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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about missing her recently deceased husband, James Mott. She also talks about recent activities of several family members and friends.
Date:
1868-07-06
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Mott tribute
Title:
James Mott tribute
Description:
Tribute to the memory of James Mott by the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Signed by multiple committee members, including Robert Purvis, Mary Grew, William Still, Margaret Jones Burleigh, Alfred H. Love, and Sarah Pugh.
Date:
1868-02-03
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
James Mott letter to Lucretia Mott; Lucretia Mott letter; Marianna Pelham Mott letter
Title:
James Mott letter to Lucretia Mott; Lucretia Mott letter; Marianna Pelham Mott letter
Description:
Letter from James Mott to Lucretia Mott. Details his journey to New York and meeting with family and friends. Describes the content of the meeting he attended featuring Rachel Hicks and Rachel Rogers. Visited the "anti slavery office." Mentions a proposal being considered for reunion between Hicksite and Orthodox Yearly Meetings. Encloses a letter from Ellis Yarnall (no longer attached) to be sent to his father. Saw off Marianna Mott and her family on the steamer "Baltic." The third page includes additional text probably written by Lucretia Mott discussing recent events and friends and family. The fourth page is a letter written by Marianna Pelham Mott describing her journey on the steamer "Baltic."
Date:
1855-05-30
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, 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 discusses the collective reaction to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 15 and passes on other news of friends and family. She describes an incident in which her husband, James Mott, fell and injured himself. Mott also conveys sympathy for Frances Adeline Seward, whose husband and children had recently been injured in an assassination attempt.
Date:
1865-04-17
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, 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 is very concerned to learn that David Wright, Martha Coffin Wright's husband, has smallpox. She then talks about times when other people in her life suffered from illnesses, including her husband, James Mott. She also describes visiting with friends and relatives and describes Rachel Moore Townsend's recent fall from a step ladder and subsequent injuries.
Date:
1872-03-21
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Robeson Lea letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Elizabeth Robeson Lea letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Talks about her farm and her efforts to sell it. Wonders if any of Abby's Long Island friends would be interested in it. Mentions that Lucretia Mott appeared very "delicate" after the loss of her husband, James Mott.
Date:
1868-02-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Edward Hopper and Anna Mott Hopper
Description:
Expresses sympathy over the death of James Mott, who was Anna Mott Hopper's father. Expects Anna will be going to Roadside to help her mother, Lucretia Mott. Asks if they will give her sympathies to "Aunt Lucretia."
Date:
1868-02-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas C. Cornell biographical sketch of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell biographical sketch of Lucretia Mott
Description:
Thomas C. Cornell was Lucretia Mott's nephew. Titled "Sketch of the early life of L. Mott written out by Thomas Cornell from notes taken while talking with his Aunt in the Autumn of 1879"; probably a handwritten copy by Maria Mott Davis.
Date:
1879
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott and James Mott travel minute
Title:
Lucretia Mott and James Mott travel minute
Description:
A travel minute is a formal letter of introduction from a Quaker Meeting on behalf of a Friend, indicating that the bearer has the recommendation of the meeting. Written by the "Association of Friends for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the Free People of Colour" for Lucretia and James Mott to present to "the Abolitionists of Great Britain, probably on the occasion of the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention. Signed by multiple members.
Date:
1840-05-01
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield; Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield; Sarah J. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Child was Martha Schofield's mother, and Eliza Schofield and Sarah Ash were Martha Schofield's sisters. Child describes attending the inauguration of Swarthmore College, an event that included James and Lucretia Mott planting oak trees and speeches given by Dr. George Truman, Edward Parrish, Lucretia Mott, and others. Eliza briefly shares news about some friends. Ash's letter appears to be a fragment. She writes about visiting with "Nellie" and shares news about family and friends.
Date:
1869-11-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Title:
Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Date:
1851
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Description:
Albumen print photographed by J.W. Hurn whose business address was listed as 1319 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Roadside was located on Old York Road in Cheltenham.
Date:
(approximate) 1880
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Description:
Albumen print on card by Hurn at 1319 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Date:
(approximate) 1880
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Description:
Albumen print on card by Hurn at 1319 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Date:
(approximate) 1880
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Date:
1902
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Old Mott family home
Title:
Old Mott family home
Description:
From a drawing by W.R. Miller
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
James and Lucretia Mott
Title:
James and Lucretia Mott
Date:
1842-10-21
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Title:
Roadside — residence of Lucretia Mott
Date:
(approximate) 1880
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections
James and Lucretia Mott
Title:
James and Lucretia Mott
Date:
(approximate) 1842
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Selections

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