New York City Night Watchers Club journal
Collection — Box: 63
Identifier: MS-SC1105
Scope and Contents
A nightly entry by the various volunteers gives a report on the patients. Sometimes giving details of their history, illness and care. They also communicate with each other in a friendly and sometimes jesting manner and keep tabs on the cat that roams the hospital during the night. They also remark on the war.
Dates
- Created: 1863 - 1865
Creator
- New York City Night Watchers' Club (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
A group of volunteers, headed by C.T. Coggeshall, who took the night watch at a hospital for wounded and sick soldiers in New York City during the Civil War. The matron of the hospital, Mrs. Russell, requested that they "write something" in the book she provided regarding the patients or occurrences. The hospital closed Aug. 30, 1865.
Extent
1 Volumes (1 volume) ; 26 x 20 cm
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- New York City Night Watchers' Club (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collection Repository
Contact:
112 North Sixth Street
Springfield IL 62701 US
(217) 558-8923
christopher.schnell@illinois.gov
112 North Sixth Street
Springfield IL 62701 US
(217) 558-8923
christopher.schnell@illinois.gov