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1886 August 7, Philadelphia, to My dear wife
Title:
1886 August 7, to My dear wife
Date:
1886-08-07
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1906 March 18, New Orleans, to My dear Caroline, Rome
Title:
1906 March 18, Rome
Date:
1906-03-18
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
1899 October 02, Awbury, to My dearest wife
Title:
1899 October 02, to My dearest wife
Date:
1899-10-02
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1880 October 19, Montrose, to Lilly
Title:
1880 October 19, to Lilly
Date:
1880-10-19
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield writes that her servant "Aunt Amy" fell and broke her rib, so she is bedridden while she recovers. Her other servant Anna is ill, but Schofield is managing without them. She also writes about her school, her recent activities, and talks in detail about Katrina Rodenbach, the daughter of the Schofield School's principal, William Rodenbach.
Date:
1884-03-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, 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 discusses the sudden death of Norwood Hallowell's "hired girl" from heart disease (Norwood Hallowell was the brother of Lucretia's grandson-in-law Richard Hallowell), and how Lucretia's granddaughter Anna Davis Hallowell was the one who discovered her dead body. She also discusses having tea with Thomas and Martha Mellor and Mary M. Thomas.
Date:
1875-11-19
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 relates recent news of friends and family to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord. Makes brief mention of attending lectures by the "Freedman's and Union League committees" and letting them take the lead in activism.
Date:
1864-04-22
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield; Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary Child was Martha Schofield's mother, and Eliza Schofield was her sister. Child complains about the Southern girl working for her and her poor cooking skills. She also comments on some recent controversy involving Harriet Beecher Stowe defending Lady Byron and the President not serving "intoxicating drinks" at a recent event. Eliza describes her recent activities and shares news about family and friends.
Date:
1870-01-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
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 Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. The last page is written over a note from Jane [?] Jackson asking Lucretia Mott to forward a letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord news of family and friends. Briefly mentions a friend or relative's cook going on strike for higher wages, James Miller McKim's reaction to a piece by Wendell Phillips, and her own habit of burning letters and other papers.
Date:
1864-06-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mariann Lewis; Rebecca Fussell letter to Edwin Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mariann Lewis; Rebecca Fussell letter to Edwin Fussell
Description:
Mariann Lewis and Rebecca Lewis Fussell were Graceanna Lewis's sisters; Edwin Fussell was their cousin and Rebecca Lewis Fussell's husband. Mariann is travelling to Indiana; part of her journey has been on steam boat. Jane, the family servant, has gotten married, and Graceanna approves of the work of the new servant, Ann Bradley. Several people in the family have been reading "Jane Eyre." Rebecca writes that Sarah, a little colored girl, is hurt because Edwin Fussell said farewell to the white children but not to her.
Date:
1848-04-22
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Kate Dewey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Kate Dewey letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Written from Sheffield. The author wants to hire a servant and wonders if Gibbons can recommend anyone. Most of the letter discusses the traits the author is looking for.
Date:
1864-05-05
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Two maids in a dorm room
Title:
Two maids in a dorm room
Description:
Two maids stand side by side in what appears to be a dorm room. They are both carrying something and smiling slightly, and both wear long dark skirts and white aprons with white bows in their hair. One has a dark blouse and a ribbon around her neck, the other has a white blouse.
Date:
(approximate)1904
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives