Mott, Lucretia to Heacock, Gayner and Annie, Roadside, 1863 1mo 2
Scope and Contents
3 pages; accompanied by a handwritten copy on the letterhead of Edward M. Davis. Written from Roadside. Addressed to Annie Heacock and either Jane or Gayner Heacock (refer to "Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott," edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer). Describes the supplies Mott is sending them as they set out to teach freedmen in schools at Port Royal, South Carolina, and mentions the Emancipation Proclamation.
Subjects: Freedmen--Charities; Heacock, Jane; Heacock, Annie, 1838-1932; Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)
Dates
- Creation: 1863 1mo 2
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3 L
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