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Lucretia Mott letter to James Mott and her family
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to James Mott and her family
Description:
Partially written over a notice of the laying of the cornerstone of the Unitarian Church in Germantown. Lucretia Mott describes her travel from Troy, New York, to Nantucket via Medford, Massachusetts, where she visited her granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell and tried to call on William Lloyd Garrison. She also discusses her activities on Nantucket and the family members she visited.
Date:
1866-09-13
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Samuel Foster letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Samuel Foster letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Written on the letterhead of the Assistant District Attorney of Rensselaer County, New York. Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans, including the Ellenton riot. Says his Democratic friends think Schofield's letter is "bogus" and the violence was actually committed by African Americans. Asks her to write back to him to convince his friends she exists and is honest.
Date:
1876-11-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Description:
Written over a letter from Ellen Wright Garrison to 'Henry." Lucretia Mott is in Danby, Vermont, for a select quarterly meeting; she describes her trip there from Newburgh, New York, via Poughkeepsie, where she visited the recently founded Vassar College. She also discusses the hospitality of her host, Israel Drake.
Date:
1866-08-28
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Hannah Tallcot Howland diary
Title:
Hannah Tallcot Howland diary
Description:
Details her family's journey to New York City and back. Lists people who they visited and Quaker meetings they attended, in addition to describing the landscapes they passed through. Includes a few short passages of poetry.
Date:
1816-09-20 - 1816-11-28
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary B. Thompson letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Mary B. Thompson letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written from the Emma Willard School. Discusses Thompson's plans to take a year away from teaching in order to get a degree. Includes a Wellesley Alumnae Magazine article about Oxford University by Marjorie Day.
Date:
1926-06-08
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin
Title:
Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin
Description:
Advertisement for Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin. Illustration of a child with two drum sticks and a drum with coins around it. Another illustration of a man standing on top of a tower
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin Stoves & Ranges
Title:
Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin Stoves & Ranges
Description:
Advertisement for Bussey & McLeod Stove Co.'s Gold Coin Stoves & Ranges. Illustration of wooden house and other houses surrounded by snow
Date:
1889
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection