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See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur's daily life; travels; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including membership in the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society; attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women's rights; and domestic life and family relationships. Includes several pressed plant specimens.

See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1865 (mc1158_01_02_004).

Selected correspondence from the Samuel M. Janney papers highlight Janney's anti-slavery stance.

Minutes from Kennett Quarterly Meeting, from its establishment in 1852 until it was laid down in 1861, and the printed constitution of the Longwood Religious Society. In addition, not scanned and transcribed here, the volume contains various materials relating to Longwood (Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends), 1879-1882.

Wilbur wrote small paragraph-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents her family life, events of the Civil War, and her work in Virginia aiding Contraband (enslaved people who escaped to Union territory during the war). Wrote "there is a great work to do here, & I am willing to do it as far as I can, I feel that I am working for an entire race and for all time to come." Makes multiple references to losing custody of her niece Alfreda Bigelow in 1859.

This collection consists of correspondence and associated papers written and received by Isaac T. Hopper. The letters and documents are gathered from various sources, but they mainly consist of letters from Isaac Hopper to his daughter Sarah, and which comprise part of the Sarah Hopper Palmer Family Papers. Also included are correspondence with prominent Quakers including Elias Hicks, Thomas M'Clintock and Elijah Pennypacker. The collection touches on an enormous variety of subjects, ranging from Friends doctrine, simplicity, and the Separation of 1827; social justice, abolitionism, and prison reform; and personal anecdotes, accounts of meetings with friends, and the 1832 Cholera Epidemic.

After listing events she has recently attended, letters she has recently sent, and her duties making and mending textiles, Lucretia Mott gives her sister news about friends and relatives. Much of the letter discusses Caroline Chase Stratton Wood and her divorce, including allusions to her husband's ''inhuman'' treatment of her. Other topics mentioned include the difficulties sectarianism poses to interfaith cooperation among activists; getting photographs for a (antislavery?) fair; John Plumly, who is ''guarding the coast'' of ''native Africans''; Robert Purvis's misrepresentation by the press; a speech by Susan B. Anthony; whether she will speak at an upcoming 1861 Women's Convention at Albany; and a ''colored meeting'' to help a Delaware man who faced recrimination for helping fugitive slaves. Written from Roadside. ''How much some of us have had to bear, for stepping out of Disciplinary - in other words, narrow sectarian enclosure, in order to attend conventions, antislavery lectures, and fairs--our monthly meeting often occurs fair week--some think it dreadful, to absent oneself, for such 'profane babbling.'''

Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Primarily documents events of the Civil War and her time in Alexandria, Virginia, where she worked alongside individuals such as Harriet Ann Jacobs aiding Contraband (enslaved people who escaped to Union territory during the war). Also describes spending extensive time with her family in New York. The memoranda at the end include literary excerpts as well as demographic statistics for Washington, D.C., and Virginia over time.

Elizabeth Pease Nichol was a British abolitionist, suffragist, and social activist. Possibly addressed to Aaron M. Powell (1832-1899). Discusses the recent death of Lucretia Mott and reminisces about multiple abolitionists. Asks him to forward her letter to Edward Morris Davis, whom she discusses throughout the letter.

Lucretia Mott discusses the views of Unitarians; her stay with Samuel J. May, who was involved with abolition movements; an instance of a fugitive slave escaping the south in a box (Henry "Box" Brown); and other abolitionists.