Anna Weed letter offering services as nurse, Carmel, 1864
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Mrs. Anna Weed of Carmel wrote to Benjamin H. Hinds of the Maine Agency Sanitary Commission offering her services as a nurse in a Washington, D.C., area military hospital.
She said she was volunteering in "some capacity where I can be useful, and benefit the condition of our sick, wounded & dying soldiers."
Anna Weed was a widow, listed in the 1880 census as a dressmaker.
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- Title: Anna Weed letter offering services as nurse, Carmel, 1864
- Creator: Weed, Anna
- Creation Date: 1864-10-19
- Town: Carmel
- County: Penobscot
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 20.4 x 12.4
- Local Code: Coll. 1533, Box 2/1
- Collection: Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
Nurses--Washington (D.C.)
Nursing--Washington (D.C.)
Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States Sanitary Commission
Widows
People
Ruggles, Hiram
Weed, Anna
Hinds, Benjamin H.
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