Charity
Information about charity in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1865-07-06, Richmond Commercial Bulletin; decription of the operation of the Union Commission’s charitable works, including meals to paroled Confederates and seed distribution
1865-07-19, Washington (DC) Daily National Republican; interesting letter from a young woman describing the conditions and popular sentiment in Richmond at this time; describes the Fourth of July Celebration in Capitol Square
1865-07-26, Washington (Pa.) Reporter; letter from Col. G. Brown of the Freedmen’s Bureau, giving statistics of negroes now at Chimborazo
1865-08-04, Richmond Whig; racist description of the Freedman camp at Chimborazo, the “abiding place of unemployed and no-account negroes”
1865-08-12, Columbia (S. C.) Daily Phoenix; interesting article describing the population of Richmond as now 50,000 and notes on the demographics of the city. Also describes the occupation of Chimborazo as “the only barracks occupied by negroes”
1865-09-25, Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia R. St. Peirre,' describes Richmond during the war.
1865-10-07, Anglo-African; Union spy Mary Jane Richards, using pseudonym 'Richmonia Richards,' describes wartime Richmond to an audience in New York.
1865-12-30, The National Freedman; ldescription of poor conditions and education among the Freedmen at Chimborazo, and appeal for charity
1866-01-06, The National Freedman; letter from Richmond soliciting donations of shoes from the North for Freedmen. Notes on conditions at Chimborazo.
1866-02-02, The National Freedman; letter from Chimborazo describing conditions among the Freedmen and advocating for donations. 1500 people now there.

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