Manuscript of Chapter II: The Home, Washington, D.C.
This item is a manuscript that was apparently written for, but not used in, "History of the Special Relief Service of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1865," by Frederick N. Knapp, Special Relief Agent.
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OCR Page 1 of 27effictory of pecial Kelief
The Home
Chapter II Washington
In the monthsone august and acthe
result of the Commissions solicitation
patthe depot
of the Baltimore this Rail Road,
The Reception un Buildings'" afternood
known as the soldier's Rest Retreat
For a shorthine it granted to the
Commission the me of a room therein
where a was
Had this privilege proved permanent
it is more than probablestat the
Home would never have been devised
The following extract from stre opening
pages of the first reporterout the especial
Relief the work
was somewhat systematical presents
ageneral outline of thework here
rendered, The Home as we shall see
for
was opened any 3/5/1861. This report
wasmade during
toge
the lact wale of September. But the
ingiving system organization to the
special Relief Work: and the uport its
fulfit marked by this maturity 1st
to speaker of September, In m
Atisnota fairenhibit afthe of