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1Title:  United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) Records     
 Creator:  United States Sanitary Commission, Cleveland Branch 
 Dates:  1842-1878 
 Abstract:  The United States Sanitary Commission (Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio) was established in 1861 in Cleveland, Ohio, to provide for the physical needs of soldiers by improving camp hygiene and diets, collecting and disbursing hospital stores, inspecting hospitals and other medical facilities, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, registering and burying the dead, building and supporting a soldiers home, and conducting a special relief system and employment service. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, receipt, cash, and memoranda books, acknowledgements of equipment received, bank drafts, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, and other papers. Includes invoices and other papers concerning the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair, 1864, and a memoir of Caroline Younglove Abbott concerning the work of the organization. 
 Call #:  MS 1012 
 Extent:  22.00 linear feet (41 containers, 41 oversize volumes, and 1 wrapped package) 
 Subjects:  United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch. | Soldiers' homes -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Employment -- Ohio. | Veterans -- Medical care -- Ohio. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
 
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2Title:  Margret S. Ferguson Correspondence     
 Creator:  Ferguson, Margaret S. 
 Dates:  1846-1861 
 Abstract:  Margret S. Ferguson was a resident of Ways Station, Bryan County, Georgia. Her son, C.W. Ferguson, served in the 8th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War, and was stationed at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in 1861. The collection consists of letters received by Mrs. Ferguson, including some from her son, C.W. Ferguson. 
 Call #:  MS 3424 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Ferguson, Margret S. | Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 8th. | Women -- Georgia -- Correspondence. | Soldiers -- Georgia -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
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3Title:  Nancie Swan Folkett Papers     
 Creator:  Foskett, Nancie Swan 
 Dates:  1818-1869 
 Abstract:  Nancie Swan Foskett(1838-?) of Medina County, Ohio, was a schoolteacher (1861-1865) in various schools in Medina County. During 1861-1862, she and her father lived in LeSeuer, Minnesota with her brothers and their families, returning to Medina County in the spring of 1862. In 1865, Nancie Swan married Captain Porter Foskett of Brunswick, Ohio. They made their home in the city of Medina, where Porter Foskett became a successful businessman. The collection consists of eleven diaries of Nancie Swan Foskett, 1855-1869, and one account book of N.A. Goodwin, 1818-1834. The diaries detail her life as a teacher in various schools in Medina County, Ohio, her trip to Minnesota, civilian life during the American Civil War, and family events during the period. 
 Call #:  MS 4576 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Foskett, Nancie Swan. | Foskett, Nancie Swan -- Diaries. | Foskett, Porter. | Swan family. | Goodwin, N. A. | Women -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Women -- Ohio -- Medina County -- Diaries. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Education -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Diaries. | Account books -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Medina County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
 
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