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Mott, Lucretia to Cousin Mary Earle, Roadside, 1865 4mo 26

 Item — Box: 3

Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of friends and family, including the health of her daughter Elizabeth Cavender. She reminisces over some early events in her and her cousin Mary Hussey Earle's life and discusses whether the children of interfaith marriages can be birthright Friends. She also describes an incident in which her husband, James Mott, fell and injured himself.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Genealogy; Mott, James, 1788-1868; Quakers

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1865 4mo 26

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1 L

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