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The Long Island Sanitary Fair--Her excessive labors there, and the perfect harmony and good feeling which prevailed--Rev. Dr. Spear's statement of her worth-- The resolutions of the Relief Association--Rev. Dr. Bellows' Testimony-- Her death--Rev. Dr. Farley's letter concerning her--Rev. Dr. Budington's tribute to her memory. 650-658 MRS. ELIZABETH M. STREETER. Loyal Southern Women--Mrs. Streeter's activity in promoting associations of loyal women for the relief of the soldiers--Her New England parentage and education--The Ladies' Union Relief Association of Baltimore--Mrs. Streeter at Antietam--As a Hospital Visitor--The Eutaw Street Hospital-- The Union Refugees in Baltimore--Mrs. Streeter organizes the Ladies' Union Aid Society for the Relief of Soldiers' families--Testimony of the Maryland Committee of the Christian Commission to the value of her labors--Death of her husband--Her return to Massachusetts. 659-664 MRS. CURTIS T. FENN. The loyal record of the men and women of Berkshire County--Mrs. Fenn's history and position before the war--Her skill and tenderness in the care of the sick--Her readiness to enter upon the work of relief--She becomes the embodiment of a Relief Association--Liberal contributions made and much work performed by others but no organization--Mrs. Fenn's incessant and extraordinary labors for the soldiers--Her packing and shipping of the supplies to the hospitals in and about New York and to more distant cities--Refreshments for Soldiers who passed through Pittsfield--Her personal distribution of supplies at the soldiers' Thanksgiving dinner at Bedloe's Island in 1862, and at David's Island in 1864--"The gentleman from Africa and his vote"--Her efforts for the disabled soldiers and their families--The soldiers' monument. 665-675 MRS. JAMES HARLAN. Women in high stations devoting themselves to the relief of the Soldiers--Instances--Mrs. Harlan's early interest in the soldier--At Shiloh--Cutting red-tape--Wounded soldiers removed northward after the battle--Death of her daughter--Her labors for the religious benefit of the soldier--Her health impaired by her labors. 676-678 NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION. History of the organization--Its Matron, Mrs. E. A. Russell--The Women's Auxiliary Committee--The Night Watchers' Association--The Hospital Choir--The SOLDIERS' DEPOT in Howard Street, N. Y.--
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