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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, who recently visited Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord in New York, gives a short account of her trip home and offers news of friends and family. Briefly discusses a meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, which both Abby Kimber and Mary Grew attended. James Miller McKim is considering going to England to advocate for the freedmen. Mott also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., and Wendell Phillips Garrison, as well as the activities of her grandchildren.
Date:
1866-03-12
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott describes her trip home from Brooklyn and her activities in Philadelphia. Briefly discusses the illness of her daughter-in-law Marianna Mott and a visit with Sarah Pugh and Mary Grew.
Date:
1865-07-09
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 shares recent news about herself and family members. She writes that smallpox has been reported in Camptown, but she believes "the disease is decreasing." She discusses the possibility of Martha Wright going to a meeting in Washington and says they should not leave all the work to the Boston Society. She briefly discusses the 15th Amendment and criticizes C. C. Burleigh's position on it. She recently attended an annual meeting of a women's rights organization, where they discussed marriage and the rights of wives. She briefly mentions the Woman's Indian Aid Society.
Date:
1871-12-15
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letters to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letters to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Several fragments of different letters written by Lucretia Mott. She describes the final hours of her brother and the subsequent cleaning out of his house; her personal life as well as the happenings of friends and family; the current state of women's rights and the formation of a "suffrage society"; and antislavery activities.
Date:
1840-1850
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Mary Hussey Earle
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Mary Hussey Earle
Description:
Discusses the illness and death of Mott's great-nephew Walter Brown and other news of family and friends, including abolitionist Mary Grew and her family. ********** Says "So many papers are now advocating the slaves' claims that there seems less need of Standards and Liberators, only that statesmen and politicians and editors need constant watching."
Date:
1863-04-27
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna Davis Hallowell letter to Mary Grew
Title:
Anna Davis Hallowell letter to Mary Grew
Description:
Discusses her role in creating the biography of her grandmother Lucretia Mott, and wants Mary Grew to provide her with a written account of her memories of Lucretia and James Mott as antislavery activists. Grew was an abolitionist and public speaker.
Date:
1880-1882
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses Lucretia Mott's relationship with Mary Grew in the last decade of Mott's life, especially in regards to the women's rights movement. Also mentions Robert Collyer and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Date:
1880-1884
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 writes that she has been invited by Paulina Wright Davis to the Second Decade Convention in Philadelphia, but she feels she cannot go. She alludes to the tensions between the Boston suffragists and the New York suffragists and feels that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would "do well to confine themselves to lecturing and holding independent conventions where they can be got up well - and let Boston do all the good it can with the able speakers and excellent Journal." She also mentions a "marriage and divorce law" that is "undergoing severe review."
Date:
1870-07-16
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:
Lucretia Mott discusses daily life, friends, and family. She also mentions a progressive meeting she attended, with multiple speakers lecturing on "the movement."
Date:
1855-04-02
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. In addition to giving news of friends and family, Mott discusses the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and the disagreement between abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips. Mott also discusses efforts to advocate for and improve the conditions of newly-freed African Americans and talks briefly about politics, her reading habits, and a visit to New York for the funeral of Samuel Willets's son.
Date:
1864-11-14
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Joseph Dugdale letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Joseph Dugdale letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about the recent activities and health of several family members. She mentions going to a well-attended meeting where Mary Grew gave an excellent speech. Written over an undated letter from Joseph Dugdale to Lucretia Mott.
Date:
1870-03-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Mott Davis letter to Mary Grew
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Mary Grew
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Written on an envelope addressed to herself. Discusses the development of the Lucretia Mott biography that Mary Grew is helping with. Mentions the poor health of her husband, Edward Morris Davis.
Date:
1880-1884
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'. She asks whether the light shines within Townsend. She describes a trip to her uncle Joseph Fussell's house. While there she met Mary Grew and Margaret Jones and discussed with them the merits of a series of children's books (presumably on antislavery) as opposed to a paper. Lewis has found several anecdotes illustrating peace principles.
Date:
1845-07-11
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland and Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland and Isabel Howland
Description:
Addressed to her sister-in-law and niece. Stayed with Gulie Jones in Philadelphia. Visited the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in its new building. Mary Grew preparing for a Women's Suffrage Anniversary to be held at Media. Left for Balimore then took a steamer and was met by Benjamin Taliaferro and went to the Howland Home.
Date:
1881-12
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Grew portrait
Title:
Mary Grew portrait
Description:
Shows abolitionist and educator Mary Grew seated in front of ivy, holding a book open on her lap.
Date:
1890
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Addressed to her sister-in-law Hannah Letchworth Howland. Reports meeting with educator Caroline F. Putnam during her journey to Philadelphia, and alludes to hostility between herself and Putnam's companion Sallie Holley. Discusses friends/family and her activities in Philadelphia, where she spent time with educators Margaret Jones Burleigh, Mary Grew, Mary Reed, and others. Considers her upcoming travel plans.
Date:
1873-11-13
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Memoranda during a Passage to & from England and Three Months Travel in Great Britain & Ireland
Title:
Memoranda during a Passage to & from England and Three Months Travel in Great Britain & Ireland
Description:
Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. She was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and led a delegation of women to the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London. Mott kept this diary of her experiences when she and the other female delegates were refused partipation because of their gender.
Date:
1840
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore