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Box 6

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Contains 116 Results:

Mott, Thomas to Hallowell, Anna Davis and Davis, Maria Mott, undated

 File — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182422 / A00182423 / A00182424 / A00182425 / A00182509 / A00181962
Scope and Contents Mott, Thomas to Hallowell, Anna Davis, n.d. [4 L]andMott, Thomas to Davis, Maria Mott, n.d. [1 L] A00182422 3 pages. Written from Roadside. Discusses Anna Davis Hallowell's work on developing a biography about her grandmother and his mother, Lucretia Mott, and considers contributing to the project financially.Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography; Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-Relevant...
Dates: undated

Phillips, Wendell to Davis, Edward, undated

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182426
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Wendell Phillips was a lawyer and abolitionist leader. Recalls that during the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840, Lucretia Mott was omitted from parties for Convention delegates because the host feared that she would be a negative influence on his children. References Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902; Congresses and conventions; Antislavery movements

Dates: undated

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady to Davis, Edward?, undated

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182427
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Addressed to one of the children of Lucretia Mott. Discusses the biological sketch of Mott she wrote for the book called "Eminent Women" and offers to help with the creation of the Lucretia Mott biography.

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

Dates: undated

Cornell, Thomas C. to Hallowell, Anna Davis and others, 1880 11mo 21-1883 7mo 15

 File — Box: 6
Scope and Contents

Cornell, Thomas C. to Lord, Martha Mott, 1880 11mo 21 [1 L]; Cornell, Thomas C. to Davis, Maria Mott, 1880 11mo 28-1881 11mo 13 [5 L]; Cornell, Thomas C. to Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1882 9mo 17-1883 7mo 15 [8 L]; and Hallowell, Anna Davis to Cornell, Thomas C., 1883 1mo 24 [1 L]

Dates: 1880 11mo 21-1883 7mo 15

Furness, William Henry to ?, Philadelphia, 1880 12mo 7

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182445
Scope and Contents

1 page. Furness' sermon will be printed in a newspaper, possibly the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, but he would also like it to be published in a more permanent form.

Subjects: Sermons

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Dates: 1880 12mo 7

Grew, Mary to Davis, Edward M., 1881?

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182446
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Recollects her trip to England in 1840 for the World's Anti-Slavery Convention. Assesses Wendell Phillips's recollections about an incident involving Elizabeth Fry and Lucretia Mott, in preparation for the publication of a biography of Mott.

Subjects: Memory; Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Dates: 1881?

Lossing, Benson J. to Mott, Thomas, Dover Plains, 1881 1mo 1

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182480
Scope and Contents

Includes a copied letter by Benson J. Lossing from Lucretia Mott to himself 1879-02-22



Dates: 1881 1mo 1

Sewall, S.E. to Davis, Edward M., Boston, 1881 1mo 2

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: A00182524
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Answers an inquiry about the possibility of using George Bradburn's diary in the creation of a memoir of Lucretia Mott. George Bradburn was clergyman, politician, human rights activist. Sewall states that he has never had any correspondence with Lucretia Mott.

Subjects: Bradburn, George, 1806-1880; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Biography

Relevant locations: Boston (Mass.)

Dates: 1881 1mo 2