Box 6

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15 pages. Various fragmented notes by Lucretia Mott about her life; first page says "original scraps of the sketch of her life as given to Sarah J. Hale." Sarah Josepha Hale was a prominent writer and editor.

Subjects: Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography; Women abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Women's rights; Women social reformers; Women orators; Congresses and conventions

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7 pages. Various notes/messages relating to Anna Davis Hallowell's development of a biography about her grandmother Lucretia Mott.

Subjects: Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography

Scope and Contents This file contains three extracts. A00182553 2 pages. The first page contains a note by Edward Morris Davis written over a letter to him from George H. Earle, dated 1871-06-22. The second page is written on the back of the Earle letter, which has been split in half to create two pages; Davis has written two letters (possibly rough drafts) declining an offer on behalf of his mother-in-law Lucretia Mott, each dated 1871-06-27....

Scope and Contents 13 pages. Susan Roberts was a Quaker educator and editor of the "Friends' Intelligencer". Roberts's manuscript, titled "Some Reminiscences of Lucretia Mott", details her recollections of Mott in Quaker Meetings; says "Most strange, it seems to me, that her greatest utterances were never garnered up, when voices so far less worthy of remembrance, found way into the literature of the times". Maria Mott Davis provides editorial comments and forwards the manuscript to her daughter Anna Davis...

A00182558 2 pages. Discusses her role in creating the biography of her grandmother Lucretia Mott, and wants Mary Grew to provide her with a written account of her memories of Lucretia and James Mott as antislavery activists. Grew was an abolitionist and public speaker. Subjects: Grew, Mary, 1813-1896; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography A00182559 3 pages. Discusses writing her recollections of James and Lucretia Mott as antislavery...

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18 pages. Original manuscript of the first or second chapter of Anna Davis Hallowell's biographical book "James and Lucretia Mott: Life and Letters." Anna Davis Hallowell was the granddaughter of James and Lucretia Mott.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography; Women authors

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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14 pages. Titled "A sketch of the life of Lucretia Mott by her nephew Ellis Yarnall." Subtitled "Written out after one or two evenings spent in talking with her." Probably a handwritten copy by Maria Mott Davis.

Subjects: Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891; Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910; Folger, Mayhew, 1774-1828; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography; Quakers; Puritans; Abolitionists; Women abolitionists; Women's rights; Women social reformers; Women orators

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12 pages. Thomas C. Cornell was Lucretia Mott's nephew. Probably a handwritten copy by Maria Mott Davis.