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Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Schofield has just turned 24, causing her to contemplate her accomplishments thus far. She has spent her birthday writing, including writing letters to aid societies to request help for hospitals and wounded soldiers. She recently attended a benefit concert for the hospital and witnessed a woman die in the audience just before the show started; it was a traumatic experience for her and led her to contemplate her own mortality. She praises Wendell Phillips as the "best orator in America" and recommends two books that she is reading: a biography of Emily Judson and "Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated."
Date:
1863-02-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna Davis Hallowell letter
Title:
Anna Davis Hallowell letter
Description:
Fragment. Spent time with Mrs. Child, most likely Lydia Maria Child, who shared her early experiences in the antislavery movement in order to inspire and prepare young abolitionists. Discusses Wendell Phillips and describes her reaction to one of his speeches. Mentions the Garrison family.
Date:
1855-1865
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Eliza Wright Osborne
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Eliza Wright Osborne
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses the publicity of letters. She speaks about recent disagreements between abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips and comments on recent speeches given by each. She also writes about dictionaries and about visits she has recently received from African-American soldiers stationed at Camp William Penn.
Date:
1864-10-31
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Anna Coffin Temple Brown
Description:
Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses the recent deaths of Martha Holland and Samuel Bettle. Complains about the unequal wages between men and women and expresses her desire to have another Women's Rights Convention. Shares her opinions on the National Woman's rights meeting in New York City earlier in the month, where Susan B. Anthony spoke. Discusses the birth of her great-niece (daughter of Ellis and Margaret Yarnall). Dislikes the changing format of the antislavery meetings, saying, Fixed speeches on such occasions are not to be compared to spontaneous discussion; remarks on speeches by Wendell Phillips, Antoinette Blackwell Brown, Ernestine L. Rose, and Susan B. Anthony. Mentions Martha Coffin Wright's visit to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the recent birth of her son Robert Stanton.
Date:
1859-05-22
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
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Lucretia Mott tells her sister Martha Wright about her trip home to Philadelphia after attending the wedding of Martha's daughter Ellen Wright to William Lloyd Garrison Jr. She also discusses a disagreement between abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips sparked by their views on Abraham Lincoln.
Date:
1864-09-25
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George Luther Stearns letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George Luther Stearns letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George Luther Stearns was an abolitionist and recruiter of black soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War. The letter discusses the recent death of Gibbons's brother John Hopper. Mentions Stearns' efforts to help Maria R. Mann's school. Talks about politics, antislavery, and Abraham Lincoln's ruthless ambition.
Date:
1864-07-31
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons 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
William McGeorge letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
William McGeorge letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
The letter is damaged and some text has been lost. William McGeorge was a trustee of the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, South Carolina. Asks Schofield what he should do with the Deed. Criticizes Wendell Phillips's recent speech. Mentions the need for world peace. Discusses Schofield's efforts for the Schofield School and donates money towards her cause. Describes his financial support of family and friends.
Date:
1870-12-04
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Suffrage leaders
Title:
Suffrage leaders
Description:
(a) Early and late portraits of S.B. Anthony. (b) Anne Miller, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Mary Anthony, and Susan B. Anthony. (c) Mrs. Stanton, her daughter, and grandchild. (d) Portraits of early reformers and suffrage leaders. Top, L-R: M.L. Livermore, Y.W. Higginson. Bottom, L-R: Dr. Wendell Phillips/Mass., Mrs. A.S. White/New Hamp., Dr. W.L. Garrison/Mass., and M. Woodward/Mass.
Date:
1900
Collection:
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers