Box 4

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4 pages. Lucretia Mott shares news and discusses recent events involving family and friends, including visiting with Richard Mott and his daughter Anna Caroline "Cannie" Mott. She talks about William Lloyd Garrison Jr.'s recovery from the train crash he was involved in and the death of Lindley Moore.

Subjects: Mott, Richard, 1804-1888; Moore, Lindley M. (Lindley Murray), 1788-1871; Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909

Relevant locations: Nantucket (Mass.)

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4 pages. Likely addressed to Martha Mott Lord. Possibly a fragment. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news and discusses recent events involving family and friends. She reports the death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's mother. She says she "would have liked to hear Mr. Rouse's talk on suffrage." She also details her recent health issues.

Subjects: Indigestion; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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2 pages. Likely a fragment. Lucretia Mott describes recent events and news, including the fact that William Lloyd Garrison Jr. is now home after suffering serious injuries in a train crash.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Hopper, Anna Mott, 1812-1874; Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909

Relevant locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news of family and friends and discusses the health issues of Marianna Mott. She mourns the recent death of Clarkson Taylor. She plans to show Elizabeth Cady Stanton's letters to Margaret Bright Lucas, whom she expects to have over for a visit in a few days. She writes of her "resolve to take no further part with the Boston Clique," but says she may go to the great meeting to be held in...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Lucretia Mott writes that she has been attending three days of suffrage and peace meetings. She felt the meetings were interesting with good speakers, so she felt no need to speak herself. Speakers included Edward Davis, H. Tracy Cutler, and Julia Ward Howe. Mott also shares recent news concerning family and friends, including that Charles Hale passed several days with Anna and Edward Hopper. Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Peace...

Scope and Contents 8 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord and Martha Coffin Wright; Oscar Clute letter to Lucretia Mott. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news with Martha Lord and writes that, due to all of her charitable donations, they have "agreed to let xmas and birthdays slide this year." She recently met with Alfred Love and other "Peace advocates" at Plymouth Meetinghouse. She writes that "conservatism is becoming radical" and "Miller [McKim] is becoming conservative."...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news about herself and family members. She writes that smallpox has been reported in Camptown, but she believes "the disease is decreasing." She discusses the possibility of Martha Wright going to a meeting in Washington and says they should not leave all the work to the Boston Society. She briefly discusses the 15th Amendment and criticizes C. C. Burleigh's position on it. She recently...

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2 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses her charitable contributions for Christmas. Her time is filled with holiday gatherings, suffrage meetings, committee meetings, etc. The back of the letter has drawings and a what appears to be a scorecard, which Lucretia describes as "defaced with Joe R's help in their plays."

Subjects: Christmas; Charity; Women--Suffrage

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 14 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; H. M. Laing letter; C. L. Farrington letter to Lucretia Mott. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news about family members and lists the items she is donating for Christmas. She recommends John Weiss's book, "American Religion" and notes that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony "ought to write often to the Golden Age." She discusses the growing support for Victoria Claflin Woodhull despite "her unwise utterances as to...