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- GLC#
- GLC03434.03-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- October 1862
- Author/Creator
- Chippie, Hettie, fl. 1862
- Title
- [Articles established by the Colored Ladies Lincoln Association]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 19 p. : Height: 16.3 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Hettie (also spelled Hetty) Chippie is listed as President and Mrs. Major Williams as Vice President. Organized to tend to sick and wounded Union soldiers, and to be connected to the Women's Pennsylvania Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission. Includes a list of medical supplies. Contains a preamble declaring "We a number of Colored Ladies of Philadelphia deeming it to be our duty to furnish our brethrin in arms when sick & wounded ... " Establishes offices, duties, meeting times, and requirements for dues paid to the society. Lists the names of the society's members and board of directors.
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