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Julia Wilbur diary, March to September 1861
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, March to September 1861
Description:
See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Describes Frederick Douglass's account of John Brown. Discusses the outbreak of and major events during the Civil War. Documents her daily life.
Date:
1861-03-12 - 1861-09-20
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur journal briefs, 1844-1862
Title:
Julia Wilbur journal briefs, 1844-1862
Description:
Journal of Julia Wilbur containing brief entries summarizing personally significant events, dated May 1, 1844 to December 31, 1862; there are corresponding entries in her larger journals where content is elaborated upon. Documents Wilbur's teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings, work on the Underground Railroad, and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; family relationships, particularly with her niece Alfreda Bigelow; and work during the Civil War aiding Contraband (fugitive slaves who escaped to Union territory during the war).
Date:
1844 - 1862
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Addressed to "my best Friend" and signed "Fannie." Possibly written by Schofield's foster daughter Fannie Parker. She recounts in great detail a lecture given by Frederick Douglass on John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry.
Date:
1884-02-16
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:
Lucretia Mott discusses family and friends, particularly Anna H., who is sick, and Lucy, who is getting married. She also mentions lectures in her area and meetings she has attended.
Date:
1855-02-01
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend
Description:
Mary Townsend was an author and close friend of Graceanna Lewis'. Describes a temperance meeting where Lewis heard and spoke with Elijah Pennypacker. Pennypacker discussed his ideas about individual and collective reform, his inclination to separate from the Society of Friends, and "come-outerism." Lewis also discusses an antislavery paper that she and Townsend intend to start, and she encourages Townsend to have more confidence in herself for this venture. Lewis is interested in asking Frederick Douglass to write some articles about "prejudice against color." In addition, she notes that a woman has recently arrived from Baltimore on the advice of her physician with no travelling companions but her five small children.
Date:
1844-1850
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Esther Ann Jacobs letter to Graceanna Lewis
Title:
Esther Ann Jacobs letter to Graceanna Lewis
Description:
Esther Ann Jacobs was Graceanna Lewis' cousin. She encloses an article (no longer attached) written by Joseph B. Lewis about a mob that attacked several abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, in 1843 in Pendleton, Indiana. Jacobs also shares some of her own recollections about the event. She thanks Lewis for sending her the beautiful leaves.
Date:
1896-03-28
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written over the course of 6 weeks by Emily Howand's friend Caroline F. Putnam, who ran the Holley School for African Americans in Virginia. Discusses a biography of Gerrit Smith and reflects on the customs of people around his home of Petersboro. Discusses Rosa Fallin, who had recently had her teeth removed, and whether she would be able to keep her house. Discusses the long drives Putnam took around the Northern Neck to aid her health and to "propagate Suffrage, Temperance, and Education ideas." Passes on news from the area, including a large funeral for a minister, a speech on Frederick Douglass that emphasized his kindness to animals, the possibility that Virginia was going to enact a state-wide prohibition on alcohol, and Putnam's plans to mobilize local African Americans in its support. Discusses the importance of remembering Frederick Douglass alongside other early women's suffrage activists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; recounts celebrating the birthdays of Lincoln, Douglass, Anthony, Sallie Holley, and Anna Howard Shaw. Reminisces on spending time with Howland. Passes on further news of friends and neighbors and ends by briefly discussing national politics.
Date:
1914-01-30 - 1914-03-16
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland postcard to Caroline F. Putnam
Title:
Emily Howland postcard to Caroline F. Putnam
Description:
Written by reformer Emily Howland to educator Caroline F. Putnam. Informs Putnam of the death of Frederick Douglass. Describes his last hours and says that Howland visited his widow with Susan B. Anthony.
Date:
1895-02-21
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Vision, in 1803, of Joseph Hoag, a recorded minister in the Society of Friends
Title:
Vision, a recorded minister in the Society of Friends
Date:
1915
Collection:
Quaker Broadsides Collection
Julia Wilbur diary, 1847-1854
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, 1847-1854
Description:
See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Loose material with text has been scanned on the page it precedes. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Abby Foster Kelley, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women's rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; and family relationships.
Date:
1847-11-25 - 1854-01-10
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College