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1861 November 15, Awbury, to Dear Anna, Newport
Title:
1861 November 15, Newport
Date:
1861-11-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. No signature; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha "Pattie" Mott Lord news of family and friends and describes her own recent activities. She briefly mentions a conversation that she, James Miller McKim, and possibly William Lloyd Garrison had about a recent article criticizing a speech by Wendell Phillips. Briefly discusses various charitable work for African-American freedmen.
Date:
1864-06-02
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
1867 September 8, Awbury, to My dear Frank
Title:
1867 September 8, to My dear Frank
Description:
3 sheets
Date:
1867-09-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Lucretia Mott letter to her children
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her children
Description:
Written over a short letter dated May 5 1864 from Susan B. Anthony to George Lord, who asks him to tell Lucretia Mott that she is at Elizabeth Cady Stanton's. Mott's letter may be a fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses the work being done on the new house of Martha "Pattie" Lord and George Lord (her daughter and son-in-law), which they recently moved into. She also explains that she is too busy to go to Meeting and talks about hiring some "Catholic girls" to help lay carpets.
Date:
1864-05-09
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her children and sister
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her children and sister
Description:
No signature; possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott thanks her children and sister for their letters and passes on news of family and friends. Mott has been helping the family of her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord move into a new house in Brooklyn, and she describes laying carpet and other house work. She also briefly mentions attending small antislavery and women's rights events in the city.
Date:
1864-05-12
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to her children
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to her children
Description:
Lucretia Mott discusses her trip to New York City to visit her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and son-in-law George Lord; she dwells in particular on her trip to the city, what she has been doing to help her daughter around the house, and the new house that Pattie and George plan to move into.
Date:
1864-04-30
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Cady Stanton letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes a poem about her gift to Lucretia Mott. The enclosed gift is "bright carpet rags, so she may fulfill her desire to make for each of her daughters a kitchen carpet of bright rags."
Date:
1872-03-13
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 shares recent news concerning family and friends, including the death of someone named Child and the engagement of Emily Davis to a widower named Tyson. Partially written over a printed petition for the repeal of the war clauses in the Constitution.
Date:
1874-12-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Title:
Maria Mott Davis letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
Description:
Written from Roadside. Discusses news of friends and family, as well as carpets, carpet sewing, carpet laying, and her dislike of machine-made carpets.
Date:
1882-09-14
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 is hoping to have visits soon from Martha Lord, Eliza Osborne, Richard Mott, and Anna "Cannie" Mott. Edward Morris Davis is off to the Washington Woman Suffrage Convention. She lists several friends and acquaintances who have recently died. She talks extensively about "carpet pieces." Partially written over a printed invitation to attend a sale to benefit the Home of the Industrial Blind.
Date:
1874-01-16
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 writes about cutting and sewing both Martha Lord's and Martha Coffin Wright's carpet rags. She discusses attending the funeral of William Nicholson and she details the recent health concerns of Mary Ann Wistar Chase. She also talks about her recent visitors and shares news concerning family and friends. Partially written over a letter dated November 5, 1875 from a M. Hall to Maria Mott Davis.
Date:
1875-11-15
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Importers of Insect Flowers, Raw Silk, Goat Skins, Wool, Persian Carpets, Turkish Tobacco, Oil of Rose, &c.(Betanelly & Co.)
Title:
Importers of Insect Flowers, &c.(Betanelly & Co.)
Description:
Advertisement for Betanelly & Co. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card is pasted into scrapbook.
Date:
1870 - 1890
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
A. A. Witsil
Title:
A. A. Witsil
Description:
Advertisement for A. A. Witsil. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a young boy holding a snake and net.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Walton's Wholesale Cheap Carpet & Rug Manufactory
Title:
Walton's Wholesale Cheap Carpet & Rug Manufactory
Description:
Advertisement for Walton's Wholesale Cheap Carpet & Rug Manufactory. This is the only card in the collection for this business. Card with illustration of a two men operating a loom.
Date:
1800 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Thomas Weaver : Manufacturer of Floorcloths, Carpets, Rugs, &c
Title:
Thomas Weaver : Manufacturer of Floorcloths, &c
Description:
Advertisement for Thomas Weaver: Manufacturer of Floorcloths, Carpets, Rugs, &c. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1750 - 1850
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection