Letter, Lucy Stone to Payson E. Tucker, Esq.

Lucy Stone1878-03-15

Letter on "The Woman's Journal" stationary, written and signed by Lucy Stone, 1878

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Title: Letter, Lucy Stone to Payson E. Tucker, Esq.
Creator: Lucy Stone
Date: 1878-03-15
Location: Boston, MA
Story: For Lucy Stone, the path to suffrage was through enactment by state legislatures. In this letter, Stone appeals to Payson E. Tucker—a representative to the Massachusetts House of Representatives—to support women’s suffrage. Her co-signer, William Ingersoll Bowditch, was a lawyer, abolitionist, early investor in the Woman’s Journal, author of pamphlets on women’s rights, and a president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association.
Provenance: Gift of Jeanne and Robert Schramm
Transcript:
4 Park St. Boston, March 15 1878 Payson E. Tucker Esq Dear Sir When the Municipal Suffrage Bill comes up in the House next week, will you not support it by a speech? If every friend of Woman Suffrage will do this, the Bill will certainly be carried. Your personal speech and help is earnestly solicited by the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. Yours Respy William I. Bowditch President Lucy Stone Chairman Ex Com.
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Type: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 7 3/4x5 in.

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