Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Emma CORBIT
At the funeral of EMMA CORBIT OGDEN, among others, Lucretia Mott was present and spoke very acceptably.
EMMA CORBIT OGDEN was President of the Women's Relief Association of the Tenth Ward, Phila., in 1856, and Vice-President of the Women's Aid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. At the time of her residence in Quebec, Canada, she prepared a large "banner fire-screen" with the royal arms of Great Britain and Canada worked in silk, appropriately bordered and artistically mounted. She presented it to the "U. S. Sanitary Fair," held in Phila., to be voted for by the friends of Richard Cobden or John Bright, at a stipulated price per vote. A spirited contest was awakened during the continuance of the Fair, and at the close, John Bright's friends were successful in securing it; upon its safe arrival at his home, he acknowledged its receipt in the following letter:
"ROCHDALE, Sept. 19, 1864.
"DEAR MADAM,--Mr. Dudley has forwarded to me the beautiful 'banner screen' which has been presented to me by yourself and others of my friends from the U. S. Sanitary Fair at Phila. I write to thank you for it, and to say how much I value this expression of your good opinion of me. The screen itself is somewhat too brilliant for the moderate appointments of my dining-room, but it is greatly admired by my wife and by all the members of my family.
"I cannot thank all those who subscribed for it, but I appreciate their kind feeling towards me. I watch every step of your great conflict with intense interest, with as much interest, I think, as if I were a eitizen of your country. I regret it as a struggle, the result of which will fix for ages, it may be, the character and fate of your continent, and which will influence all the interests of freedom throughout the world. On your coming Presidential election much will depend. I hope there is virtue enough in the North to support the Administration in its efforts to restore the Union and to purge the country from the curse and guilt of slavery.
"I have had faith in your great cause from the beginning, and will still hope and believe.
"With warm thanks for your kind remembrance of me, I am, with the highest respect, yours truly,
"JOHN BRIGHT.
"MRS. E. C. OGDEN, 1314 Arch St., Philadelphia, U. S."
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