Lucretia Mott letter to her sister, approximately 1869-1875
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Likely to Martha Coffin Wright. Partially written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about visiting with friends and family, including Sarah Pugh and Charlotte Forten. She mentions going to a "meeting with colored people" and one with the managers meeting of Swarthmore, and she describes a planned "cruelty to animals" fair. Mott also criticizes The Nation (a weekly magazine) for a factual error and describes a confrontation with Charles Sumner.
Subjects: Personal correspondence; Women's rights; Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902; Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874; Women social reformers
Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); Cheltenham (Pa.)
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1869-1875
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