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Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894 Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1864-1865

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06846.04 Author/Creator: Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Diary Date: 1864/06/12 - 1865/01/24 Pagination: 281 p. : Height: 16.7 cm, Width: 10.5 cm Order a Copy

Pages numbered 383 - 664
In this volume, the author describes efforts to help freed slaves. 21 January 1865: "…brought an appeal for aid for the poor Negroes liberated by Sherman who are suffering in great need of everything. It is a gigantic undertaking but the north ought to do it or giving them freedom is a farce…busy after breakfast in taking out clothes for the poor Negroes at Savannah…"

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