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Lucretia Mott letter to Joseph and Ruth Dugdale
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Joseph and Ruth Dugdale
Description:
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.
Date:
1849-03-28
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to George Washington Julian
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to George Washington Julian
Description:
Lucretia Mott discusses religion, the life of one Dr. Channing (possibly William Ellery Channing), and how politics are changing.
Date:
1848-11-14
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:
Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott lists several upcoming meetings that she is planning to attend and mentions her interest in attending the Radical Unitarian's meeting. She discusses several recent visitors, including John P. Hale. She provides an update about the home being built for Martha and George Lord.
Date:
1871-04-28
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sally Thayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sally Thayer letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Sarah Smith Thayer was the sister of jurist and educator James Bradley Thayer. Has been very busy. Discusses recent events concerning family/friends. Attended the Connecticut Valley Unitarian Conference in Deerfield and mentions Rev. Charles Allen. Is sending some silk for Abby's daughter Julia.
Date:
1864-1893
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
George E. Baker letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
George Ellis Baker was a writer, editor, and prison reformer, and worked in multiple governmental roles, such as private secretary for Senator William H. Seward. Would like to hear from and be visited by Abby's family. Discusses the bigoted conduct of Mrs. Eaton towards the Unitarians of the Washington Ladies Prison Association. Discusses the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
Date:
1868-03-23
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
L. L. Thaxter letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
L. L. Thaxter letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Levi Lincoln Thaxter was the husband of writer Celia Thaxter. Thanks Abby and Abby's daughter Sally for their kindness to him when he was sick onboard a boat called the Sanita [sp]. Discusses the recent death of John, possibly Abby's brother John T. Hopper, and the death of his neighbor who died in active service during the Civil War. Praises a John Weiss, a clergyman and author, and discusses Unitarianism. Would like to visit Abby at camp, probably referring to where she is stationed as an army nurse. Discusses his family, including the writing of his wife, saying "I have always had a horror of literary families, and behold- I am cast into the very den of a she-lion." Mentions someone named Clarke in Washington, who is "haranguing rebel deserters." Sends his love to Abby and her daughters.
Date:
1865-03-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College