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Written from Roadside. Likely written to Martha Coffin Wright but possibly written to Martha Mott Lord. Lucretia Mott writes about "Henry" selling his house and recent activities of family members and friends. She writes, Do not be so severe on Susan B.A. She hadn't a thing to do with Anna C. Field coming on for me. Partially written over a letter from Charlotte L. Peirce to Lucretia Mott inviting her to visit.

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.

Written from Roadside. Reports recent events and news concerning family and friends. Discusses astronomy, science, and the theft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's possessions during a recent visit. References her participation in the recent antislavery meetings in Baltimore. Holds negative opinions of "the little Temperance lecturer, saying that she isn't one of us." Shares her opinions on multiple women's rights issues, including her support of the Bloomer fashion and the right of Lucy Stone to use her maiden name; "It needs that advocates of Womans Rights should be thoroughly grounded, to be able to stand firm against all opposition, and ridicule, and misrepresentation." Antoinette Brown Blackwell spoke to a full house at the Annual Meeting. Discusses J. B. Toulmin's [sp] interest in abolitionism and his support of Fanny Wright's "mission and experiment" for African Americans. Mentions receiving correspondence from Griffith M. Cooper, Elizabeth Pease Nichol, and Harriet Martineau. Mentions her daughters hemming sheets for the "Colored Home, Sydney Howard Gay, and Jessie White Mario. A Mrs. Young is holding an anatomy and physiology lecture in Philadelphia.

Likely addressed to Martha Mott Lord. Possibly a fragment. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news and discusses recent events involving family and friends. She reports the death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's mother. She says she "would have liked to hear Mr. Rouse's talk on suffrage." She also details her recent health issues.

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott suspects Martha Wright is in Rochester following the trial of Susan B. Anthony (who has been arrested for voting). Lucretia briefly discusses Yearly Meeting. She talks about attending a dinner party where Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued with Miller McKim and noted that McKim's wife sided with Stanton rather than her husband. She also discusses several family members who are travelling in Europe and Charles Cavender who has recently moved to Colorado. Partially written over a letter from D. C. Pickering dated May 15, 1873, requesting Lucretia Mott's autograph.

Written from her son-in-law Edward Hopper's home. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Yearly Meeting and the National Woman's Rights Convention in New York that Martha Coffin Wright, Ellen Wright Garrison, Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jones, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others attended. Shares the opinions of individuals concerning Stanton's speech and resolutions. Discusses a Quaker who came to stay with her.

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott is going to the Second Decade Convention in New York (which was held to celebrate twenty years of the woman suffrage movement). She is very glad that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton will be there. Partially written over an undated letter from an unclear sender to an unclear recipient.

Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news and discusses recent events concerning family and friends. She writes that the election is absorbing, and Miller McKim is "much pleased with Greeley's defeat." Also, Sarah Pugh is pleased with Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speeches, but Lucretia in not interested and hasn't read any of them. Edward Hopper has been given an offer on his house, so he and Anna Hopper may move.

Mott describes recent events concerning family and friends, including a small antislavery meeting, considerations of sending a relative to an asylum, the curing of lockjaw via mesmerism, and a cholera epidemic. Briefly mentions "E. Stanton."

Written from Roadside. Describes recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Discusses Quaker pacifism, the recent death of Theodore Parker and other abolitionists, and the need for new abolitionist members. Mentions an Executive Committee Meeting and the New England Anti-Slavery Convention. Discusses the activism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who spoke at the recent Woman's Rights Convention, and her resolutions on divorce.