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Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906) to Henry W. Blair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03300 Author/Creator: Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 January 1888 Pagination: 6 p. : docket : envelope ; 22 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Suggests strategies by which Blair can work with other women's rights supporters to add woman's suffrage to a proposed 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Written on National Woman Suffrage Association letterhead. Blair was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.

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