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Lucretia Mott writes to Richard Davis Webb about the "radical pamphlets" he sent her, stating that she read them multiple times and showed them to others before sending them "to Professor Magill & other teachers at our Swarthmore College." She says that she agrees that the Scriptures "should not be read indiscriminately in schools or in any elementary training" and quotes Theodore Parker to express her "love [of] the Scriptures". Mott then comments on a letter she received from Sarah Pugh about Webb's home and she shares her wish that he "might come to Pennsylv[ania] for a permanency". She also mentions Pugh's telling "of the all too sudden passing from us of our loved Abby Kimber".
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2v23xf78n
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Letter from Lucretia Mott, Orange, N[ew] J[ersey], to Richard Davis Webb, 1871 [May] 4th
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title
Letter from Lucretia Mott, Orange, N[ew] J[ersey], to Richard Davis Webb, 1871 [May] 4th
description
Lucretia Mott writes to Richard Davis Webb about the "radical pamphlets" he sent her, stating that she read them multiple times and showed them to others before sending them "to Professor Magill & other teachers at our Swarthmore College." She says that she agrees that the Scriptures "should not be read indiscriminately in schools or in any elementary training" and quotes Theodore Parker to express her "love [of] the Scriptures". Mott then comments on a letter she received from Sarah Pugh about Webb's home and she shares her wish that he "might come to Pennsylv[ania] for a permanency". She also mentions Pugh's telling "of the all too sudden passing from us of our loved Abby Kimber".
date
["[May 4, 1871]"]
year
1871
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5062780
creators
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Ireland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Christianity--United States
Quaker abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Kimber, Abby, 1804-1871
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
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Europe
Ireland
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Correspondence
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Ireland
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Under the second line of the letter the number "10" is written in pencil, while along the tail edge "Ms.A.1.2 v.37P.7B" is also written in pencil. After completing the second page, the letter continues on the first page, where it is written vertically along the spine, then head edges.
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Orange, N[ew] J[ersey]
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2v23xf78n
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