Mott Manuscripts

Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker minister and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. The bulk of the collection consists of material which was assembled at the time of the publication of Life and Letters by Anna Davis Hallowell in 1884. It includes original correspondence of Lucretia Mott and her husband, James M. Mott, with family and other reformers of their day. It also contains sermons, essays, and antislavery documents, and the diary of Lucretia Mott's trip to England to attend the World's Antislavery Convention of 1840.

Mott Manuscripts
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Written from Roadside. The paper also bears a printed circular from the Rhode Island Radical Peace Society, dated 1867. Lucretia Mott shares various news of family and friends, including her servant Mary Quin's marriage and a visit from Mary Pen, a former servant. She plans to attend Rachel Wilson Moore's wedding.
Date:
1867-04-21
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Written from Roadside. Written over a printed circular advertising the annual meeting of the Rosine Association. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news about family and friends. She has recently been visited by L.E. Ricks of Washington, D.C., who is aiding freedmen; Mott discusses Ricks's fundraising and briefly mentions Frances D. Gage.
Date:
1866-07-20
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott, who recently visited Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord in New York, gives a short account of her trip home and offers news of friends and family. Briefly discusses a meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, which both Abby Kimber and Mary Grew attended. James Miller McKim is considering going to England to advocate for the freedmen. Mott also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., and Wendell Phillips Garrison, as well as the activities of her grandchildren.
Date:
1866-03-12
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott tells her daughter to come home soon and informs her she will be forwarding the letter she wrote to Martha.
Date:
1854-01-30
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott has gone to Nantucket after the death of her cousin, Nathaniel Barney. She talks about Lucy Stone's work on a "proposed National Society." She mentions going to a church where Robert Collyer was to speak, but he didn't come, so Lucretia gave an impromptu service. A letter from Alanson Swain to Edward Hopper (scanned as A00182594) was sent with this letter.
Date:
1869-09-09
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. No signature; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord news of family and friends and describes her own recent activities. She briefly mentions a conversation that she, James Miller McKim, and possibly William Lloyd Garrison had about a recent article criticizing a speech by Wendell Phillips. Briefly discusses various charitable work for African-American freedmen.
Date:
1864-06-02
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Mott Manuscripts
Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
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Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses the biography of Lucretia Mott that his daughter Anna Davis Hallowell is working on; gives his opinion on her draft of chapter one. Also discusses the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, referred to as the "old abolition society."
Date:
1883-02-15
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
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Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of friends and family, including the failing health of her daughter Elizabeth Cavender, who is being attended by Dr. Ann Preston. Mott also mentions a call she recently made to Rachel W. Moore. The final page bears notes from Edward Morris Davis to Martha Coffin Wright and from George W. Lord to Eliza Wright Osborne.
Date:
1865-06-17
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Mott Manuscripts
Edward Hopper letter to Maria Mott Davis
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Edward Hopper letter to Maria Mott Davis
Description:
Probably addressed to his sister-in-law Maria Mott Davis. Discusses his health, upcoming travel plans, and offers to give a description of Lucretia Mott's relationship with the Society of Friends for the biography of her being written.
Date:
1882-09-04
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news concerning friends and family.
Date:
1828-1860
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
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 again" as long as Victoria Woodhull and Cosmo-Politico don't "make another bone of contention." In reference to Victoria Woodhull, she writes that James Miller McKim thought the idea of her running for President "was enough to stamp her with George Francis Train."
Date:
1871-05-04
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes to her sister Martha Wright about recent activities of family members and friends. She has learned that one of Martha's housekeepers stole from Martha, and says she does not "believe it is the Irish nature" but rather "exceptional cases." Lucretia notes that they "must not turn from such pioneers as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony" and defends their newspaper, The Revolution, while alluding to the current divisions within the suffrage movement caused by Stanton and Anthony's alignment with George Francis Train.
Date:
1869-09-23
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
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Lucretia Mott discusses the "reconciliation meeting" called by Theodore Tilton which involved representatives from the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association (the two organizations formed when the American Equal Rights Association split in 1869). She writes "several proposals made - none of which acceded to, and she states that Martha Lord and Anna Coffin Temple Brown were inclined to the Boston side (the AWSA). Mott expresses disappointment in the meeting and writes of her intent to never join another organization.
Date:
1870-04-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written from Roadside. Partially written over a letter from Susan B. Anthony to Lucretia Mott (A00182173_SBA). Lucretia Mott writes that she is unsure whether or not she will go to Boston for the "the anniversary." She talks about her health and recent activities of family members and friends.
Date:
1869-04-03
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Fragment. Likely written to Martha Coffin Wright and written from Roadside. She discusses a party, which is likely the wedding of her granddaughter Fanny Cavender to Thomas Parrish. Says she agrees "with brother Garrison's criticism entirely relative to the length of the memorial and the bad taste of censuring Sumner then" in reference to a speech made by an unnamed female speaker.
Date:
1868-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses the biography of Lucretia Mott that Anna Davis Hallowell is writing.
Date:
1880-1884
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Lucretia Mott discusses the daily lives of friends and family and wants her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord to come visit her.
Date:
1854-08-06
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Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Fragment. Written over a note possibly from Nathaniel Barney to Lucretia Mott discussing travel arrangements to Yonkers, New York. Mott discusses recent deaths and other brief news of family and friends.
Date:
1865
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. Mentions wanting to see Elizabeth Cady Stanton's reply to Gerrit Smith's "unreasonable demand" and comments on a disappointing speech from Henry Ward Beecher. Details the illness and death of her grandson, George Hopper (1847-1856).
Date:
1856-01-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott tells her sister about recent news concerning friends and family, including the schooling of various relatives and a family-member's search for a house to buy. Mott also discusses Quaker politics, including the changing religious views of her cousin Nathaniel Barney, a Quaker minister in Nantucket; his preaching; orthodox and evangelical Friends; Race Street Meeting; Rachel Rogers; and Theodore Parker. Mentions a Mrs. Sedgwick, possibly Mrs. Charles Sedgwick. Says Garrison will be at the Yearly Meeting in Kennett Square.
Date:
1860-09-21
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts

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