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Date created
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1858-06-13
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Creator
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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
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Description
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Written from Roadside. Details recent events and news concerning family and friends. References the circulation of correspondence. Mentions Benjamin Collier, William Furness, and attending an antislavery meeting. Briefly discusses the life imprisonment of Captain William Baylis for his role in aiding fugitive slaves and is issuing circulars to raise money for an appeal. Asks Martha about the Temperance Convention she attended, where William H. Burleigh made a speech; says "I am at times discouraged, seeing the return to wine drinking, as with A. S. Conventions." Discusses the negative attitude of Robert Purvis towards the Woman's Convention. Mentions Lucy Stone's "attack" on William Lloyd Garrison. Discusses a Rev. Long; she and her Female Society made contributions towards the development of his book and his abolitionist work in the Methodist Church.
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Size
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6 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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Antislavery movements
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Dwellings--Maintenance and repair
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Women's rights
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Women social reformers
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Temperance
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Congresses and conventions
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Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
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M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Geographical location
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Cheltenham (Pa.)
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Language
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English
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View full item
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https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/sc158964 |
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Local identifier
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A00181931
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Collection
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Mott Manuscripts, SFHL-MSS-035
(explore contents)
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Contributing institution
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Rights
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Please cite appropriately, crediting Mott Manuscripts, SFHL-MSS-035, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as the source and indicating the identifier of the item, A00181931. This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/.
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