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".
Author:
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
[May 4, 1871]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
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
Places:
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xf78n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Orange, N[ew] J[ersey]
Language:
English
Notes:
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.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5062780
Call #:
MS A..1.2 v.37, p.7B
Barcode:
39999085440608