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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written from Roadside; possibly to Martha Mott Lord. Lucretia Mott gives various news of friends and family, including the continued illness of her granddaughter Maria Hopper. Briefly mentions Rachel W. Moore going to speak to soldiers at Camp William Penn. Talks about her servants. Briefly comments on the upcoming wedding of her niece Ellen Wright and William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.
Date:
1864-08-23
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her family
Description:
Unsigned; may be a fragment. Addressed to "Dear all"; possibly to Martha Coffin Wright's family in particular. Lucretia Mott discusses various news of friends and family, especially the fever of her granddaughter Maria Hopper, its treatment, and Maria's desire to work as a nurse in an army hospital.
Date:
1864-08-16
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott and George Lord letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Title:
Lucretia Mott and George Lord letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott gives news of family and friends to her niece Anna Coffin Temple Brown, who is visiting England. She talks about illnesses and childbirths in particular, as well as Maria Hopper's ill-health after working as a nurse at an army hospital in City Point, Virginia. Mott also discusses the sudden death of John Hopper, brother of Edward Hopper and Abby Hopper Gibbons. George Lord gives more details about Maria Hopper (repeated from Mott's note of 1864-08-08, scanned as A00182051).
Date:
1864-08-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord and Martha Coffin Wright; Ellen Lord letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord and Martha Coffin Wright; Ellen Lord letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott relays news of friends and family to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and her relatives in Auburn, New York. Discusses the recent marriage of Emma Parker and Charles Wood (the ex-husband of Caroline Chase Stratton, whose daughter Laura Birney recently lost her husband). Briefly describes quarterly meeting and lists several speakers, including Deborah Wharton. References the courtship of Wendell Garrison and Lucy McKim. Discusses a recent disagreement with James Miller McKim and related disagreements among other abolitionists, including Wendell Phillips. Disapproves of her granddaughter Maria Hopper going to help Abby Hopper Gibbons and Sarah Emerson as army nurses at City Point, Virginia. The final page is a letter in pencil from Ellen "Nellie" Lord (1855-1897) to her mother.
Date:
1864-07-03
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College