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1858 January 19, Philadelphia, to My dear Cousin Clemmy
Title:
1858 January 19, to My dear Cousin Clemmy
Date:
1858-01-19
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1899 January 26, 121 South 19th St, Philadelphia, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1899 January 26, to My dear Lillie
Description:
Addressed from 121 South 19th Street, Philadelphia (Pa.).
Date:
1899-01-26
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, December 20, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Dorothy is getting ready to travel home for Christmas, and she has done her Christmas shopping. Her class had a masquerade for the class of 1905 which was a great success.
Date:
1903-12-20
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Margaret, December 26, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her sister Margaret, 1923
Description:
Marie thanks her sister for the wonderful Christmas present and describes a party she went to.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. She describes the family's activities in preparation for Christmas and discusses the death of Rebecca Verlenden's husband, John Verlenden. She ran into Sarah Pugh recently whom she says inquired about Schofield and sent her her love.
Date:
1866-12-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. She reflects on the past year, including the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. She expresses sympathy for the "thousands who have been made free and are yet suffering in the transitive states." She talks about several friends who have recently died and describes the family's Christmas activities.
Date:
1865-12-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna Webster Bunting was a close friend of Martha Schofield's. She writes about the school she has recently quit, the weather, and Christmas. She mentions that her wedding (to John Bunting) will take place in January. She is eager for word from Schofield about how everything is going and hopes they will see each other again soon.
Date:
1865-12-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. Discusses the Christmas gifts various relatives received, the politics concerning appointments to a monthly meeting committee, and other news of friends and family.
Date:
1873-12-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister, and she is staying in Aiken while Martha is staying with her family in Pennsylvania. She is still grieving over the death of her nephew Samuel Earl Ash who died in June of the previous year. She describes her Christmas activities and her hopes for the new year. She misses her family but is doing well in Aiken.
Date:
1893-01-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield writes about having some teachers from a local school stay with her and expresses her disdain for the teachers and the lack of progress in their school. She blames the churches for their "subjugation of woman to keep her humbled - to silence and stifle and crush and break-down - every aspiring motive, that was not in accord with the man's idea of woman' sphere." She discusses her Christmas activities and enumerates many of the gifts and cards she received. She also talks about the illness of cousin "R." and the likeliness that she will die very soon.
Date:
1882-01-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. She has just married Major William Stone and they have been travelling. They plan to head south on January 5th and will visit Schofield in Aiken. She describes their Christmas activities.
Date:
1869-12-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary Taylor Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Taylor Stone taught with Martha Schofield at the Schofield School in Aiken, South Carolina, from 1868 to 1869. Discusses Stone's young child and the family's Christmas celebrations.
Date:
1872-12-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Describes new teacher Samuel J. Entrikin in glowing terms; expects him to be very helpful around the school. Mentions decorating Christmas trees.
Date:
1886-12-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Discusses Christmas and her habits of charitable giving. Says she is sending a barrel of supplies to her former student Alfred Nicholson, now working at the Bettis School. Remarks on how helpful her new teacher Samuel J. Entrikin is. Discusses her recent activities.
Date:
1886-12-20
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter Martha Mott Lord; S. W. Hallowell letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter Martha Mott Lord; S. W. Hallowell letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Recipient inferred. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott writes about preparing for Christmas and provides updates about several family members and friends. Isaac (possibly Hopper) and his friends performed a play to benefit the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Lucretia talks about giving gifts to those in need and says it is "not alms, but justice to the wronged." Partially written over an undated letter from S. W. Hallowell to "aunt Lucretia, " informing her of the death of Sam, likely Samuel Haydock (1844-1870), whose passing Lucretia references in her letter.
Date:
1870-12-19
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Henry M. Laing letter; C. L. Farrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Henry M. Laing letter; C. L. Farrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news about family members and lists the items she is donating for Christmas. She recommends John Weiss's book, ''American Religion'' and notes that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ''ought to write often to the Golden Age.'' She discusses the growing support for Victoria Claflin Woodhull despite ''her unwise utterances as to the 'right of doing wrong.''' Mott is concerned about Josephine Griffing's health problems. She discusses Lucy Stone's decision to print H. Tracy Cutler's article complaining about Stanton in the Woman's Journal. She mentions the Laura Fair case, Theodore Tilton, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, her own advancing age, and others matters. She also briefly discusses the ''Alabama case'' between the U.S. and the U.K. and recent smallpox vaccinations at Swarthmore College. Pages 7-14 may be out of order. Partially written over a letter from Henry M. Laing dated 1871-12-23, and also partially written over a letter from C. L. Farrington to Lucretia Mott, dated 1871-12-08.
Date:
1871-12-24
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 gives news of family and friends, including her son-in-law Thomas Cavender's legal and financial difficulties, and discusses her family's Christmas celebrations.
Date:
1865-01-03
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses her charitable contributions for Christmas. Her time is filled with holiday gatherings, suffrage meetings, committee meetings, etc. The back of the letter has drawings and what appears to be a scorecard, which Lucretia describes as "defaced with Joe R's help in their plays."
Date:
1871-12-23
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses several recent visits she has had with friends and family. She talks extensively about the death of "Alice W" from Toledo. She also talks about her charity work with the Quakers and at the "Aged Home, including distributing food and gifts. Partially written over a printed notice announcing the Eighth Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Peace Society to be held on December 1, 1874.
Date:
1874-12-25
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Written from Roadside. Discusses Christmas arrangements and the cold weather.
Date:
1883-12-21
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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