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Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses her "economy" in writing her letters over other's letters, stating that she is "giving others the benefit of them, rather than make lamplighters of them." She sent half a dozen "photos and autos" to the California Women's Rights Society. She references the recent split within the suffrage movement, writing that "indeed there seems to be rather a disposition to quit fighting and try to unite again" as long as Victoria Woodhull and Cosmo-Politico don't "make another bone of contention." In reference to Victoria Woodhull, she writes that James Miller McKim thought the idea of her running for President "was enough to stamp her with George Francis Train."
Date:
1871-05-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Lucretia Mott writes that she attended a lecture given by Victoria Claflin Woodhull on political economy at the Spiritualists Hall in Philadelphia. She adds that Theodore Tilton recently had tea with her, and they discussed Woodhull. She also mentions Jacob Barker's death and funeral.
Date:
1871-12-29
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Thomas Mellor letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Thomas Mellor letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written in part from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that Martha Wright is too ill to go to Boston, and she thinks she will not go either. She talks about her own health and says she feels strong. She writes that "the Woodhull or Claflin case in court" came off better than feared. Susan B. Anthony "has started for California - out of the way of all the flings and reflections - and some say E. C. Stanton has gone too." Partially written over a letter from Thomas Mellor to Lucretia Mott (dated March 29, 1871) declining an invitation to dine with Lucretia.
Date:
1871-05-18
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott has just returned from Yearly Meeting, and she notes that Margaret Bright Lucas "thought us far more alive than the Orthodox." She discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends. She visited Sarah Pugh who was "troubled by all the fuss made by the 'Tribune's' free love charges against Mrs. Woodhull."
Date:
1871-05-22
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Henry M. Laing letter; C. L. Farrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; Henry M. Laing letter; C. L. Farrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares news about family members and lists the items she is donating for Christmas. She recommends John Weiss's book, ''American Religion'' and notes that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ''ought to write often to the Golden Age.'' She discusses the growing support for Victoria Claflin Woodhull despite ''her unwise utterances as to the 'right of doing wrong.''' Mott is concerned about Josephine Griffing's health problems. She discusses Lucy Stone's decision to print H. Tracy Cutler's article complaining about Stanton in the Woman's Journal. She mentions the Laura Fair case, Theodore Tilton, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, her own advancing age, and others matters. She also briefly discusses the ''Alabama case'' between the U.S. and the U.K. and recent smallpox vaccinations at Swarthmore College. Pages 7-14 may be out of order. Partially written over a letter from Henry M. Laing dated 1871-12-23, and also partially written over a letter from C. L. Farrington to Lucretia Mott, dated 1871-12-08.
Date:
1871-12-24
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; L. M. Greene letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; L. M. Greene letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott thanks Martha Wright for her letter and gift. She recently spent some time with her daughter Anna Mott Hopper and discusses Anna's health, seeming positive about her improvements. She briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison. She shares recent news concerning family and friends, with a particular focus on health issues. She asks if Martha has read the recent remarks in the Index "on the Beecher 'scandal' and the cruel treatment of Victoria" (Victoria Claflin Woodhull had been arrested the year prior after publishing an article in "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly" alleging an adulterous affair between Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton, wife of Theodore Tilton) and admits that she has not answered Claflin's letter to her yet because she does not know "just how." She has read the "literature and dogma" of Matthew Arnold with "so much interest." She writes about some recent dental issues of some family members. Partially written over a letter from L. M. Green to Lucretia Mott enclosing some lines of O. W. Holmes, perhaps referring to Oliver Wendell Holmes. Also partially written over a notice of a meeting of the Pennsylvania Peace Society's executive committee.
Date:
1873-07-08
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 relays what she heard from Edward Davis about Susan B. Anthony and Victoria Woodhull speaking before the Judiciary Committee in Washington and about the Colored Convention and the Women's Convention. She also writes about her recent activities and recent activities of family and friends. She discusses a book written by and sent to her by William H. Furness.
Date:
1871-01-16
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; J. T. Yarrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright; J. T. Yarrington letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses circulation of letters, including letters written between Edward Davis and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She discusses books and articles she has read recently, including works by James T. Fields, Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Herbert Spencer, and Francis William Newman. She also briefly discusses William Lloyd Garrison. She shares recent news regarding several family members, including that Anna Davis Hallowell has gone to Europe alone. She visited with Dr. Emeline Horton Cleveland after attending the funeral of William Abbott's father. She attended a lecture given by Anna Dickinson, noting that ''she seems to be rather losing her radical ground of late.'' She also mentions the ''hateful treatment of Victoria, '' referencing the recent arrest of Victoria Claflin Woodhull for publishing an account of Henry Ward Beecher's extramarital affair. Partially written over a letter dated February 7, 1873 from J. T. Yarrington to Lucretia Mott, requesting her autograph.
Date:
1873-03-18
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:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about recent visitors she has had, including Margaret Lucas and Sarah Pugh, who gave an account of their Washington visit. Lucas told her of Victoria Claflin Woodhull's speech. Lucretia has read some English papers which gave "fine reports of the women's work in England."
Date:
1871-02-26
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Charles Cavender letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Charles Cavender letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Pages scanned in reading order. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that Joshua Hallowell has died and shares her concern for his family. She tells of news concerning family of friends and mentions circulation of correspondence. She discusses her sister Martha Wright's comments on "the cruelty of punishing children for their childish faults, noting that she is losing ground in [her] advocacy of government by love alone" as a result of the "obstreperous children, seemingly referring to her great-grandchildren. She also notes that the comments on the Woodhull and Beecher scandal are very good, saying she agrees with her, perhaps referring to Victoria Claflin Woodhull. She spoke with a Universalist minister who said that Mrs. Woodhull's mind was not clean and that she thought Tilton has put some of that scandal into her head" (Woodhull had been arrested the year prior after publishing an article in "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly" alleging an adulterous affair between Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton, wife of Theodore Tilton). Partially written over a letter dated June 16, 1972 from Mott's grandson Charles Cavender; he asks Mott to send him twenty dollars.
Date:
1873-07-26
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Charlotte L. Peirce letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord; Charlotte L. Peirce letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Written from Roadside. Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott writes that she had Paulina Davis and Sarah Pugh over, and they told her about the Washington Meeting. Davis and Isabella Beecher Hooker are seeking signers of their petition to the Judiciary Committee to give women the right to vote. They asked if Martha Wright will go to Albany to get signers, and Lucretia lists people in Philadelphia she thinks they could get to sign. She discusses recent activities of family and friends; Martha Wright is suffering from rheumatism. Briefly talks about a meeting and mentions Victoria Claflin Woodhull. Partially written over a letter from Charlotte L. Peirce to Lucretia Mott in which she recalls going to the Seneca Falls Convention, and she alludes to the current divisions within the woman suffrage movement but feels that "our aim is the same, what matter if we all do not all choose the same means to accomplish it?"
Date:
1871-01-22
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Edward Morris Davis letter
Title:
Edward Morris Davis letter
Description:
Discusses listening to a lecture by Victoria Woodhull about women's suffrage that inspired him to change his conduct and his behavior towards the women in his family.
Date:
1883-03-26
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College