Box 1

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6 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott writes of her personal life, as well as friends and family.

Subjects: Bereavement; Personal correspondence; Cholera; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Diseases

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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4 pages. Fragment; very damaged. Lucretia Mott discusses death and how much more common it is amongst the poor. She also gives news of recent events concerning friends and family.

Subjects: Death; Poor--Mortality; Voyages and travels; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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2 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses personal subjects about family and friends to the recipient, including who has been to visit and several minor misfortunes to occur to people Mott knows.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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2 pages. Fragment; had been mailed with another letter. Lucretia Mott consoles her sister, who has recently lost a child, and discusses the daily happenings of her life.

Subjects: Bereavement; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Death--Religious aspects; Future life; Animal magnetism

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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2 pages. Fragment; likely written in 1850. Lucretia Mott discusses daily life of friends and family along with differing views of abolition. Mentions numerous abolitionists, including Abby Kelley and Edmund Quincy.

Subjects: Abolitionists; Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877; Antislavery movements

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses daily life within her social circle, covering topics of candle-making, jellies, her current reading material, natural disasters, and spiritualism. She also mentions Mary Grew, Nathaniel Parker Willis, George Combe, Benjamin Hallowell, and the Fox sisters, among others. "Groceries and coal sold out very cheap to the Poor, and yet after all, thousands are in want--in rags--in vice and filth. Where is the radical reform?!!!!"...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott thanks John and Rebecca Ketcham for the cushions sent to friends and family, and also describes her involvement with a local meeting, particularly of her disappointment at the lack of reporting for the Worcester Convention. Also mentioned is a series of court cases involving the arrest, recapture, or discharging of several freedom seekers escaping slavery.Subjects: Abolitionists; Fugitive slaves; Quakers; Women in community organization; Mott, Lucretia,...