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Date created
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1840-05-01
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Creator
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Association of Friends for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the Free People of Colour
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Description
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A travel minute is a formal letter of introduction from a Quaker Meeting on behalf of a Friend, indicating that the bearer has the recommendation of the meeting. Written by the "Association of Friends for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the Free People of Colour" for Lucretia and James Mott to present to "the Abolitionists of Great Britain," probably on the occasion of the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention. Signed by multiple members.
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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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Antislavery movements
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Abolitionists
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Mott, James, 1788-1868
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Geographical location
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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/sc161328 |
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Local identifier
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A00182577
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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, A00182577. 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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