James, Isabella Batchelder, 1819-1901

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Author and abolitionist, Isabella Batchelder James of Philadelphia worked for the Sanitary Commission and visited military hospitals during the Civil War. After the war she werved as president of the Pennsylvania branch of the Freedman Commission of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which sent teachers to the South to open schools for freedmen.

From the description of Correspondence, 1867. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007306

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creatorOf Neal, John, 1793-1876. Papers of John Neal [manuscript] 1818-1873. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949. Barrett assorted authors collection, 1814-1947 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900. Letter to Isabel, Brookline, June 8 [1874] / Lucretia P. Hale. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn James family. Diaries, 1869-1935. Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
creatorOf Lowell, Maria White, 1821-1853. Letter to Miss Batchelder [manuscript], 1846 December 23. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn James family. Papers, 1833-1909 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Potts family. Papers, 1733-1874. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf James, Isabella Batchelder, 1819-1901. Correspondence, 1867. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Papers of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [manuscript], 1870-1875. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella, b. 1852. Papers, 1844-1952 (bulk 1882-1926). Cambridge Historical Society
referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission and Fair. Papers, 1861-1873. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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associatedWith Episcopal Church corporateBody
correspondedWith Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella, b. 1852. person
associatedWith Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900. person
associatedWith James family. family
associatedWith James family. family
associatedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. person
associatedWith Lowell, Maria White, 1821-1853. person
associatedWith Neal, John, 1793-1876. person
associatedWith Potts family. family
associatedWith Smith, Ada W. person
associatedWith United States Sanitary Commission and Fair. corporateBody
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Virginia
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African Americans
Freedmen
Reconstruction
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Birth 1819

Death 1901

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