Ropes and Skinner families papers 1826-1978, undated 1855-1917

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Ropes and Skinner families papers 1826-1978, undated 1855-1917

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This collection consists of diaries, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, and other material regarding the Ropes and Skinner families and their involvement in the American Civil War. A significant portion of this material dates from 1861-1865, including diaries from Hannah A. Ropes (matron of an army hospital), Alice R. Skinner (employee of the Freeman's Bureau), and Jairus L. Skinner (infantry captain and prisoner of war). Publications of the Grand Army of the Republic and correspondence regarding the American Civil War are also included. Additionally, this collection contains material that details the experiences of the Ropes and Skinner families in California during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence from members of the Perry family (related to the Ropes and Skinner families), documents from Whittier, Fuller, and Co. (employer of Jairus L. Skinner), and literary manuscripts, chiefly written by Alice R. Skinner and Jairus L. Skinner.

23.0 linear feet; (44 document boxes, 2 flat storage boxes)

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Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

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Ropes, Hannah Anderson, 1809-1863

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Ropes was born Hannah Anderson Chandler on June 13, 1809 in New Gloucester, Maine. She was the seventh of ten children of Peleg Chandler, a Maine lawyer, and Esther Parsons Chandler. Her brothers Theophilus and Peleg became lawyers and politicians in Boston. Nothing is known of her schooling, but given her family's income and social position it is likely she was well educated. In February 1834, she married William Henry Ropes, an educator who was forced to supplement his income through farmin...

Skinner, Alice Ropes, 1841-1918.

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Ropes and Skinner families

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Historical Background Hannah A. Ropes (1809-1863) was born Hannah Anderson Chandler and was married to William Henry Ropes, with whom she later became estranged from. She spent most of her life in Massachusetts and during the 1850s she spent time with her son Edward in Kansas, writing a book about her experiences. During the American Civil War, she went to Washington D.C. to serve as matron of a military hospital where she contracted, and eve...

Skinner, Jairus Leander, 1838-1899.

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Perry, Esther S., 1866-

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