late Hon. S. F. Streeter, Esq., a
well-known citizen of Baltimore, a member of the city Government during
the war, an active Union man, devoted to the cause of his country and
her defenders as indefatigably as his admirable wife. Working in various
organizations, he was made an almoner of the city funds bestowed upon
the families of soldiers, and upon hospitals, and afterwards appointed
in conjunction with George R. Dodge, Esq., to distribute the
appropriation of the State, for the families of Maryland soldiers. Thus
the two were continually working side by side, or in separate spheres of
labor, for the same cause, all through the dark days of the rebellion.

Mrs. Streeter was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, her ancestors, the
Jacksons, having been among the original settlers of the old Colony, and
she has doubtless inherited the ancestral love of freedom. For thirty
years she has been a resident of Baltimore.

On the 16th of October, 1861, she originated the Ladies' Union Relief
Association, of Baltimore, and in connection with other zealous loyal
ladies, carried on its operations for more than a year with great
success. From this as a center, sprang other similar associations in
different parts of the city, and connected with the various hospitals.

After the battle of Antietam, Mrs. Streeter, with Mrs. Pancoast, a most
energetic member of the Association, spent some time on the field
dispensing supplies, and attending to the wants of the wounded,
suffering and dying.

Exhausted by her labors and responsibilities, at the end of a year, Mrs.
Streeter resigned her official connection with the Ladies' Relief
Association, and after a brief period of repose, she devoted herself to
personal visitation of the hospitals, dispensing needed comforts and
delicacies, and endeavoring by conversation with the inmates to cheer
them, stimulate their patriotism, and to make their situation in all
respects, more comfortable.

Subsequently, she connected herself with the hospital attached to the
Union Relief Association, located at 120 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore.
Up to the time of the discontinuance of the work of the Association,
she gave it her daily attendance, and added largely to its resources by
way of supplies.

At this time, Baltimore was thronged by the families of refugees, who
were rendered insecure in their homes by the fact of their entertaining
Union sentiments, or homeless, by some of the bands of marauders whi