Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord

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Date created 1864-12-26
Creator Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Description

Written from Roadside; it is not clear whether pages 1-4 and pages 5-8 are part of the same letter. Lucretia Mott passes along recent news of friends and family. She discusses a recent period of illness, which she attributes to overwork, and lists treatments she has tried. She also briefly mentions the schooling of her granddaughter Ellen Lord and talks about a visit from Robert Collyer, an abolitionist and Unitarian minister. Thomas or Marianna Mott has also written a letter to Anna Coffin Temple Brown on the last two pages describing a carriage accident.

Size 8 pages
Type Text
Subjects Health | Fatigue | Carriages and carts--Accidents | Women social reformers | Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912
Geographical location Cheltenham (Pa.)
Language English
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Local identifier A00182071
Collection

Mott Manuscripts, SFHL-MSS-035 (explore contents)

Contributing institution Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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