Box 5

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2 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses recent events involving family members and friends. She writes that she is not feeling well and has been confined to her home for three weeks. Martha Wright adds some words about her visit with Lucretia and talks about her husband's travels.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875

Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott is glad that Martha Lord's back is better and encourages her to write letters to her "Abbott-Yarnall cousins." She describes recent visits with family and friends, including her brother-in-law, Richard Mott. She also discusses the "Orthodox Fair." Partially written over a letter on "Central Woman Suffrage Committee" stationery dated March 13, 1872, from C. N. Douglass to Lucretia Mott; Douglass asks permission to use Mott's name in a circular...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Lucretia Mott shares recent news concerning family and friends, including Martha Lord's recent health issues. She discusses circulation of correspondence. She attended the funeral of Horace Greeley but writes that his death is not to be lamented. Partially written over a letter dated September 18, 1872 from Charles Wharton to Maria Davis, enclosing port wine for Lucretia. Subjects: Personal correspondence; Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Davis,...

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4 pages. David Atwood Wasson was an American minister, a Transcendentalist author, an essayist, and a poet. He writes in response to a letter from Anna Hallowell that he is very happy to learn she is doing well and expresses his fondness for her. He then writes about his observations of German society and compares it to American society.

Subjects: Wasson, David Atwood, 1823-1887; Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-; Swabians

Relevant locations: Stuttgart (Germany)

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses circulation of letters, including letters written between Edward Davis and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She discusses books and articles she has read recently, including works by James T. Fields, Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Herbert Spencer, and Francis William Newman. She also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison. She shares recent news regarding several family members, including that Anna Davis Hallowell has gone to Europe alone. She...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news and discusses recent visits with family and friends. Emily Faithfull, an English women's rights activist, will be giving a lecture in New York and wants Lucretia to preside, but Lucretia is not sure if she will be able to be there. She also writes about her recent health issues. Partially written over a handwritten wedding invitation. Subjects: Personal correspondence; Faithfull, Emily, 1836?-1895; California...

Scope and Contents 4 pages. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about people she has recently visited with, including Robert and Harriet Purvis and several of her family members. She is very sorry that George Lord's Aunt Mary (Flagg) is gravely ill and is likely to pass away soon. She talks at length about her cousin Mary Earle and the contents of a letter Mary sent her. Written on a circular from the Pennsylvania Peace Society dated December 10, 1872.Subjects: Lord, George, 1830-1880;...