Box 3

Scope and Contents 2 pages. No signature; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott thanks her children and sister for their letters and passes on news of family and friends. Mott has been helping the family of her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord move into a new house in Brooklyn, and she describes laying carpet and other house work. She also briefly mentions attending small antislavery and women's rights events in the city.Subjects: Moving, Household; Carpet laying; Carpets; House cleaning; Women household...

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2 pages. Lucretia Mott briefly gives her niece Anna Coffin Temple Brown news of family and friends, including the recent death of her husband James's uncle Samuel and a speech on being a "liberal Christian" she recently heard given by someone named Blanchard.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. No signature; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord news of family and friends and describes her own recent activities. She briefly mentions a conversation that she, James Miller McKim, and possibly William Lloyd Garrison had about a recent article criticizing a speech by Wendell Phillips. Briefly discusses various charitable work for African-American freedmen.Subjects: Women household employees; Carpets;...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. The last page is written over a note from Jane [?] Jackson asking Lucretia Mott to forward a letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord news of family and friends. Briefly mentions a friend or relative's cook going on strike for higher wages, James Miller McKim's reaction to a piece by Wendell Phillips, and her own habit of burning letters and other papers.Subjects: Women household employees;...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Lucretia Mott's letter is a fragment, likely written 1864-06-05, possibly to Mott's daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord; it passes on recent news of family and friends and references the Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen. Mott has written over a June 3rd letter from James Miller McKim which bears the letterhead of the "Freedmen's Relief Association" and says that he will be more open to her criticism the next time she visits him; this is likely...

Scope and Contents 8 pages. Written over the course of several days, partially from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and other relatives about the recent death of Fitzhugh Birney, the husband of Mott's cousin Laura Stratton Birney. Speaks about the effect of Birney's death on Laura's sister Augusta Stratton Needles and her mother Caroline Chase Stratton, who lived in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Passes on other news of family and friends. Briefly mentions a disagreement between...

Scope and Contents 8 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott relays news of friends and family to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and her relatives in Auburn, New York. Discusses the recent marriage of Emma Parker and Charles Wood (the ex-husband of Caroline Chase Stratton, whose daughter Laura Birney recently lost her husband). Briefly describes quarterly meeting and lists several speakers, including Deborah Wharton. References the courtship of Wendell Garrison and Lucy McKim. Discusses a recent...

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3 pages. Frances Seward was an abolitionist whose home in Auburn served as a stop on the Underground Railroad; her husband was secretary of state William Seward. She congratulates Emma Parker Wood on her recent marriage to Charles Wood and welcomes her to Auburn.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Auburn (N.Y.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses the recent remarriage of Charles Wood (ex-husband of her cousin Caroline Chase Stratton) and various people's reaction to it. She briefly discusses Wendell Phillips Garrison's and Lucy McKim's romantic involvement. She relates news about friends and family, including Augusta Stratton Needles's recent run-in with Confederate soldiers. Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879;...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott offers condolences for the death of Earle's mother, Phebe Folger Hussey. She discusses recent news of family and friends. Mott also briefly comments on Charles Wood's marriage to Emma Parker and mentions that Maria Hopper is going to City Point, Virginia, to join her aunt Abby Hopper Gibbons and cousin Sally Emerson as a military nurse.Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Death; Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893...