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1901 February 20, Awbury, to My dear cousins
Title:
1901 February 20, to My dear cousins
Date:
1901-02-20
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Susanna Corder letter to Rebecca Collins and Isaac Collins
Title:
Susanna Corder letter to Rebecca Collins and Isaac Collins
Description:
Susanna Corder was an author and educator. She thanks Isaac Collins for sending her an almanac. She mentions the current troubles facing the British government and expresses pity towards Queen Victoria.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Lucretia Mott letter to Lydia H. Price
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Lydia H. Price
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott answers Lydia Price's questions about writing to Queen Victoria, speaks of her own frustration with sectarianism, and gives other advice.
Date:
1869-12-25
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Discusses Howland's time in London. Speaks briefly of Elizabeth Thompson. Describes meeting Queen Victoria in company with other foreign attendees of the International Council of Women. Discusses attending a reception hosted by Lady Aberdeen after the close of the Council; criticizes the tradition of low-necked dresses. Discusses Howland's time in the Netherlands and Belgium, including visting the Huis ten Bosch palace in the Hague. Expresses doubts about the ability of a peace conference at the Hague to "stem the tide of militarism which menaces humanity." Describes a church service in Ghent.
Date:
1899-07-19
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to her family
Title:
Emily Howland letter to her family
Description:
Discusses correspondence Howland had sent and received while traveling in Europe. Discusses meeting Queen Victoria in company with other foreign attendees of the International Council of Women and attending a reception hosted by Lady Aberdeen after the close of the Council. Describes sightseeing in the Netherlands and Belgium, including visits to the Huis Ten Bosch palace in the Hague and to Edam, Rotterdam, Vollenden, and Alkmaar. Mentions having lightning rods installed on her property in New York.
Date:
1899-07-23
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College