ucated in New Hampshire--At the outbreak of
the war, a teacher in St. Louis--Devoted herself to the Sanitary work
throughout the war--Was secretary of the society till the close of 1864,
and a part of the time at Nashville, where she established a special
diet kitchen--Death of her brother in the army--Her influence in
procuring the admission of female nurses in the Nashville hospitals--
Mrs. C. R. Springer, a native of Maine, one of the directors of the
Society, and the superintendent of its employment department, for
furnishing work to soldiers' families--Her unremitting and faithful
labors--Mrs. Mary E. Palmer--A native of New Jersey--An earnest worker,
visiting and aiding soldiers' families and dispensing the charities of
the Society among them and the destitute families of refugees--Her
labors were greater than her strength--Her death occasioned by a
decline, the result of over exertion in her philanthropic work. 630-642

LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, &C.

Organization of the Society--Its officers--Mrs. Joel Jones, Mrs. John
Harris, Mrs. Stephen Caldwell--Mrs. Harris mostly engaged at the front--
The Society organized with a view to the spiritual as well as physical
benefit of the soldiers--Its great efficiency with moderate means--The
ladies who distributed its supplies at the front--Extract from one of
its reports--Its labors among the Refugees--The self-sacrifice of one
of its members--Its expenditures. THE PENN RELIEF ASSOCIATION--An
organization originating with the Friends, but afterward embracing
all denominations--Its officers--Its efficiency--Amount of supplies
distributed by it through well-known ladies. THE SOLDIERS' AID
SOCIETY--Another of the efficient Pennsylvania Organizations for the
relief of the soldiers--Its President, Mrs. Mary A. Brady--Her labors
in the Satterlee Hospital--At "Camp Misery"--At the front--After
Gettysburg, and at Mine Run--Her health injured by her exposure and
excessive labors--She dies of heart-disease in May, 1864. 643-649

WOMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND.

Brooklyn early in the war--Numerous channels for distribution of the
Supplies contributed--Importance of a Single Comprehensive
Organization--The Relief Association formed--Mrs. Stranahan chosen
President--Sketch of Mrs. Stranahan--Her social position--First
directress of the Graham Institute--Her rare tact and efficiency as a
presiding officer and in the dispatch of business--