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- GLC#
- GLC04717.56-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 August 1873
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Title
- Woman suffrage above human law. Letter from Gerrit Smith.
- Place Written
- Peterboro, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 36.2 cm, Width: 22.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Smith writes to Anthony, the legendary activist and reformer, discussing women's right to vote. Sends Anthony money to pay a fine, and declares that if she chooses not to pay the fine, she should use the money at her discretion "to promote the cause of woman suffrage."
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