Mott, Lucretia & Lord, George to Brown, Anna Coffin, Brooklyn, 1864 8mo 7
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of family and friends to her niece Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is visiting England. She talks about illnesses and childbirths in particular, as well as Maria Hopper's ill-health after working as a nurse at an army hospital in City Point, Virginia. Mott also discusses the sudden death of John Hopper, brother of Edward Hopper and Abby Hopper Gibbons. George Lord gives more details about Maria Hopper (repeated from Mott's note of 1864-08-08, scanned as A00182051).
Subjects: Hopper, John, 1815-1864; Childbirth; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Death; Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893; Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899
Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)
Dates
- Creation: 1864 8mo 7
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Physical Facet
1 L
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This letter was formerly identified as "Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Brooklyn, 1864 8mo 7" until it was retitled in 2019.
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