Box 1

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4 pages. Richard D. Webb was an Irish Quaker active in the antislavery movement. Richard Webb discusses his daily life and travels in Ireland.

Subjects: Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872; Family relationships

Relevant locations: Dublin (Ireland)

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3 pages. Letter fragment addressed to an unknown recipient. Recounts recent events and news concerning family/friends.

Subjects: Voyages and travels; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Quakers; Quaker women; Personal Correspondence

Relevant locations: Pennsylvania

Scope and Contents 4 pages. George Combe writes to Mott about his friend William Ellis, and how he would get along with a Mr. Gillingham because of the views they share. Combe also discusses the similarities in their views of women's rights, though Combe claims that women of Mott's caliber have brains "like men." He read Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and believes it will assist in the abolition of slavery. He also discusses their mutual friends and his experiences traveling around the United...

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2 pages. Addressed to "Very dear Friends"; written from Amber [sp?]. Mentions multiple people, including William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, Anne Knight, and Miss Nolley [sp]. Mentions a report that will be published soon. Discusses recent and upcoming Woman's Rights Conventions, lecturing, and the controversy over bloomers.

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Women orators; Bloomer costume; Women's rights

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Several fragments of different letters written by Lucretia Mott. She describes the final hours of her brother and the subsequent cleaning out of his house; her personal life as well as the happenings of friends and family; the current state of women's rights and the formation of a "suffrage society"; and antislavery activities.Subjects: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902; Grew, Mary, 1813-1896; Suffragists; Bereavement; Death; Personal correspondence; Women's rights;...