Relieve the distressed : aid and comfort for our wounded and sick soldiers, between 1861 and 1864

Creator

Title

Description

Relieve the distressed. Aid and comfort for our wounded and sick soldiers. Dated between 1861 and 1864. This card created by Reverend Joseph W. Parker of the Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church, now Boston’s First Baptist Church, petitions the citizens of Boston to contribute to the aid of wounded and sick Union soldiers.

Subject

Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

First Baptist Church of Boston -- History.

Soldiers -- Services for -- United States.

Soldiers -- United States -- 1860-1870.

Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Civilian relief.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.

War -- Relief of sick and wounded.

War -- Relief of sick and wounded -- History.

Source

Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 300.006

Date

between 1861 and 1864

Rights

This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

Language

English

Identifier

A2018/029/015

Coverage

United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Is Part Of

Carl E. Wahlstrom ephemera collection.

Extent

1 item (2 pages) ; 7 x 10 cm.

Provenance

Gift of Estate of Carl Wahlstrom

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Collection

American Civil War Collection

Citation

Parker, Joseph Whiting, 1805-1887, “Relieve the distressed : aid and comfort for our wounded and sick soldiers, between 1861 and 1864,” digitalVGW, accessed April 20, 2024, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1121.