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01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
27 August 1884
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
to Amy Post
Douglass writes to Post, a New York abolitionist and suffragist. Had been to Post's home in Rochester, and regretted her absence. Relates that he and Helen, his wife (they married in January 1884) had for their honeymoon traveled through Chicago...
GLC05819
1884/02/01
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
re: apathy of women in Suffrage movement
"And my answer to the Men-is-that if they insist of leaving the women of this republic disfranchised until the vast majority of them demand it-there is no hope for our emancipation from political serfdom."
GLC07419
26 October 1879
to Emily Collins
Offers his home as a place to stay during her attendance at the eleventh annual meeting of the American Woman Suffrage Association, to be held in District of Columbia in early January 1880. Emily Parmely Collins worked for women's rights in New York...
GLC01197
22 October 1897
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
Pardon of Dora Lincoln, convicted of prostitution [or of operating a brothel].
Convicted of "keeping a disorderly house" [a term once used to refer to prostitution]; sentenced to 2 months imprisonment with an additional 2 months imprisonment added after being unable to pay the $25 fine also accrued. Pardoned after serving...
GLC00045.37
9 March 1881
Foster, Abigail K. (fl. 1881)
to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster...
GLC02076
13 May 1882
Astor, John Jacob (1822-1890)
[Indenture between John Jacob Astor and two railroad companies]
Signed by Astor, his wife, Charlotte Augusta, and Cornelius Vanderbilt as the Vice President of both railroad companies. Edwin F. Carey signed as a witness. Land indenture between Astor and his wife and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad...
GLC04341
4 October 1892
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]
"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.
GLC03969.02
circa 1896
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
[Appeal to women of all nations for aid to the Armenians].
Draft for an appeal for aid for the Armenian persecution of 1894-1897. States that Turkish authorities will not interfere and Clara Barton is at her post. Howe adopted this cause in 1894. Title from content of the appeal.
GLC04014
7 January 1888
to Henry W. Blair
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...
GLC03300
1889
Uncle Tom's cabin
Inscribed by Stowe to Edward W. Seymour, dated June 27, 1890, with quotation from Psalms 72:12, "He shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor, & him that hath no Helper." A later edition, printed by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Edward Woodruff...
GLC03363
1885-1903
Why women do not want the vote.
Two-volume bound compilation of 94 different anti-suffrage pamphlets and leaflets. Most issued by Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Most leaflets run between 6-10 pages. Spine title on both volumes:...
GLC06064
circa 10 May 1877
Ladies Memorial Association of Charleston, South Carolina (1865-1880)
Memorial Day, May 10th, 1877, at Magnolia Cemetery, under the auspices of the Ladies Memorial Association, Charleston, South Carolina
Contains an announcement for a prayer and memorial ode delivered by Reverend W. H. Campbell. Includes odes by Grace Raymond and Reverend Charles Stuart Vedder. Announces the decoration of graves to be completed by ladies of the Association. The...
GLC06080
15 February 1896
Marceau, Theo C.
[Large 3/4-length portrait photography of [Susan B. Anthony]
Large three-quarter portrait showing Anthony wearing a large black dress with puffed sleeves. Inscribed and dated by Anthony in Rochester, New York.
GLC05150
circa 1885
Hoar, George Frisbie, (1826-1904)
Woman's co-operation essential to pure politics.
Transcript of a speech given by Hoar, a noted supporter of women's suffrage. Pamphlet published under the auspices of American Woman Suffrage Association. Date from a letter cited in the piece.
GLC06306.01
circa 1880
Willard, Mary B.
Why the W.C.T.U. seeks the ballot.
Willard explains why the Women's Christian Temperance Union seeks suffrage for women.
GLC06306.02
1886
Pamphlet
"Mormon" women's protest.
Title continues: "an appeal for freedom, justice and equal rights. The ladies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protest against the tyranny and indecency of federal officials in Utah, and against their own disfranchisement without...
GLC06609
1896 ca.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Bible and church degrade women
Group of 3 essays dealing with women's status in church and suffrage. Inscribed to Rev. William Gannet (?) with quotation on the first page of the text: "Progress is the victory of a new thought over an old superstition" Printed by the Office of...
GLC06856
circa 1882
Unknown
["Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder]
Based on the accompanying letter (GLC 7731.01), created by Miss Lena, who gave the potholder to Frederick Douglass as a gift after reading his narrative. Depicts two African Americans (one male and one female) holding hands and dancing against a...
GLC07731.02
10 May 1882
Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906;
to Annie Nowlan Savery
One letter addressed to Annie Nowlan Savery from Susan B. Anthony dated New York, May 10, 1882. Requests that she notify her when she has arrived home. Asks that she report to Rachel G. Foster who will be traveling with May Wright Sewall from North...
GLC09755
1885
Various
Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage [Decimalized .01-.02]
Two documents regarding woman's suffrage. The first is a note regarding historical society dues and sending the second item. The second item is a broadside entitles Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage.
GLC09959
11 August 1894
Funk, Isaac K. (Kaufmann), 1839-1912;
The Literary Digest [Vol. IX, No. 15 (August 11, 1894)]
One issue of The Literary Digest dated New York, August 11, 1894. Consists of articles related to current events, literature, science, religion, international affairs and other topics. An article entitled "An Anti-Lynching Crusade in America Begun"...
GLC09896
September 1890
[Print of Charlotte Mary Yonge]
One print of Charlotte Mary Yonge dated September 1890.
GLC08878.1059
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
[Print of Rose Cleveland]
One print of First Lady Rose Cleveland dated 1885. Engraved by John Chester Buttre.
GLC08878.1105
circa 1850-1900
H.B. Hall & Sons (New York, NY), fl. 1850-1900
Lucretia R. Garfield
One print of First Lady Lucretia Garfield. Engraved by H.B. Hall & Sons.
GLC08878.1122
Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
One print of First Lady Lucretia Garfield. Engraved by Samuel Sartain.
GLC08878.1123
Mrs. Lucretia Garfield
GLC08878.1124
7 July 1888
Colby, Clara Bewick (1846-1906)
The Woman's Tribune [Vol. 5, No. 35 (July 7, 1888)][Decimalized GLC09801.01-.02]
Two copies of "The Woman's Tribune, Vol. V, No. 35," printed in Beatrice, Nebraska and dated July 7, 1888. . Contains various opinions and letters sent in by women recognizing women's suffrage.
GLC09801
4 April 1885
Willcox, H. (fl. 1885)
Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage
One broadside entitled Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage by Hamilton Willcox dated March 5, 1885. The broadside compiles cases and laws in New York State which effect suffrage.
GLC09959.02
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