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Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Edward Morris Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses the biography of Lucretia Mott that his daughter Anna Davis Hallowell is working on; gives his opinion on her draft of chapter one. Also discusses the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, referred to as the "old abolition society."
Date:
1883-02-15
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses the biography of Lucretia Mott that Anna Davis Hallowell is writing.
Date:
1880-1884
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses Anna Davis Hallowell's work in developing a biography about her grandparents titled "James and Lucretia Mott: Life and Letters" and his contributions to it. Is sending her a pamphlet and paper of his writing that has just been printed. Looks forward to meeting her.
Date:
1883-04-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Written from Roadside. Offers Hallowell advice where to publish the biography of Lucretia Mott she is working on; discusses the images that will be included in the book.
Date:
1883-11-07
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 the biography of Lucretia Mott that her daughter Anna Davis Hallowell is working on, particularly concerning the style and of editing Mott's letters for publication.
Date:
1883-12-16
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 the biography of Lucretia Mott that his daughter Anna Davis Hallowell is writing. Urges her not to worry about the length of the book, but to give it a "Quaker tone."
Date:
1883-02-19
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 talks about recent activities of family and friends. She discusses Anna Davis Hallowell's depression and her parents' efforts to keep it secret; in her opinion it is "a mistaken idea that mental disturbances must not be spoken of and treated as other ills." She talks about going to the wedding of William Still's daughter to a former slave (William Still was an abolitionist and son of former slaves). Many prominent abolitionists were at the wedding, including Robert Purvis, Passmore Williamson, and Mary Grew.
Date:
1869-12-31
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 discusses a book written by her granddaughter, Anna Davis Hallowell; Lucretia and her family members do not give the book very good reviews. She writes about her recent activities and activities of family members, including Maria Hopper's planned trip to Europe with Martha and Henry Davis. She mentions that Maria Mott Davis would like to go to the women's rights convention in Boston but is unable due to her husband Edward's business.
Date:
1868-11-16
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 the sudden death of Norwood Hallowell's "hired girl" from heart disease (Norwood Hallowell was the brother of Lucretia's grandson-in-law Richard Hallowell), and how Lucretia's granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell was the one who discovered her dead body. She also discusses having tea with Thomas and Martha Mellor and Mary M. Thomas.
Date:
1875-11-19
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Horace Howard Furness letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Horace Howard Furness letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Horace Howard Furness was an American Shakespearean scholar. Turns down the invitation to go to Boston and do a reading for her this year citing a busy schedule but promises to do it in the future.
Date:
1897-11-14
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Webb letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Emily Webb letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Emily Webb writes that her uncle, Richard Webb, asked that she help put Hallowell "in the way of attending a Friends Meeting in London." She recommends a Meeting for Hallowell to attend and apologizes for not being able to meet her before Webb leaves London.
Date:
1871-06-09
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Thanks her for the copy of the "Quaker invasion of Massachusetts." Discusses writing an account of James Mott's early life and ancestry, which Anna Davis Hallowell had requested. Makes plans to meet with her in the future. Includes a note at the top by Anna Davis Hallowell.
Date:
1883-07-15
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses writing an account of James Mott's early life and ancestry, which Anna Davis Hallowell had requested.
Date:
1883-03-23
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Agrees to write an account of James Mott's early life and ancestry after he submits his work on "the beginnings of the Catholic Church in Yonkers" to the local newspaper printers next week.
Date:
1883-01-30
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Thomas C. Cornell letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Discusses their shared genealogy and Anna Davis Hallowell's work developing a biography about her grandparents titled "James and Lucretia Mott: Life and Letters"; says he does not need to be officially credited for his contributions.
Date:
1883-03-15
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses news of friends and family and quotes her granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell's comments on the life and death of Mary Mott, Lucretia's niece. She also very briefly mentions William Emerson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Caroline Dall, and possibly Wendell Phelps.
Date:
1860
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Mott Lord letter to Maria Mott Davis
Title:
Martha Mott Lord letter to Maria Mott Davis
Description:
Written from Briar Hill. Covers recent events and news about family/friends. Explores their options for who could write a biography about their mother Lucretia Mott.
Date:
1880-1881
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Grew letter to Edward Morris Davis; Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Mary Grew letter to Edward Morris Davis; Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Asks Edward Morris Davis to forward her letter to his daughter Anna Davis Hallowell. The note on the back from Maria Mott Davis to her daughter Anna Davis Hallowell mentions Mary Grew's letter and news about family/friends.
Date:
1882-05-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Grew letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Mary Grew letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Provides her recollections of Lucretia Mott for the development of Lucretia Mott's biography (Anna Davis Hallowell was in charge of the biography's development). Recounts historic events of the abolitionist movement and Lucretia Mott's involvement, including sexism within the movement, the establishment of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (which Mott served as president of), anti-slavery fairs, rioting mobs, Mott's boycotting of products made by slave labor, aiding former slave Jane Johnson, and attending trials in support of fugitive slaves, including Daniel (Dangerfield) Webster. Briefly discusses Mott's participation in the women's rights movement. Says, And generations of women yet unborn shall rise up and call her blessed.
Date:
1882
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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