Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries B. Correspondence to Mary Abigail Dodge spans the years 1856 to 1896. It includes such items as a letter from John S. C. Abbott asking Dodge for a chapter on emancipation for his book on the Civil War; a number of letters expressing enthusiasm over women's rights (a view with which Dodge was not in total agreement); a letter from William Lloyd Garrison discussing politics in the United States; a letter from Benjamin F. Butler asking Dodge to be on the...