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to Alexander M. Ross

Rain has been so heavy all winter that she and her family have been virtually unable to leave the house.

GLC03007.25

to Alexander M. Ross

Thanks him for offering to help her daughters attend college. Says Bertha is too ill to go, but hopes Vivian, her eldest, may be able to attend, and awaits Vivian's reply. Second half of letter, dated 25 December, states that Vivian cannot attend...

GLC03007.28

to Alexander M. Ross

Apologizes for not being able to accept his offer of helping her children attend college. Regrets not being able to allow them a better education. Recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.29

to Alexander M. Ross

May write articles about John Brown for money, and discusses her family. Has "written a sketch for an eastern paper" which she hopes to get paid for, and has other offers to write about her father. Discusses her financial hardships, lives of her...

GLC03007.39

Genl. Lee's H. Qrs.

"Lamped[?]" penciled on verso. Side view of Gen. Lee's Gettysburg headquarters with a woman dressed in white standing by the fence.

GLC03029.37

to Celicia Paul

Paul hopes his wife recovers from her illness and asks her not to work out of the house for another woman. He explains to her that he fought in a battle and was glad that they escaped across the river rather than continue to fight. He describes the...

GLC03058.03

to Celicia Paul

Paul informs his wife that he is well and is glad that she is not working outside of the home any more because he was afraid for her health. He notes that her employers were kind to hire her and treated her well, and that he is glad that she bought...

GLC03058.08

to Celicia Paul

Some words throughout the letter are illegible because of water damage. Paul writes that he had a toothache and his badly decayed tooth had to be pulled. He informs Celicia that he will not write some friends in Muncy because they do not write him....

GLC03058.09

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated May 15, 1897. The letter is missing the first two pages. Discusses the health of Mr Thompson and thanks him for some flower cuttings.

GLC03007.56.09

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.

GLC03007.56.15

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses local plant life, her obligations as a mother, and his friendship with her father.

GLC03007.11

to Alexander M. Ross

Apologizes for a delay in her response. States that she was busy with family concerns to write often. Also mentions that she would not have taken the vaccine given for smallpox.

GLC03007.12

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses the Alcott family in Concord and her approval of sick patients eating very little. Inquires after the Alcott family, with whom she used to live. Mentions Louisa May Alcott. States her firm belief that underfeeding sick patients can be...

GLC03007.16

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses George L. Stearns, who supported John Brown, and his family. Mentions Edwin A. Brackett's bust of Brown, of which she only saw the mold. Says her runaway son has returned, and she is very busy with ten children. Recipient inferred from...

GLC03007.21

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses bad weather, vaccination of her children, and the evil of most human beings. Recipient inferred from content.

GLC03007.26

to Alexander M. Ross

Hopes to unmask a man pretending to have been at Harpers Ferry with John Brown. "It is my wish that you publish this Richard W. Howard, who claims to have been with John Brown at Harper's Ferry, as a fraud and a humbug. It is evident that he...

GLC03007.30

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses her financial struggles and John Brown. Her husband "has not earned a dollar for more than a year" since their is no work to be found, and her crops fared poorly. May try to write articles about her father for money, though "so many...

GLC03007.35

to Alexander M. Ross

Encloses copies of some documents he might find interesting, and reports her sister Ruth is in poor health.

GLC03007.37

to Alexander M. Ross

Discusses her family's well being, and wonders about their place in God's larger plan.

GLC03007.44

to Alexander M. Ross

She and all of her family hope that Ross will come to visit them. Praises him for his tireless work for others. Says she never met Lucretia Mott, nor Harriet Tubman, but admires them both and says of Tubman "what an old soldier she has been....

GLC03007.48

to Alexander M. Ross

"The struggle for a married woman's rights will be a longer and a harder fought battle than any other that the world has ever known." Preaches rights for married women, and catalogs the abuses of husbands. Also supports temperance. Wonders why God...

GLC03007.53

"Engineers R. R. Depot."

Image shows eight men in a mixture of military and civilian dress, accompanied by four women and two young girls. No railroad is visible.

GLC03029.09

"Ruins in Alex[andria], 1863."

Dramatic pose of hooded woman mourning in the ruins.

GLC03029.24

to Mary

They are on their way to Cumberland gap. They are not giving out furloughs and he does not have enough money to get home and back so he cannot see her now. He asks for a pair of mittens.

GLC03054.02

to Sir (George Ladd)

She says she is too young to marry. She wants his picture so she can see if he really is good-looking.

GLC03057.06