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Contains 145 Results:

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1858 11mo 28

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181946
Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside. Reports recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses astronomy, science, and the theft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's possessions during a recent visit. References her participation in the recent antislavery meetings in Baltimore. Holds negative opinions of "the little Temperance lecturer," saying that she isn't "one of us." Shares her opinions on multiple women's rights issues, including her support of the Bloomer fashion and the right of Lucy...
Dates: 1858 11mo 28

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1858 12mo 13

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181947
Scope and Contents

4 pages. Written from Roadside. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends, including the death and funeral of William Logan Fisher. Page three is written on a printed annual commencement invitation of the Female Medical College dated February 25th, 1857.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Death

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1858 12mo 13

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Temple, Philadelphia, 1858 12mo 15

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181948
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Discusses the illnesses and deaths of several family members and friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Death

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Dates: 1858 12mo 15

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1858 12mo 26

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181949
Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Describes recent holiday events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses her aiding John Beeson, who has been advocating for Native American rights at local speaking events, as well as promoting his book "A Plea for the Indians"; Mott says he "thinks there is more virtue among the Indians in the far Interior, than among the boasting civilized whites." Talks about Henry Thomas Buckle's "History of Civilization." Enjoyed a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Dates: 1858 12mo 26

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1858 12mo 30

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: `A00181950
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Written from Roadside. Tells Anna Coffin Temple Brown about recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1858 12mo 30

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1859 1mo 2

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181951
Scope and Contents 10 pages. Written from Roadside to Anna Coffin Temple Brown. Page three was written on a printed invitation for a Rosine Association Public Meeting with an address from Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Her granddaughters Anna Davis Hallowell and Lucretia Mott Hopper are interested in establishing a Junior Anti-Slavery Society, and Mary Grew spoke at their preliminary Meeting. Briefly...
Dates: 1859 1mo 2

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Coffin, Roadside, 1859 1mo 6

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181952
Scope and Contents

2 pages. Written from Roadside to Anna Coffin Temple Brown. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Dates: 1859 1mo 6

Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1859 1mo 20

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181954
Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside. Contains a brief note along the top margin from Lucretia Mott to Anna Coffin Temple Brown and Brown's reply. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Henry Thomas Buckle's "History of Civilization," the institutionalization of Ellen Woolley, the charitable work of Anna Mott Hopper for the poor, the formation of the Junior Anti-Slavery Society for women, Robert Collyer's resignation...
Dates: 1859 1mo 20

Mott, Lucretia to Brown, Anna Temple & Martha C. Wright, 1859 5mo 22

 Item — Box: 2
Identifier: A00181953
Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses the recent deaths of Martha Holland and Samuel Bettle. Complains about the unequal wages between men and women and expresses her desire to have another Women's Rights Convention. Shares her opinions on the National Woman's rights meeting in New York City earlier in the month, where Susan B. Anthony spoke. Discusses the birth of her...
Dates: 1859 5mo 22