Call Number:

SC.208

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (7 folders.))

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [indicate the cited item or series here], John Mott Papers, SC/208, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1822-1851 (inclusive)

Creator:

Mott, John, 1783-1848

Abstract:

Contains transcriptions of John Mott's letters to family and friends and journals, probably compiled to circulate in manuscript form. Also some original letters from John Mott to his family. Mott wrote extensively on his religious views, particularly on Quaker testimony and the issues of the Hicksite separation, as well as the conflicts within Genesee Yearly Meeting which led to the separation of Congregational (Progressive) Friends. Of special interest is a draft of responses to queries dated 1851 which refers to a discipline recently adopted by Friends.

John Mott was a Hicksite Quaker minister from Rensselaerville, N.Y. He spoke and wrote extensively on issues relating to Orthodox-Hicksite Separation of 1827-28. In 1837, John Mott and his wife, Hannah, along with their twelve children were granted a certificate to transfer to Plymouth (later, Battle Creek) Monthly Meeting in Michigan. Mott was active in the controversies that led to the 1848 separation in Genesee Yearly Meeting.