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Date created
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1855-11-10
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Creator
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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
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Description
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Discusses traveling home with family by boat after visiting her sister Martha Coffin Wright. Listened to a discussion about slavery but did not participate, saying "'nobody wants to hear old folks talk.' I like to listen to the younger. I rejoice that there are younger, to advocate the slave's claims.''
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Size
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4 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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Personal correspondence
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Slavery
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Antislavery movements
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Geographical location
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New York (N.Y.)
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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/sc159024 |
Local identifier
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A00181897
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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, A00181897. 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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