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3 pages. Lucretia Mott sends her condolences on the death of William Ellery Channing and encloses a poem written about the deceased.

Subjects: Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884; Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842; Bereavement; Death; Poetry; Condolence notes

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); Boston (Mass.)

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6 pages. Lucretia Mott discusses religion, the life of one Dr. Channing (possibly William Ellery Channing), and how politics are changing.

Subjects: Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899; Religion; Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884; Politics and government; Schism; Society of Friends; Unitarianism; Hicksites

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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4 pages. Richard D. Webb was an Irish Quaker active in the antislavery movement; he and Lucretia Mott both attended the 1840 World Antislavery Convention in London. He gives Mott news of her acquaintances in Ireland and describes the lifestyle and trial of English printer Joseph Barker.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Barker, Joseph, 1806-1875

Relevant locations: Dublin (Ireland); Philadelphia (Pa.)

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4 pages. Ann Preston was a Hicksite Quaker physician, abolitionist, and women's rights activist. She talks at length about a book she has recently read about the life of Joseph Blanco White, who studied theology, and also about some mutual acquaintances.

Subjects: White, Joseph Blanco, 1775-1841; Books and reading; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Relevant locations: West Grove (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott discusses the views of Unitarians; her stay with Samuel J. May, who was involved with abolition movements; an instance of a freedom seeker escaping slavery in a box (Henry "Box" Brown); and other abolitionists.Subjects: May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871; Unitarianism; Abolitionists; Women's rights; Fugitive slaves; Congregational churches; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Antislavery movements; Religion; Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-Relevant...

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6 pages. Mott describes recent events concerning family and friends, including a small antislavery meeting, considerations of sending a relative to an asylum, the curing of lockjaw via mesmerism, and a cholera epidemic. Briefly mentions "E. Stanton."

Subjects: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902; Personal correspondence; Cholera; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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6 pages. Lucretia Mott describes the final hours before her brother Thomas Coffin's death.

Subjects: Bereavement; Cholera; Death; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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7 pages. Lucretia Mott mourns the death of her brother Thomas Coffin and describes the sorrow her family is feeling.

Subjects: Bereavement; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)