Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright

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Date created	1861-01-15
Creator	Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Description	Written in part from Roadside. Mott discusses the recent death of her cousin Ruth Bunker Chase, Chase's will, and other recent news about friends and family, including the education of some of her younger relatives. She also talks about current politics, including recent pieces by William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, William Seward, and Maria Weston Chapman; whether her health will allow her to attend the approaching New York State Woman's Rights Convention in Albany; her esteem for the theology of Frederick Joseph Foxton; a niece of Benjamin Franklin who had recently passed away; and a party to celebrate the christening of one her Irish servant's children. May be a fragment.
Size	4 pages
Type	Text
Subjects	Death \| Congresses and conventions
Geographical location	Cheltenham (Pa.) \| Eddington (Pa.)
Language	English
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Local identifier	A00181983
Collection	Mott Manuscripts, SFHL-MSS-035 (explore contents)
Contributing institution	Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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