Box 4

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott relays what she heard from Edward Davis about Susan B. Anthony and Victoria Woodhull speaking before the Judiciary Committee in Washington and about the Colored Convention and the Women's Convention. She also writes about her recent activities and recent activities of family and friends. She discusses a book written by and sent to her by William H. Furness. Subjects: Personal correspondence;...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Paulina W. Davis invitation. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott is pleased that Martha and George Lord are planning a visit to Roadside next week. She discusses recent activities of family and friends, and very briefly talks about the recent Women's Convention in Washington and Isabella Beecher Hooker. Partially written over a printed invitation to the "Woman Suffrage Celebration" in New York from Paulina W. Davis. Subjects:...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Charlotte L. Peirce letter to Lucretia Mott. Written from Roadside. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott writes that she had Paulina Davis and Sarah Pugh over, and they told her about the Washington Meeting. Davis and Isabella Beecher Hooker are seeking signers of their petition to the Judiciary Committee to give women the right to vote. They asked if Martha Wright will go to Albany to get signers, and Lucretia lists people in Philadelphia she...

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2 pages. Written from Roadside. Dr. Henry T. Child was a Quaker and clerk of the Pennsylvania Peace Society. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that she hopes to be at the committee meeting on 4th day. She regrets that she is unable to write down "the anecdote" because she cannot remember what she said, but she thinks the "Standard" may have made a report of her talk.

Subjects: Speeches

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright . Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about recent visitors she has had, including Margaret Lucas and Sarah Pugh, who gave an account of their Washington visit. Lucas told her of Victoria Claflin Woodhull's speech. Lucretia has read some English papers which gave "fine reports of the women's work in England." Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Women social reformers; Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927 ...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news concerning family and friends. She talks about the construction of Martha and George Lord's home. She describes going to Swarthmore for an event where the "Treaty-Penn picture" was presented by George Truman, Clarkson Taylor, and Professor Magill. Some Orthodox Quakers and Martha Wright were at Swarthmore for the event. Partially written over a letter dated March 19, 1871, to...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott lists several upcoming meetings that she is planning to attend and mentions her interest in attending the Radical Unitarian's meeting. She discusses several recent visitors, including John P. Hale. She provides an update about the home being built for Martha and George Lord. Subjects: Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873; House construction; Unitarians Relevant locations:...