See also:

• LUCRETIA

LUCRETIA [See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

COFFIN] See also:

• LUCRETIA [COFFIN] MOTT (1793–188o)
• MOTT, VALENTINE (1785–1865)

MOTT (1793–188o)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NANTUCKET

Nantucket, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 3rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1793 . She was descended on her See also:

• MOTHER

mother's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side from See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Folger, one of the first settlers of Nantucket, and the See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin; her father's ancestors, also, were among the first settlers of Nantucket . At thirteen she was sent to a See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends' boarding school, at Nine Partners, near See also:

• POUGHKEEPSIE

Poughkeepsie, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, where See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• MOTT, LUCRETIA [COFFIN] (1793–188o)
• MOTT, VALENTINE (1785–1865)

Mott (1788–1868), who like her was of old Quaker stock and whom she married in 1811, was then a teacher . In 1810 James Mott entered the employ of See also:

• LUCRETIA

Lucretia's father in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, but the business was not successful and in 1817 Lucretia opened a small school under the care of the See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

Pine See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street Monthly See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

Meeting, but gave it up a See also:

• YEAR

year afterwards and in the same year was recognized by the Friends as an " acknowledged See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister." Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband had as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1822 espoused the cause of See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias See also:

• HICKS, ELIAS (1748-1830)
• HICKS, HENRY (1837-1899)
• HICKS, WILLIAM (1830-1883)

Hicks against the " Orthodox " Friends, and in 1827, when the Society divided, Lucretia joined the Hicksites . Hicks's teachings on See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery had impressed both James and Lucretia; in 1830 James gave up a lucrative See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission business that he might not profit from the products of slave labour; and both took an active See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against slavery . About 184o Mrs Mott also took up the cause of woman's rights . On lecturing See also:

• TOURS

tours she and her husband travelled as far See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west as See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana and into See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland and See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia . In 1848 she addressed the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, and with See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Cady See also:

• STANTON, EDWIN
• STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902)

Stanton, whom she had first met in See also:

• LONDON

London in 184o, called a convention " to discuss the social, See also:

• CIVIL

civil and religious See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition and rights of See also:

• WOMEN

women," which met at See also:

• SENECA

Seneca Falls and passed a " See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of Sentiments," modelled on the Declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . Her husband, who was prominent among the founders of Swarthmore See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (1864), died in See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, New York, on the 26th of January 1868; and Mrs Mott died on the 1 rth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 188o near Philadelphia . See James and Lucretia Mott: See also:

• LIFE

Life and Letters (Boston, 1884), edited by their granddaughter, Mrs See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis Hallowell .