Box 4

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes about recent events involving family and friends.

Subjects: Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-; Personal correspondence; Death

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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2 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes about an upcoming lecture being given by Robert Dale Owen and her concerns that they will not sell enough tickets to fill the whole lecture hall. She suggests that they find a smaller venue.

Subjects: Love, Alfred H. (Alfred Harry), 1830-1913; Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 14 pages. Lucretia Mott writes to her sister Martha Coffin Wright about recent events involving family and friends, including her husband James' health problems. She mentions reading an essay on women's culture from the "Catholic World," likely referring to an essay by Félix Dupanloup titled "Learned Women and Studious Women." She references some divisions within the women's rights movement and states that she will not "put on paper anything of complaint of our loved co-adjutors, till they...

Scope and Contents 6 pages. Brown writes of her admiration for Lucretia Mott after seeing her talk at the "Woman Suffrage Convention." She was inspired to work for the cause and speaks of her desire for life to be better for her daughters than it has been for her. Mentions that she works for the Treasury Department and knows a Senator Cameron, possibly Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania. Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906; Women--Suffrage; Women's...

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6 pages. Lucretia and James Mott are staying with their daughter, Martha Mott Lord, in New York. Mott details James' failing health and writes that she cannot go to Meeting or be anywhere else but at James' side.

Subjects: Mott, James, 1788-1868; Pneumonia; Personal correspondence

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

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott and Anna Coffin Temple Brown letter to Mary Hussey Earle. Lucretia Mott writes of news regarding her family, including the recent illness of James Mott. She mentions the recent deaths of Henry Jones, Jacob Pierce, Hannah Cavender, Thomas A. Green, and Hannah Hopper (wife of Isaac T. Hopper). Anna Brown continues the letter at the request of Lucretia to share that James Mott passed away on January 26th surrounded by his family. The funeral will be on Tuesday in...

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4 pages. John Weiss was a Unitarian clergyman. He writes of his admiration for Lucretia and of the impact her recent speech had on him.

Subjects: Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Speeches

Relevant locations: Watertown (Mass.)

Scope and Contents 2 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes about recent visitors that she has had and implores her daughter, Martha, to come visit soon. She talks about James Gibbons who is suffering from some health issues. She also mentions the recent illness of William Lloyd Garrison. Expresses her approval of Ulysses S. Grant and the Fifteenth Amendment. Subjects: Personal correspondence; Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916; Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892; Garrison, William...

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6 pages. Lucretia Mott talks about recent events involving family members and friends.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

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4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about recent activities involving family members and friends, including Dillwyn and Edward Parrish. She mentions that Maria Mott Davis' birthday is on March 30th.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Davis, Maria Mott

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)