Box 6
Contains 116 Results:
Mott, Lucretia. Mottos, undated
5 pages. Mottos of Lucretia Mott, including "In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and the wife is equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal" and "Truth for authority, not authority for truth." From 1870-1879, and undated.
Subjects: Mottoes; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Miscellaneous, undated
2 pages. Letter fragment signed by Oliver Johnson. Says that he enjoyed their sermon on "The Newspaper."
To Mrs. __ [printed letter to Lucretia Mott?], 1872 3mo 31
3 pages. Printed pamphlet recording the correspondence of an unknown writer asking for advice about becoming a minister (dated 1872-03-31), with an accompanying response from an unknown author offering advice and discussing her own clerical role (dated 1872-04-04). Possibly addressed to and answered on behalf of Lucretia Mott.
Subjects: Clergy; Women clergy; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Relevant locations: Boston (Mass.); Philadelphia (Pa.)
Mott, Lucretia. A prayer offered in 12th Street Meeting in 1818, 1879 5mo 10
5 pages. A prayer offered by Lucretia Mott in 1818, the first time she ever spoke in public, which she recorded in 1879 at the request of Edith W. Atlee. Edith Willets Altee (1832-1892) was a Hicksite Quaker. Accompanied by a photograph of Lucretia Mott late in life.
Subjects: Women orators; Quaker women; Prayer
Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Davis, Maria Mott. Notes, undated
2 pages. Notes about Maria Mott Davis' interaction with Mrs. Caldwell concerning a portrait of William Lloyd Garrison. Is sending the notes to an unknown recipient and has also copied them in a letter to her aunt Martha Coffin Wright.
Subjects: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Oakes, William, 1799-1848; Portraits
Hale, Sarah J. Notes, undated
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
[Hallowell, Anna Davis]. Notes, undated
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
