Box 3
Container
Contains 153 Results:
Mott, Lucretia to [Davis], Edward M. & Yarnall, E., Brooklyn, 1865 7mo 6
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: A00182088
Scope and Contents
2 pages. Lucretia Mott is in Brooklyn visiting her daughter Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord, who has just given birth to a daughter named Anna. She mentions a visit to John Merritt's and Robert Collyer and discusses Quaker ideas about music, dancing, and weddings. "The solemnity of a marriage forbade its being made a festive occasion. . . . I thought 'the practice of music and the feelings of Friends had undergone such change, as to regard it less objectionable in this day--when...
Dates:
1865 7mo 6
Mott, Lucretia to Lord, Martha, Roadside, 1865 7mo 9
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: A00182089
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott describes her trip home from Brooklyn and her activities in Philadelphia. Briefly discusses the illness of her daughter-in-law Marianna Mott and a visit with Sarah Pugh and Mary Grew.
Subjects: Railroad Voyages and travels; Grew, Mary, 1813-1896
Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)
Dates:
1865 7mo 9
Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1865 7mo 11
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: A00182090
Mott to Wright
1 page. Written from Roadside. In this short note, Lucretia Mott apologizes to her sister for not having written more often and says she is enclosing other letters she has received. Written on the back of a letter from Nathaniel Barney to Lucretia Mott.Subjects: Personal correspondence; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.) Barney to Mott 3 pages. Lucretia Mott will soon be visiting her...
Dates:
1865 7mo 11
