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Box 2

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Contains 145 Results:

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1859 8mo 3

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181956
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Has returned from attending meetings in Long Island.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1859 8mo 3

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1859 9mo 30

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181957
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Mr. Madison, a former enslaver who praised Martha Coffin Wright's "executive ability" at the Saratoga Convention.

Subjects: Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875; Antislavery movements; Sewing

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1859 9mo 30

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1860 1mo 2

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181958
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside to Anna Coffin Temple Brown. References the circulation of correspondence. Describes news concerning family and friends and recent events surrounding John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry. Is helping to raise funds for the legal defense of one of John Brown's followers. Discusses the satirical media coverage of the "student stampede" of medical students leaving Philadelphia schools, featuring depictions of Lucretia Mott and other Quakers. Mentions correspondence...
Dates: 1860 1mo 2

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Philadelphia, 1860 3mo 8

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181959
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from her son-in-law Edward Hopper's house. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Mentions attending multiple Meetings.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Dates: 1860 3mo 8

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1860 3mo 12

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181960
Scope and Contents 8 pages. Page eight is written over a printed invitation to the Twenty-Sixth National Anti-Slavery Subscription Anniversary meeting in Boston on January 25th. Written from Roadside. References the circulation of correspondence. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses the Horace Greeley and Robert Dale Owen debate about divorce and William Henry Seward's recent speech about slavery and the admission of Kansas as a free state. Reports the reactions of James...
Dates: 1860 3mo 12

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, 1860 3mo 18

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181963
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Appears to be a fragment. Possibly written on March 18th. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends, including the failing marriage of her cousin Caroline Chase Stratton to Charles Wood. Mentions planning to skip the National Woman's Rights Convention in New York in favor of attending the New England Anti-Slavery Convention in Boston.

Subjects: Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879; Congresses and conventions; Personal correspondence

Dates: 1860 3mo 18

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha & Anna Temple Brown, Philadelphia, 1860 5mo 12

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181961
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Possibly addressed to Martha Coffin Wright/Anna Coffin Temple Brown. Written from her son-in-law Edward Hopper's home. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends, including the buying and furnishing of houses. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses attending a prayer meeting commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Washington D.C. Wants Elizabeth Cady Stanton to come visit. Mentions a Woman's Rights Convention and the recent annual...
Dates: 1860 5mo 12

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Philadelphia, 1860 5mo 13

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181964
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from her son-in-law Edward Hopper's home. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Yearly Meeting and the National Woman's Rights Convention in New York that Martha Coffin Wright, Ellen Wright Garrison, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jones, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others attended. Shares the opinions of individuals concerning Stanton's speech and resolutions. Discusses a Quaker who came to stay with...
Dates: 1860 5mo 13

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1860 5mo 28

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181965
Scope and Contents 8 pages. Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Quaker pacifism, the recent death of Theodore Parker and other abolitionists, and the need for new abolitionist members. Mentions an Executive Committee Meeting and the New England Anti-Slavery Convention. Discusses the activism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who spoke at the recent Woman's Rights Convention, and her resolutions on divorce. ...
Dates: 1860 5mo 28

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1860 7mo 21

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181966
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from Roadside to Anna Coffin Temple Brown. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1860 7mo 21