Box 3

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of family and friends to her niece Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is visiting England. She talks about illnesses and childbirths in particular, as well as Maria Hopper's ill-health after working as a nurse at an army hospital in City Point, Virginia. Mott also discusses the sudden death of John Hopper, brother of Edward Hopper and Abby Hopper Gibbons. George Lord gives more details about Maria Hopper (repeated from Mott's note of...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written on a printed notice from the Barclay Coal Company. Lucretia Mott tells her son-in-law George Lord news about various family members, including Maria Hopper and Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is visiting England. Lord incorporated Mott's comments into an addition to Mott's 1864-08-07 letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown (scanned as A00182050). Includes note from George Lord to Eliza.Subjects: Brown, Anna Coffin Temple; Fever; Personal correspondence; Lord, George,...

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4 pages. Unsigned; may be a fragment. Addressed to "Dear all". Lucretia Mott discusses various news of friends and family, especially the fever of her granddaughter Maria Hopper, its treatment, and Maria's desire to work as a nurse in an army hospital.

Subjects: Fever; Personal correspondence; Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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2 pages. Fragment; likely addressed to Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord, but possibly to Elizabeth Cavender. Lucretia Mott briefly discusses various news of family and friends. She mentions an educational conference in Worsham she is considering attending.

Subjects: Bidets; Fever; Personal correspondence

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside; possibly to Martha Mott Lord. Lucretia Mott gives various news of friends and family, including the continued illness of her granddaughter Maria Hopper. Briefly mentions Rachel W. Moore going to speak to soldiers at Camp William Penn. Talks about her servants. Briefly comments on the upcoming wedding of her niece Ellen Wright and William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.Subjects: Household employees; Fever; Personal correspondence; Hopper, Maria, 1845-1899;...

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott expresses sadness now that all of the children who visited her over the summer have left. She writes of her servants, briefly mentions her recent reading, and references tensions among abolitionists.

Subjects: Household employees; Books and reading; Abolitionists; Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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2 pages. Fragment. Signed "Mother"; likely to Martha Mott Lord. Written over a letter from Lucretia Mott's brother-in-law Richard Mott. Lucretia Mott passes on news of friends and family.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Mott, Richard, 1804-1888

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

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4 pages. Signed "Jule" [sp?]. The author congratulates Emma on her recent marriage to Charles Wood and gives recent news of friends and family.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Baltimore (Md.)

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives her opinions on the proportions and furnishing of a house that her daughter-in-law Marianna will soon move into. She also mentions the upcoming wedding of her niece Ellen Wright and William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., as well as a recent disagreement among abolitionists involving Moncure D. Conway.Subjects: Personal correspondence; Interior decoration; Architecture, Domestic; House furnishings; AbolitionistsRelevant...

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4 pages. Lucretia Mott details the wedding of her niece Ellen Wright and William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., especially the preparations (including the making of the marriage certificate).

Subjects: Marriage records; Marriage; Weddings; Garrison, Ellen Wright, 1840-1931; Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909; Weddings--Planning

Relevant locations: Auburn (N.Y.)