
| 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 and 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 |