Manuscript/Mixed Material Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated
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Image 1 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated CLARA BARTON GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Earle, Sarah B. Sept. 1869-June 1904 and Undated
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 2 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated & you are abroad, I came. We find Sulpher & Iron springs. A quiet Hotel, beautiful scenery up & down the Ware River & I have my good old Frank with me…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 3 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated and I will not be jealous but gen - erous. and thank God that he gave you to the people to be owned and loved by them all. America's daughter, not simply…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 4 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Anna P. While I am so uncertain whether my letters reach you--I have no heart for communication -- but I long to talk to you -- to paper out my heart --…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 5 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated The finance of that letter. Did you get it done? Nothing from you since? and I am longing for a word . - Have you sent me anything since? - The one…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 6 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated is engrossing & the house & garden & all - & there are so many people who must be seen for everybody needs you a little. I have been alone since my…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 7 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated When are you coming home to us and love? That sweet little hope in the very last page of your letter that "it won't be long" - was enrapturing. May it not…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 8 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*Sarah B Earle Worcester*] most courageous, most wise, &c. That I have to read your every word concerning yourself and things interesting to you. & let me know all you can of…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 9 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated I think Oxford is a cold, hard place. - with no appreciation of anything outside of their own limit - A very nice girl, has been trying to teach the N. Oxford…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 10 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated my Dear Clare: The pieces come safely. and were perfectly lovely. I thank thee dear with great joy & I will make a historical spot in the quilt. Think I must bring…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 11 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*Sarah B. Earle March, 1875*] I enclose two or three of Lizzie's letters, which lie on my desk, to give you an idea of how they are. Destroy them if you choose.…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 12 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Washington -- & the entire Valley between ranges - dined at Crawfords -- and home in the afternoon. This for a woman of 40. on her birthday was pretty good. Do you…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 13 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Got purple asters and yellow ferns for front of pulpit --- on one side a bouquet of golden rod & evergreen ferns - on the other this silvery poverty weed & sword…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 14 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*Sarah B. Earle - March, 1876*] [*Ans'd directly C.B.*] have wanted to see you! Got started in sleigh one evening last week but not being warmly dressed, was driven back by the…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 15 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Sarah B. Earle April 18 1876 [*R Sunday 21- SB Earle*] Home 1.18. 1876 My Dear Clara Barton. In the midst of the all the rest of the things the New Year…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 16 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated explain yourself soon. I had one letter from Miss Kupfer after they went to Somerville, wh I answered immediately hoping to hear again, but have not. Do tell me of her. I…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 17 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated friday. All of wh I can't. I am so confined at home. Will B. a cousin from N.Y. was here last week. Determined to take me home with him to visit in…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 18 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated blue-- and around the top with pictures of gorgeous color -- ever so tastefully -- and it is charming. I am so glad she can do it. Her hair is short --…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 19 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated assure you that I have enjoyed it immensely. Dr. P.V. sends thanks and love, and enjoys it too. Now how art thou, after all this long time. -- Two lovely little heads…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 20 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated not want to see her for herself -- but a sister wrote me nagging me to go and see her. If she treated Miss K badly. I do not care for her.…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 21 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated She & her cousin Mannie - next door- from whom she had never been separated went to the Friends' Sch -- Providence where they are very happy, and almost at home. This…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 22 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated I saw by papers -- that your nieces in Oxford were married. I think two, was it not ? I hear occasionally from Lizzie Larned -- who is very nearly blind --…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 23 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*S.B. Earle 33*] US Postal Card. Write the Address on This Side -the Message on the Other Washington DC Feb 25 82 4PM Miss Barton #1826 I St. N.W- Washington, DC. 2…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 24 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated 4. I love, and call you mine. The spring is fresh and glad with sun & showers, and the world seen in N.E. is growing beautiful towards her summer glory. I want…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 25 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated The girls are getting ready now to be off next month. Early & a family wedding takes place next week -- Nellie Earle -- and we are getting ready for that. I…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 26 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated beginning to leave off her splint -- wh she has worn for four months. She is as bright & cheerful & sunny as these September days, and as free from tears --…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 27 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Now when does the foreign mission transpire -- the Red Cross Convention across the water? -- How did the book come along? -- and do let me see a copy. How do…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 28 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated into the matter -- they may send one of their number to visit you -- & see, -- If you can send these documents immediately, it will greatly oblige. I am so…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 29 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated then at first -- and I am very much afraid there is inflammation about the hip joint. I am so much afraid of it that I am in doubt whether it is…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 30 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated before Friday and if it storms we shall wait for fair days any way. it has not really changed yet. -- There is a something unsettled in the air wh oppresses me…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 31 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*Mrs. Earle ansd. April 5 83*] Washington D.C. May 1 1883 4:30 PM Miss Clara Barton Supt. Sherborn Prison. So. Framingham Mass. you meet for your festive fare. I long to be…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 32 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated Madge & I - & our beds are side by side in a little row. Heaps of love- Affec- Sarah B.E- Thurs. Morning In haste, in bed- [*33 Earle*] 11. 19. 1883.…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 33 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated [*Sarah Earle 34*] 9. 17. 1884. Worcester, Mass. My dearest Lady Bountiful. I can hardly get over the sudden shock of knowing you were gone -- just when I was expecting a…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 34 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated that can be found across the water - for spirit, body & mind. In short may you be happy and satisfied & contented, & get and give all the good that Geneva…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 35 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated It is so cold at evening that we kindle a fire on the hearth and sit around in the winter -- when the sun goes down. This -- only a few days…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 36 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated my appetite for more and now I send my assurances of cordial welcome for as much time as you can make seem right to give I do not want to beg only…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 37 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated way of her living and it was all as she would have liked at the burial. It is well with her, Give my kindest greeting to Dr H. and if you can…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 38 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated I see by paper today that Miss B. is to be in Millbury tonight. When may I have the pleasure of seeing her, and if she cannot come to me, can not…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 39 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated A gentleman went to the hall several times to speak, but did not. I called next morning, but she had gone out, & left a note. -- No word came. So I…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Image 40 of Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated see Miss B -- & you can both stay with me -- and spend all the time she is able to see you -- with her -- Take carriage to 21 Edward…
- Contributor: Earle, Sarah B.
- Date: 1869
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Title
- Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Earle, Sarah B., 1869-1904, undated
Names
- Earle, Sarah B.
Headings
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
- - Andersonville Prison
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
- - Women--Suffrage--United States
- - Women's rights--United States
- - Social problems--United States
- - Barton family--Correspondence
- - Hubbell family. Julian B. Hubbell family papers
- - American National Red Cross
- - Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army. Office of Correspondence
- - International Committee of the Red Cross
- - National First Aid Association of America
- - Geneva Convention (1864 August 22)
- - Ambulance service
- - Disaster relief
- - First aid in illness and injury
- - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Civilian relief
- - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Medical care
- - Humanitarianism
- - Military nursing
- - Prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville
- - Spanish-American War, 1898--Civilian relief
- - Temperance--United States
- - War relief
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief
- - Manuscripts
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- Manuscripts
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- series: General Correspondence, 1838-1912
- MSS11973, box: 67; Microfilm reel: 54
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- Clara Barton papers, 1805-1958
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- Ambulance Service
- American National Red Cross
- Andersonville
- Andersonville Prison
- Barton Family
- Civil War
- Civilian Relief
- Correspondence
- Disaster Relief
- First Aid in Illness and Injury
- Franco-Prussian War
- Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army. Office of Correspondence
- Geneva Convention (1864 August 22)
- Georgia
- History
- Hubbell Family. Julian B. Hubbell Family Papers
- Humanitarianism
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Manuscripts
- Medical Care
- Military Nursing
- National First Aid Association of America
- Prisoners and Prisons
- Prisoners of War
- Social Problems
- Spanish-American War
- Suffrage
- Temperance
- United States
- War Relief
- Women
- Women's Rights