Box 2

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends, including Josiah Barker. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses her upcoming travel plans. Mentions an upcoming anti-slavery "excursion" with Rev. Andrew Twombley Foss and James Miller McKim and mentions hearing Senator Wilson speak while attending Meetings in West Chester. Mentions a Convention she will be attending, followed by an anti-slavery meeting and a fair (probably referring to the annual...

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4 pages. Discusses traveling home with family by boat after visiting her sister Martha Coffin Wright. Listened to a discussion about slavery but did not participate, saying "'nobody wants to hear old folks talk.' I like to listen to the younger. I rejoice that there are younger, to advocate the slave's claims."

Subjects: Voyages and travels; Personal correspondence; Slavery; Antislavery movements

Relevant locations: New York (N.Y.)

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Details recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses her negative opinions of Richard Cromwell and the confrontation between Cromwell and herself during a crowded Meeting in New York. Listened to a sermon by "Beecher" and a speech by Joseph Barker. Her husband, James Mott, has been overseeing construction on their property. Discusses attending an Executive Committee Meeting called by James Miller McKim, which Sarah Pugh and Abigail Kelley Foster attended. Makes...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Thomas and Marianna Mott are traveling in Europe. The letter beginning on page 1 was written by George Lord; the letters beginning on pages 2 and 4 were written by Lucretia Mott; the letter beginning on page 3 was possibly written by Maria Mott Davis. Details recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Lucretia Mott discusses reading "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. Mentions the imprisonment of and newspaper articles...

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2 pages. Fragment. Possibly written to her sister Martha Coffin Wright on December 1, 1855. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses Joseph Barker.

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

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Details recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses the circulation of correspondence from Thomas and Marianna Mott, who are traveling in Europe. Attended a Debate Meeting about slavery with Edward D., possibly Edward Morris Davis; says "the Meetings have so increased since he joined—and introduced women also, that the small hall will hardly hold them."Subjects: Personal correspondence; Families; Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887; Antislavery movements;...

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4 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions an upcoming fair (probably referring to the annual Anti-Slavery Fair of Pennsylvania) and Annual Meeting. Describes the construction occurring at the Shower's house.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Garrison, Ellen Wright, 1840-1931

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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2 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Multiple people have recently died, including William Gibbons. Describes the fair that she helped organize (probably referring to the annual Anti-Slavery Fair of Pennsylvania).

Subjects: Gibbons, William, 1834-1855; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Death; Fairs

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Discusses recent holiday events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions letters from a cousin where he "dwells absurdly on the evils of the present costume of women." Mentions that "The Una" has ceased publication; she encourages people to petition but says "with all we have to do for the slave, and my other numerous cares, I can feel a very cispher [sp] in this movement. We are not petitioning, we are holding no Meetings, we are doing nothing, save that two medical schools...

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8 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions wanting to see Elizabeth Cady Stanton's reply to Gerrit Smith's "unreasonable demand" and comments on a disappointing speech from Henry Ward Beecher. Details the illness and death of her grandson, George Hopper (1847-1856).

Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Hopper George, 1847-1856; Death; Children--Death

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)