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Contains 118 Results:
[Burleigh, Charles] and Mott, Lucretia to McKim, James Miller, Jericho, NY, 1838 7mo 22
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: A00181811
Scope and Contents
2 pages. Discusses speaking at Quaker Meeting and elsewhere, as well as news about James Miller McKim, his idea of studying medicine, and a pamphlet he recently published.
Subjects: M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874; Lectures and lecturing
Relevant locations: Jericho (Nassau County, N.Y.); Chester County (Pa.)
Dates:
1838 7mo 22
Burleigh, Charles to McKim, James Miller, Philadelphia, 1838 9mo 13
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: A00182490
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Both Charles C. Burleigh and James Miller McKim were abolitionists. Burleigh has been living with the Mott family. Discusses the fire that burned down Penn Factory, which James Mott owned a quarter of; describes the emotional and financial difficulties of the loss on James Mott and Lucretia Mott. Reports that Lucretia is attending a Female Anti-Slavery Society meeting and an Indian Committee meeting at Cherry Street Friends Meeting. Maria Mott Davis, Edward Morris Davis, and their...
Dates:
1838 9mo 13
Child, Lydia Maria to [Mott, Lucretia], Northampton, 1839 3mo 5
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: A00181812
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Lydia Maria Child tells Lucretia Mott of her disdain for "Female Conventions and Societies." She also asks Mott to send a letter appealing to British women not to buy cotton produced in the United States, as she feels that the loss of their business would have a larger impact on slavery than an American boycott would.Subjects: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885; Boycotts; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Abolitionists; Cotton trade; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880;...
Dates:
1839 3mo 5
