Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-29

worcester Soldier. Relief Committee.

The Soldiers Relief Committee would &C.
knowledge the following contributions since
Jan. first:
From Cherry Valley-12 pairs mittens.
From Army Aid Society, West Boylston, quilts
10 pairs socks, pairs mittens. towels.
From Rutand-5 comiorters, blanket!
From East Douglass quilts, 3comiorters. S dress
ing gowns, cotton flannel shirts, pairs of draw
ers, flannel shirts, cotton shirts, Il pairs mtens
IL pairs OF socks, pairs sheets, pairs OF pillow
cases, towels, sage, lint, pieces of cloth:
From Ladies' Reading Society, Princeton-27
pairs mittens, pairs socks.
From GraftOn-l pair socks, pair mittens.
shirts, pairs mittens
From Saundersyille-5O sleeping caps, II pairs nit
tens, cotton shirts, pillow pair socks.
From Holden--l3 quilts, l blanket . dressing
gowns, l0pairs moccassns pairs slippers feather
pillows cushOws 6 napkins 10 pairs cotton fan-
mel drawers II cotton flannel Shirts 13 cotton Sheets
- sheets, 10 pillow cases, pairs socks % rolls
bandages, linen, box thread and buttons
From OX1ord-lO pairs mittens.
from D. Il. Society, OF the High SchOoi-S9 pairs
mittens, pairs socks.
From the 0read-7 pairs of cloth mittens.
From Ladies of the Central Church-25 pairs moe
ussins for the twenty fifth regiment
From Ladies of the Catholic Church, pounds
From Ladies of Worcester-1O pairs of mittens,
Is towels, II pairs socks, sheets, pillow case
comforter, bag OF herbs, mutton tallow.
From Miss Nichols Schools-bags of sewing ma
teTials.
The boxes in which the committee have forwarded
their supplies have been furnished by Jenkins lam.
ilton, & Hyde.
Forwarded to St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 1s 2 box
es Box. No. 1-containing quilts, 2 blankets, 8
new cotton shirts, Is old shirts flannel shirts l8
pillow cases, Sheets pillows, 2 cushions 50
spnts' pairs of slippers II towels, L pairs nit.
tens, bottles wine bottle jelly, bandages pieces
OF cloth. Box No. 2-containing, 10 pairs cotton
flannel drawers, % shirts 10 pairs Sheets 20 pair
pillow cases, II comforts, 10 towels, Blankets 200
yards bandages, box lint, pairs slippers linen
and cotton pieces.
Forwarded to Miss Esther Terry, United States
General Hospital, Annapolis MARYLAND Jan 28-I
comtorteIs. blanket ii Sheets IA pillow cases S
cotton flannel shirts pairs do drawers, flannel
SHIRTS, Il cotton shirts, dressing gowns, pairs
SOCKS, II pairs slippers, pairs mOcassins IA sleep.
ing caps, Y towels, pillows, 6 handkerchieis,
spiintsi taow ring pads old towels, napkins, ban
Given 10 recruits for the fifteenth regiment, y
pairs socks, Y pairs mittens, Il towels
The committee are happy to record from
time to time the generous contributions
ceived by them for the soldiers. They must
now make an urgent appeal to the citizens OF
WorcesteT and vicinity Tor donations of
money. Such donations will be received by
their treasurer, Mrs. William Dickinson, or
can be placed in the box at the Employment
Room, No. 100 Main street. Per order.
The committee have received a letter from
Rev. Mr.. Eliot of the st. Louis commission, in
which he says
Your renewed favors call for more than
renewed thanks. | think the kindness of the
Massachusetts women will never be exhausted.
and our demands are not at all likely to tail
In Missouri every thing has worked against
us. A frequent change OF beds, the rapid
marches OF troops, the exhausted condition of
the country, the half hostile population, and
other causes have made the care OF the sick
difficult, ard the number OF them great We
have provided in six months for full 10000
men in hospital, and have distributed over
20 900 articles, OF which more than half nave
been from Massachusetts"