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Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written partially from Roadside. Mott quotes Cowper's "The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk." Provides news of family and friends, and discusses the growing popularity of Anna E. Dickinson, who has recently been asked to speak at a fair in Chicago. Mott also talks about recent works of theology.Subjects: Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Poems; Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932; Women social reformers; Women oratorsRelevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.);...

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside; the final paragraph is written in faint pencil. Mott discusses the illness, death, and burial of her grandson Henry "Harry" Cavender (1849-1863), son of Thomas Cavender and Elizabeth Mott Cavender, as well as other news of family and friends. Mott also reflects on the Civil War, discusses a recent speech by Charles Sumner, and tells of running into the ex-husband of her cousin Caroline Stratton. Mott says of the Civil War: "How many are cut down,...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Likely sent to specifically to Martha Mott Lord and Lord's family, who relocated from Lucretia Mott's house in Cheltenham to New York City in October of 1863. Mott gives news of a recent visit to see her cousins Rebecca Bunker Chase, Caroline Chase Stratton, and others in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Laura Stratton (Caroline's daughter) is soon to marry Fitzhugh Birney, and Caroline is making plans to move to Germantown. Most of the letter describes Mott's shopping for furniture,...

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott tells her daughter (who recently moved away to New York City) about recent social calls, furniture shopping, and her cousin Caroline Stratton's plans to move to Philadelphia.

Subjects: Shopping; Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879; Furniture; House furnishings

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott tells her daughter (who has recently moved away to New York City) about the furniture Mott has found for her new home and discusses other home decorating matters. She talks at length about possible treatments for her granddaughter Fanny's back pain, comparing the options offered by different doctors as well as the opinion of abolitionist Robert Purvis. Mott also expresses reluctance about Susan B. Anthony's lecturing plan: "I'm past entering into any new...

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Discusses furniture Mott has had shipped to her daughter (who recently moved out of Roadside and into a house in New York City) for her new home and asks what sorts of plates and platters she needs.

Subjects: Furniture; Shopping; House furnishings

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott's daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord has recently moved out of Roadside to New York City, and Mott discusses furniture shipments and house furnishings with her, as well as the house work she has been doing.

Subjects: Furniture; House furnishings

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott discusses house furnishings with her daughter Martha, who recently moved out of Mott's house and is now living in New York City. She advises her daughter on books to buy, saying that "the Koran is worth owning" but urging her to "avoid foolish novels"; discusses her own reading habits. Briefly references a meeting to aid "contraband" (formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines) in Missouri; and comments briefly on her own drinking habits....

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2 pages. Written from Roadside. Mott's daughter has recently relocated from Roadside to New York City, and Mott discusses furniture shipments and house furnishings with her.

Subjects: Furniture; House furnishings

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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's daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord has recently moved away to New York, and Mott discusses Lord's furniture sale as well as her own housework.Subjects: Furniture; House furnishings; Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916Relevant locations: Cheltenham...