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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.065 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Matthew Marvin to Sarah Ogden thanking her for her care and updating her on his health |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Marvin, Matthew (fl. 1863-1864) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter was written on the 11th and 12th (month not noted). Thanks Ogden and the women at the Philadelphia hospital for their care. He plans on returning to service on the seventeenth. Says he is not recuperating as fast as he would like, and may need another operation. He concludes by thanking Ogden for the poetry she sent with her last letter. Envelope includes a three cent stamp. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Health and Medical Injury or Wound Poetry |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Marvin, Matthew (fl. 1863-1864) |
| Place written | St. Charles, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Arts & Literature |
| 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 |