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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.107 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | M. Brown to Sarah Ogden regarding the fate of a soldier named Brown and requesting money to help |
| Date | 28 November 1863 |
| Author | Brown, M. (fl. 1863) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Tells Ogden the story of a soldier named Brown. Brown is ailing and destitute, and unable to pay his rent. His wife has absconded after being brought under investigation in the death of her child from an overdose of laudanum. Says Brown remains ill with a huge debt owed to his landlady. Requests that Ogden send her money and try to get in touch with his mother, who lives in Brownstown, Maine. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Health and Medical Poverty Death Drugs Debt Finance Children and Family |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Brown, M. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sarah Perot Ogden was a Quaker from Philadelphia who took part in variety of philanthropic works such as assisting the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Philadelphia Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, and President of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables. Both Ogden and her husband, Edward H. Ogden, were strong supporters of the Union cause. During the Civil War Ogden volunteered in a military hospital where she made daily visits. Her husband served as a Union soldier. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |