Clara Barton letter 1889

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Clara Barton letter 1889

American philanthropist and organizer of the American Red Cross. Letter acknowledging donation of $5 to the Johnstown relief effort, the first major disaster relief effort handled by the American Red Cross.

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...