Records, 1841-1929.

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Records, 1841-1929.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27357489

Correspondence, charter constitution, membership list (1849-1872), legal documents including deeds and wills, reports, financial records, and survey (1918) of the charity by Seybert Institution.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Seybert Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women

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Quaker women's charity organized in 1844 and incorporated in 1856; provided employment in sewing for poor women; went out of existence in 1926; Lucretia Mott served as president until 1866. From the description of Records, 1841-1929. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27357489 ...

Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...