Box 3

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2 pages. Written from Roadside; seems to be a fragment. Mott questions some decisions her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord recently made in the process of moving into a new house in New York.

Subjects: Furniture; Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott describes a recent visit she made to her cousin Rebecca Bunker Neall in Mount Holly, New Jersey, and discusses plans for the upcoming wedding of her cousin Laura Stratton to an Episcopalian.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Weddings

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 8 pages. Written from Eddington, the farm where Lucretia Mott's daughter Elizabeth Cavender and son-in-law Thomas Cavender lived from 1860-1865; the paper also bears a printed a circular advertising the speeches of Mrs. Emily Shaw (possibly Mott's granddaughter Emily Mott Shaw). Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha ("Pattie") Lord and son-in-law law George Lord various news of friends and family and discusses recent visitors they have had. She makes brief mention of various topics,...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. The paper bears a printed announcement of a meeting of "the executive committee of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, to promote Subscriptions to the Stock of Friends Educational Association." Mott tells her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord, who has recently moved into a new house in New York, about the furniture and other supplies she has sent to her. Mott also gives news of family and friends, briefly mentions a meeting in Bristol, and her daughter Maria's...

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written over the course of several days, in part from Roadside. Lucretia Mott explains why she has not had time to not write to her sister lately and passes on news of friends and family. In addition to briefly discussing the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society and an antislavery fair hosted by Elizabeth Perot, Mott offers lengthier comments on the wedding of Ann Mather, her family's Christmas cooking for the African-American soldiers at the nearby Camp William Penn,...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Written from Roadside. The paper also bears a printed letter from George L. Stearns to Morris L. Hallowell about conditions in Nashville, Tennessee (dated 1863-09-19), and a manuscript letter from Morris L. Hallowell to James Mott asking for a charitable contribution. Lucretia Mott tells Martha Wright that her granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell is on her way to visit Martha in Auburn, New York. Subjects: Freedmen--Charities; African Americans--Charities;...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written in part from Roadside; may be partially addressed to Anna Davis Hallowell and Martha Coffin Wright. Passes on a small amount of news, largely about the Christmas presents various family members have received, and discusses her plans for the coming week, which include attending several funerals. "I wonder if this pestilence--typhus fever, is one of the legitimate results of slavery."Subjects: Typhus fever; Gifts; Mott, Marianna Pelham, 1825-1872...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Possibly a fragment; recipient inferred. Written from the house of Benjamin Yarnall (Lucretia Mott's brother-in-law). Lucretia Mott discusses recent funerals, her husband James Mott's recent trip to New York, and a visit from her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord. The paper also bears a letter to Lucretia Mott from her cousin Caroline Chase Stratton (dated December 18, 1863) about plans for the marriage of Stratton's daughter Laura to Fitzhugh Birney.Subjects: Mott, James,...

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2 pages. Fragment. The recipient may be Mott's daughter Martha Lord. Lucretia Mott discusses her housekeeping and relates news of friends and family.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written partly from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of her husband James's ill-health to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and recounts other occurrences involving family and friends, mainly social calls and illnesses. Gives a somewhat detailed account of her movements over the course of several days; makes passing reference to "the old Female Meeting" and Fowler's sermons.Subjects: Personal correspondence; Mott, James, 1788-1868Relevant locations:...