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Ann Priscilla Vanderpoel

VANDERPOEL, Ann Priscilla, philanthropist, born in London, England, 25 June, 1815; died in New York city, 4 May, 1870. Her father, RobertO. Barnes, came to this country with his family in 1833. She married Dr. Edward Vanderpoel in 1837, and for many years was identified with philanthropic work in New York city. She founded the Ladies' home United States hospital in 1861, and gave her gratuitous services, for four years and a half, as a nurse to the Union soldiers, her labors being recognized by the government, especially by President Lincoln, who sent her an engraved certificate as a memorial of her work. In July, 1803, during the draft riots in New York city, she saved Mayor George Opdyke's house from fire and pillage by driving in an open carriage from Fourth street to Mulberry street, where the police office wag situated, and sending a company of soldiers to his aid. To reach the office she exposed her life by breaking through a dense mob. She has been called the Florence Nightingale of New York.

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