Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mott Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-035
Abstract
Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker minister and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. She was born in 1793 in Nantucket, Mass., the daughter of Thomas and Anna Coffin, and educated at Nine Partners Boarding School in Dutchess Co., N.Y. In 1811, she married James Mott and they settled in Philadelphia, Pa. The Motts were active Hicksite Quakers, and Lucretia served as clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and traveled in the...
Dates:
1831-1898
Daniel Neall papers
Collection — Othertype SC-086
Identifier: SFHL-SC-086
Abstract
This collection comprises the letters and papers of Daniel Neall. Included are essays on various academic subjects, poems, and an account of the life of his father, Daniel Neall. Also included are personal letters of Daniel Neall, and papers relating to the 50th Anniversary convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1883. Minutes of this meeting are included, as well as letters relating to its organization, from Edward M. Davis, Mary Grew, and Dillwyn Parrish. Among these are letters...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1834-1977- 1834-1884
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- Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania 1
- Abolitionists -- United States 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States 1
- Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States 1
- Feminism -- United States 1
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker women 1
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
- Social reformers -- United States 1
- Spirituality -- Society of Friends 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 1
- Women abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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