Title |
Clara Barton papers, Series 3, Box 1, Folder 5: Women's Relief Corps: Correspondence on pension bill, 1889-1890 and undated
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Description |
Clara (Clarissa Harlowe) Barton, humanitarian and founder of the American Red Cross, was born on December 25, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts.This series consists of printed material, correspondence, a sample of the corps letterhead, and a membership list of the Women's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. The correspondence (1889-1890) is from U.S. Representatives and Senators to Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, secretary and president of the corps respectively, on Senate Bill 373 of the 51st Congress, which proposed pensions for army nurses. For more information, see the complete finding aid to the collection at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1749.
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Extent |
58 pages; color |
Date |
1889/1890 |
Location |
United States; North America; Maryland |
Subject(s) |
National Women's Relief Corps (U.S.) -- History -- Sources; Barton, Clara, 1821-1912; United States -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- History -- Sources |
Citation |
Clara Barton papers, Series 3, Box 1, Folder 5 |
Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/12624
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Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#UND
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Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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Digital Collection(s) |
- Maryland and Historical Collections
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