Box 2

Scope and Contents

4 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 10 pages. Apologizes for failing to properly reply to recent correspondence. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Recounts interacting with and news of Joseph Barker. Mentions Dr. Stamm wanting to organize a convention and Quaker Meeting lecturers. Describes in detail the court testimony and protection of freedom seeker Jane Johnson by abolitionists. Has visited Passmore Williamson in prison, who was arrested for his role in Jane Johnson's escape. Discusses the...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions the circulation of correspondence. Mentions the imminent return of Ellis Yarnall, the legal case of Passmore Williamson, and the death and funeral of Lucretia's sister-in-law Elizabeth M. Mott (1804-1855). Is forwarding the prospectus for the "Darby School" (the Sharon Female Boarding School), where her niece Ellen Wright may attend. Discusses Lucy Stone, who wrote a letter to James Mott praising Martha Coffin...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Talks about the case of Jane Johnson, a fugitive African American woman who abolitionists helped to escape and harbor, and calls the decision of the judges an "abomination." "Indignant" Meetings are being held about the case with speakers such as Rev. Andrew Twonbley Foss (1803-1875) and Samuel Aaron (1800-1865). Her health is preventing her from attending Meetings and accepting an invitation from Anne Warren Weston to...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Fragment; pages labeled number 5 and 8. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions the circulation of correspondence, an upcoming anti-slavery meeting, and the revival of the Fair Committee (probably referring to the annual Anti-Slavery Fair of Pennsylvania). Lists multiple newspapers/journals she subscribes to, and she has cleared off hundreds of letters and pamphlets from her desk. Discusses the death and funeral arrangements of her sister-in-law...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Probably to her sister Martha Coffin Wright. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Attended an antislavery meeting where she heard Mary Grew's "excellent" letter to Passmore Williamson listing the resolutions that they had adopted. Describes the birth of Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord's daughter Ellen Lord De Schweinitz (1855-1897). Briefly discusses the schooling of her niece Ellen Wright, who may attend the "Darby...

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...