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Date created
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1864-06-21
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Creator
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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
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Description
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Written over the course of several days, partially from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks to her daughter Martha "Pattie" Lord and other relatives about the recent death of Fitzhugh Birney, the husband of Mott's cousin Laura Stratton Birney. Speaks about the effect of Birney's death on Laura's sister Augusta Stratton Needles and her mother Caroline Chase Stratton, who lived in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Passes on other news of family and friends. Briefly mentions a disagreement between James Miller McKim and Wendell Phillips. Makes some short references to national politics, John C. Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln.
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Size
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8 pages
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Type
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Text
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Subjects
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Death
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Stratton, Caroline Chase, -1879
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Wright, Martha Coffin, 1806-1875
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M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
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Geographical location
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Cheltenham (Pa.)
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Mount Holly (N.J.)
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Philadelphia (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/sc160259 |
Local identifier
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A00182045
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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, A00182045. 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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