1864-1865 FEMALE GUARDIAN SOCIETY MAG. Civil War Widows, Prostitution, Work-Houses, Sex Trafficking, &c. Autograph upon being ordained pastor of

upon being ordained pastor of the church at Green River

Preached before the Ministerial ASsociation of Chambersburgh and the Presbtyery of Carlisle

Hoping to meet you soon again and that you will come down & tke tea with Mrs

laboring with great zeal and diligence

Includes letters from William Thirlwell

1864-1865 FEMALE GUARDIAN SOCIETY MAG. Civil War Widows, Prostitution, Work-Houses, Sex Trafficking, &c. Autograph upon being ordained pastor ofVery scarce volume including two full years of an important periodical created for the edification of women and raising funds and advocacy for societies to rescue vulnerable women from poverty, work houses, prostitution, etc., The periodical became especially important as women would become the "home guard" during the Civil War and the number of single mothers in the years after the war reached statistically unsustainable levels, leading to an upswing