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Lucretia Mott letter to her children and to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her children and to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Lucretia Mott is in Brooklyn visiting her son-in-law George Lord and her daughter Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord, who has recently given birth to a daughter named Anna. Mott discusses her activities in New York and mentions visiting Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Moore Grimké. She discusses a recent visit to Medford and Boston with her sister Martha Coffin Wright, during which she visited the Buffum and Garrison families. She also speaks of Lazette Maria Miller Worden, whose sister Frances Seward recently died. "It grieves me for the descendants of our Quaker iconoclasts to be returning to image-worship."
Date:
1865-06-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Joseph H. Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Joseph H. Choate letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Joseph Hodges Choate was a lawyer and diplomat. Sends her a bulletin of the progress of domestic affairs. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends, including the health of Abby's husband James Sloan Gibbons. Asks her to remain with his sick mother for a while longer until he returns home. Discusses Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Moore Grimké, and his opinions on the Bloomer Convention.
Date:
1850-1873
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College