Papers, 1833-1909 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1833-1909 (inclusive).

Collection includes correspondence of three generations of women in the Batchelder, James, and de Gozzaldi families, as well as letters to and from other family members and friends.

1 linear ft.

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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 ...

Batchelor family.

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Gozzaldi family.

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James family.

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Author and abolitionist, Mary Isabella (Batchelder) James of Philadelphia worked for the Sanitary Commission and visited military hospitals during the Civil War. After the war she served 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. She was married to Thomas Potts James. They had four children: Mary Isabella, Montgomery, Francesca, and Clarence Gray. Their daughter, Mary Isabel...