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Description
Rebecca Usher, a nurse at the U.S. General Hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania, wrote to her sister Ellen Usher Bacon of Portland to thank her for the delivery of a box of clothing, and food, and other items for soldiers recovering at the hospital.
She wrote that many of the patients were leaving shortly to return to their regiments, so it was especially helpful to have clothing and other things they needed for their return to the battlefield.
She wrote about a visit to Baltimore and finding a friend who lived there. Usher discussed a speech by Butler and its invocation of Christianity.
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About This Item
- Title: Rebecca Usher on receipt of goods, visit to Baltimore, 1863
- Creator: Rebecca R. Usher
- Creation Date: 1863-03-19
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Chester, PA
- Baltimore, MD
- Annapolis, MD
- Boston, MA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 9, Box 1/4
- Collection: Rebecca Usher papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- American literature --Periodicals
- Usher, Rebecca, 1821-1919--Letters
- Culture --Periodicals
- Civilization --Periodicals
- Military medicine
- Nurses, American
- Military hospitals--Pennsylvania
- Manuscripts
- U.S.A. General Hospital (Pa.)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrative
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
- Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Chester
- Relief (Aid)
- Women in war--History--19th century
- War--Relief of sick and wounded
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies
People
- Anderson, Fanny
- Bacon, Anna
- Bull, Ole
- Chase, Daniel
- Dana, Sarah Watson
- Dana, Walter
- Fessenden, Mary
- Quigley, Michael
- Titcomb, Louisa
- Wood, Hiram
- Wood, Mary
- Woods, Lizzie
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