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A GROUP OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY LETTERS TO CLARA BARTON. ANTHONY, SUSAN B. 1820-1906. 4 Autograph Letters Signed ("Susan B. Anthony"), to Clara Barton, as follows:
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A GROUP OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY LETTERS TO CLARA BARTON.
ANTHONY, SUSAN B. 1820-1906. 4 Autograph Letters Signed ("Susan B. Anthony"), to Clara Barton, as follows:
1. 3 pp recto and verso, 8vo (conjoining leaves), New York, May 2, 1866, light creasing and toning, with original autograph transmittal envelope: "Will you be present at our Convention, and give us your word for woman's enfranchisement in our conference meeting?" In a post script she adds, "Miss Barton can you send me the number of women who went into the army in men's attire and were thrust back on disclosure—the whole number of women nurses—women doctors—and notable facts of women?"
2. 1 p, 8vo, [New York, November 16, n.y.], on Equal Rights Convention of New York stationery, asking for a letter for the convention's publication.
3. 3 pp recto and verso, 8vo (conjoining leaves), New York, April 22, 1867: "Will you not give us your good work for Women and the Ballot at our Equal Rights Meeting in New York ... we do need new names—men tell Mrs. Newton & me—'You don't represent the women of the country—You are exceptions—the mass of the cultivated women dont want to vote'—we need every earnest woman worker's name & influence to help us onward."
4. 2 pp recto and verso, 4to, Tenafly, NY, December 15, 1881, on National Woman's Suffrage Association letterhead: "Your sketch and letter here this a.m." Anthony also gives detailed instructions of how to catch the train to Tenafly for an upcoming meeting.
A REMARKABLE SERIES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO OF THIS MOST CONSEQUENTIAL AMERICAN WOMEN OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Clara Barton and Susan B. Anthony were introduced to each other during Barton's post-war lecture tour. Barton was an important "get" for Anthony: her fame as the "Angel of the Battlefield" lent legitimacy to the quest for female suffrage. In these letters Anthony is generally asking Barton to commit to appearing at a convention, and if that is not possible, sending an endorsement.
1. 3 pp recto and verso, 8vo (conjoining leaves), New York, May 2, 1866, light creasing and toning, with original autograph transmittal envelope: "Will you be present at our Convention, and give us your word for woman's enfranchisement in our conference meeting?" In a post script she adds, "Miss Barton can you send me the number of women who went into the army in men's attire and were thrust back on disclosure—the whole number of women nurses—women doctors—and notable facts of women?"
2. 1 p, 8vo, [New York, November 16, n.y.], on Equal Rights Convention of New York stationery, asking for a letter for the convention's publication.
3. 3 pp recto and verso, 8vo (conjoining leaves), New York, April 22, 1867: "Will you not give us your good work for Women and the Ballot at our Equal Rights Meeting in New York ... we do need new names—men tell Mrs. Newton & me—'You don't represent the women of the country—You are exceptions—the mass of the cultivated women dont want to vote'—we need every earnest woman worker's name & influence to help us onward."
4. 2 pp recto and verso, 4to, Tenafly, NY, December 15, 1881, on National Woman's Suffrage Association letterhead: "Your sketch and letter here this a.m." Anthony also gives detailed instructions of how to catch the train to Tenafly for an upcoming meeting.
A REMARKABLE SERIES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO OF THIS MOST CONSEQUENTIAL AMERICAN WOMEN OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Clara Barton and Susan B. Anthony were introduced to each other during Barton's post-war lecture tour. Barton was an important "get" for Anthony: her fame as the "Angel of the Battlefield" lent legitimacy to the quest for female suffrage. In these letters Anthony is generally asking Barton to commit to appearing at a convention, and if that is not possible, sending an endorsement.