Box 2

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4 pages. Fragment. Discusses various topics, including recent news concerning friends/family; various religious sects and doctrines, including Unitarianism, human depravity, and good works; Susan B. Anthony's lectures on agriculture; and the birth of Mott's great-granddaughter Maria M. Hallowell.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Household employees--Conduct of life; Indigestion

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4 pages. Lucretia Mott tells her daughter about a birth in the family, briefly mentions Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Caroline Dall, and gives an overview of a short trip she took with her husband. Written from Roadside.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 7 pages. Lucretia Mott tells her sister Martha about the sickness, death, and burial of her granddaughter (the daughter of Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord and George Lord), as well as the fruit that her family and friends have grown. Heard someone praise Martha Wright for her speech at a recent convention on women's rights, mentions that her first antislavery meeting of the season is coming up, and briefly discusses going to a "colored meeting" involving a man who had been helping freedom seekers...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott tells her sister about recent news concerning friends and family, including the schooling of various relatives and a family-member's search for a house to buy. Mott also discusses Quaker politics, including the changing religious views of her cousin Nathaniel Barney, a Quaker minister in Nantucket; his preaching; orthodox and evangelical Friends; Race Street Meeting; Rachel Rogers; and Theodore Parker. Mentions a Mrs. Sedgwick, possibly Mrs. Charles Sedgwick. Says...

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2 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott talks about recent news concerning friends and family and discusses the morality of war.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; War--Moral and ethical aspects; War--Religious aspects--Society of Friends

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott talks about recent news concerning family and friends. Topics mentioned include an asylum at Auburn and theories of criminality; Captain John Stewart's experiences in Kansas and his rescuing enslaved people in Missouri; the discussion of slavery by campaigning candidates; William Emerson and his fiancée Sarah Gibbons; Wide Awakes; and a fair circle at Sarah Pugh's. "I have a day to myself--a rare thing in this house." Written from Roadside.Subjects: New...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. After listing events she has recently attended, letters she has recently sent, and her duties making and mending textiles, Lucretia Mott gives her sister news about friends and relatives. Much of the letter discusses Caroline Chase Stratton Wood and her divorce, including allusions to her husband's "inhuman" treatment of her. Other topics mentioned include the difficulties sectarianism poses to interfaith cooperation among activists; getting photographs for a (antislavery?) fair;...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott tells her sister about various topics, including a recent trip she took with her husband to attend meetings; Henry Ward Beecher's "Young America" lecture and his comments on the South on the eve of Secession; and a conference of Philadelphia and Baltimore Quakers to establish a Hicksite boarding school (which eventually became Swarthmore College). Written from Roadside.Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Swarthmore College;...

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4 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses recent events concerning friends and family, including tension between her sister Martha Wright and others, Caroline Stratton Wood, men not offering women their seats, antislavery fairs, periodicals, clothing, several meals, and carpet balls.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Antislavery movements; Fairs; Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879

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2 pages. Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses news of friends and family and quotes her granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell's comments on the life and death of Mary Mott, Lucretia's niece. She also very briefly mentions William Emerson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Caroline Dall, and possibly Wendell Phelps.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Death; Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-