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Mary H. Child and Eliza H. Schofield letters to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child and Eliza H. Schofield letters to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother; Eliza H. Schofield was Martha's sister. Child describes a her recent activities, including a quilting party. Describes in detail the final meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, including a speech by Quaker minister and activist Lucretia Mott. Reports Mott's remarks about her indebtedness to antislavery societies. Discusses the health of the Bartram family and Elizabeth Yarnall, as well as other news of friends and family. Says the family has been reading "Little Women." Discusses having her photograph taken. Expresses concern for Martha's health. Eliza Schofield discusses news of friends, including the health of Sadie Brouwer Bartram.
Date:
1870-03-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes about recent activities of several family members. She is alone at home and misses her recently-deceased husband, James Mott. She notes, The Revolution and Woman's Journal too may improve their paper by more on other phases of woman's rights and urging all to prepare to enter the avenues now opening for woman.
Date:
1870-03-24
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Louisa May Alcott letter to Elizabeth Powell Bond
Title:
Louisa May Alcott letter to Elizabeth Powell Bond
Description:
Elizabeth Powell Bond was the first Dean of Swarthmore College. Author Louisa May Alcott discusses the March sisters (characters from her novel "Little Women"), who have been "admitted" to Bond's college. She announces the upcoming sequel to Little Women (also known as "Good Wives") and describes the pressure she faced from her publishers and readers. Enclosed with the letter is a silk-winder, "a gift from 'Amy' of 'Little Women'- her own handiwork."
Date:
1869-03-20
Collection:
Elizabeth P. Bond Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College