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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Hope Bacon Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-276
Overview

Margaret Hope Bacon was a prolific Quaker author and social activist. Her Research Papers consist primarily of the manuscripts and files assembled in the process of research.

Dates: 1947-2007
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Ruth Anne Hillborn papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-012
Identifier: SFHL-SC-012
Abstract This collection includes the journal of Ruth Anne Hillborn from 1864-1868. She relates events concerning the emancipation of enslaved people, the U. S. Civil War, and the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. She also describes Lucretia Mott and her ministry. This collection also includes miscellaneous poetry, a facsimile letter to the Women's Aid Association of Philadelphia about efforts in freedman's relief, a letter from John Bailey on Quaker ministry, and extracts from an account of the death...
Dates: 1806-1868
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Lewis-Pratt Family Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-244
Identifier: SFHL-SC-244
Abstract

Collection of manuscripts of the Lewis and Pratt families of Delaware County in Pennsylvania. Includes bible pages with births, marriages, and deaths, as well as Quaker documents. Of particular interest is a letter from Thomas H. Speakman to his sister, M.M. Jenkinson on an inheritance which also includes a reference to Rowland Johnson, Lucretia Mott, Clement Biddle, and James Martin at the Cherry Street meeting house.

Dates: ca.1790-1851 & n.d
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Mott Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-035
Overview 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
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Charles Smith Ogden family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-108
Overview Charles Smith Ogden (1822-1904) was a Quaker businessman, genealogist, and civic leader. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, educated in Friends' schools, and married Emma Corbit in 1848. He worked as a wholesale druggist before the Civil War, was active on the committee to elect Abraham Lincoln, and served as Consul to Quebec, Canada, 1860-1864. In 1886, he began a tour around the world, which is recounted in his travel letters, 1886-1891. This collection contains genealogical...
Dates: 1732-1938
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Palmer Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-087
Overview

The Palmer family was a Hicksite Quaker family who settled in Bucks County, PA, but who were also active in Delaware County, especially as several family members attended Swarthmore College. Dating from the 1880s to the 1890s, this collections consists of cabinet cards and cartes de visite that depict members of the Palmer family as well as family relatives or friends.

Dates: 1880s-1890s
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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American fiction 1
Antislavery movements -- United States 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Canada -- Description and Travel 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
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- West Chester 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Québec (Province) 1
Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 1
Social reformers -- United States 1
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
Voyages and travels -- 19th century 1
Women abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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