Box 4

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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:...

Scope and Contents 3 pages. Fragment. Likely written to Martha Coffin Wright, and possibly a continuation of the letter from Lucretia Mott to Martha Coffin Wright dated April 28, 1871 (A00182278). Lucretia writes about "young Tucker's wife" giving birth to triplets. She notes that "Eliza's letters have all been read with great entertainment, especially her talk with Brigham." Written on the reverse of a printed advertisement for "The Fifth Anniversary of the Universal Peace Union" to be held on May 10, 1871 in...

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses her "economy" in writing her letters over other's letters, stating that she is "giving others the benefit of them, rather than make lamplighters of them." She sent half a dozen "photos and autos" to the California Women's Rights Society. She references the recent split within the suffrage movement, writing that "indeed there seems to be rather a disposition to quit fighting and try to unite...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Thomas Mellor letter to Lucretia Mott. Written in part from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that Martha Wright is too ill to go to Boston, and she thinks she will not go either. She talks about her own health and says she feels strong. She writes that "the Woodhull or Claflin case in court" came off better than feared. Susan B. Anthony "has started for California - out of the way of all the flings and reflections - and some say E. C. Stanton...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott has just returned from Yearly Meeting, and she notes that Margaret Bright Lucas "thought us far more alive than the Orthodox." She discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. She visited Sarah Pugh who was "troubled by all the fuss made by the 'Tribune's' free love charges against Mrs. Woodhull." Subjects: Personal correspondence; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955); Quakers; Pugh, Sarah,...