Sarah Fisher Ames papers (Ms.88.2)

Brown University Library

Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
Email: hay@brown.edu

Series 1. Letters to Sarah Fisher Ames
Box 1

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Ames, Joseph Alexander	1870 January 5
Box 1, Folder 2	Ames, R.F. Contents Note: 3 ALS, w/envelope, 1899, Nov 1, Dec 3, 14; envelope (postmarked, 1899, Nov 3), with printed enclosure (broadside), "A Woman's Answer" (dated 1869), by C.W. Brink.	1869-1899
Box 1, Folder 3	Burnside, J.O.P.	1871 February 2
Box 1, Folder 4	Douglas, John	1863 July 2
Box 1, Folder 5	Hay, John	1863 January 9
Box 1, Folder 6	Moses, H.H. (Boston Art Club)	1872 November 10
Box 1, Folder 7	Phillips, Wendell	undated
Box 1, Folder 8	Reid, Whitelaw (with clipping pasted in)	1870 March 28
Box 1, Folder 9	Thorpe, Thomas Bangs Contents Note: With printed enclosure, his "The Dying Drummer Boy" (broadside).	1874 May 25
Box 1, Folder 10	Ware, Horace	1868 October 22
Box 1, Folder 11	Envelope addressed to SFA Contents Note: Postmarked November 4 (year undecipherable).	November 4

Series 2. Letters of Introduction and Requests Written by Others on Her Behalf
Box 1

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 12	King, Rufus, to Elihu Benjamin	1876 February 11
Box 1, Folder 13	Lincoln, Abraham, to the Surgeon General	1863 July 5
Box 1, Folder 14	Mann, Mary Contents Note: 5 ALS (one with envelope) to: Artemas Carter, 1867, April 14; (Rev.) William Elliot, no year, April 14; John Kebler, no year, April 14; Charles Waite, 1869, December 5; (Gen.) W. Benham, no year, January 25.	1867-1869
Box 1, Folder 15	Smith, Joseph P. Contents Note: Signed by him in his capacity as Acting Surgeon General.	1862 December 2
Box 1, Folder 16	Winthrop, Robert Charles, to George Peabody	1867 April 23

Series 3. Other Material Relating to Sarah Ames
Box 1

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 17	The Union League Contents Note: Mrs. Ames LINCOLN," a tribute written/signed by "a member of the League.	undated
Box 1, Folder 18	Photograph of Wendell Phillips Contents Note: Signed (by him?) on verso.	undated

Series 4. Letter to Joseph Alexander Ames
Box 1

Container		Description		Date
Box 1, Folder 19		Koehler, S.R.		1870 June 1