Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...
Telling him that she would not have attended a certain meeting has she known that matters relating to Lucy Stone were to be discussed; expressing her opinion of the sectarianism of abolitionists. Old folder #: ... More
Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...
Telling him that she would not have attended a certain meeting has she known that matters relating to Lucy Stone were to be discussed; expressing her opinion of the sectarianism of abolitionists. Old folder #: ... More
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentwor...
Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. Old folder #: 137. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentwor...
Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. Old folder #: 137. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Cleveland, Ohio], to Henry Clarke Wrigh...
Wendell Phillips writes to Henry Clarke Wright from Cleveland, where he is to lecture prior to travelling to St. Louis and St. Paul. Phillips, in reference to Wright's last missive, asserts that "all the prophe... More
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward autograph note signed to Colonel and Mrs....
Thanking them for their encouragement, etc. Old folder #: 136. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Susan B. Anthony autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson...
Describing a meeting at which Lucy Stone had spoken and during which charges had been publicly brought against Miss Anthony/ Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, B...
Describing a walk in the woods. Old folder #: 66. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...
Telling him that she would not have attended a certain meeting has she known that matters relating to Lucy Stone were to be discussed; expressing her opinion of the sectarianism of abolitionists. Old folder #: ... More
Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph letter signed to [Stephen Symonds] Fo...
Sending a letter from Mr. Foster and saying that she is happy that she is not wanted at any other conventions, since she feels her convention days are over. Old folder #: 121. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentwor...
Regarding contributions to Mrs. Dodge's magazine, and saying that her early training had not been gloomy. Old folder #: 137. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Elizabeth Cady Stanton autograph note signed to [Stephen Symonds] Fost...
Offering an apology to Mr. Foster for her seeming indifference in a Higginson letter. Old folder #: 122. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Lucy Stone, Kennebunkport, Me., to William Lloyd Garrison,...
Lucy Stone thanks William Lloyd Garrison for his expressed appreciation of her work, and expresses the aim of her letter to be to convince Garrison to see, as she does, the "need of another organisation". Stone... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., [Leicester, Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel May, Jr. apologizes to William Lloyd Garrison for having neglected to forward his whereabouts to Garrison, stating that he is so overladen with engagements of late that he "cannot do justice to [himself]... More
Letter from Caroline Maria Seymour, West Newton, [Massachusetts], to W...
Caroline Maria Severance writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for missing his visit and sharing her hope that he will go to Hartford, stating "I think it would do a world of good." She tells Garrison ju... More
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...
Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Kate Field autograph letter signed to Mary Elizabeth (Channing) Higgin...
Describing her success in lecturing and her plans for future engagements. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Oliver Johnson, [New York, N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Oliver Johnson informs William Lloyd Garrison that his article did not arrive that morning, and that subsequently he would be unable to include it in the upcoming Independent. Johnson informs Garrison that the ... More
Female suffrage - wouldn't it put too much power into the hands of Bri...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1869 Oct. 2), p. 56.
Letter from Lucy Stone, Newark, N[ew] J[ersey], to William Lloyd Garri...
Lucy Stone writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to attend "a convention to be called in Cleveland Nov. 17th." She says that "there has been no event so important since the formation of the American Anti ... More
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...
Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...
Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Mary Ashton Livermore, Chicago, [Ill.], to William Lloyd G...
Mary Livermore writes William Lloyd Garrison having learned that Garrison declines to attend their planned convention. Livermore states that the "affectionate and husbandly reason" given by Garrison to excuse h... More
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [...
Telling him of her pleasure in living abroad; of her unwillingness to make new friends; and of her sorrow in the loss of her father. Old folder #: 63. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Emmeline Pankhurst as a young girl, 1870s.
7JCC/O/02/088.Photograph, modern reproduction, printed, paper, monochrome, studio portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst leaning against the back of a chair, three quarter length, right profile; printed below image 'Ab... More
George Melish license to plead, granted and stamped with Queen Victori...
George Melish has been given royal license and permission to plead on behalf of William Weldon Champreys. Stamped with Victoria's seal. Old folder #: 135. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Newman Weeks, Rutland, [Vermont], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Newman Weeks writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to attend the "Woman Suffrage Man Convention in Rutland Monday Eve Feb[ruar]y 21 & 22d all day" and "come and help us". Weeks says that although "the wor... More
Mary McCook, First Suffrage leader in Colorado and wife of Gov. McCook...
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Mary McCook, facing forward, with shaded oval background
Sarah Orne Jewett autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...
Giving arrangements for a reading at the Museum in which Thomas Wentworth Higginson was to have a part. Old folder #: 73. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Washington, District of Columbia, to Ma...
Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to his travels the past few months. He is currently in Washington D.C. due to an invitation by a new Unitarian Church called "The Free National Church" to... More
Flower-sellers in the market at Washington, D.C. / drawn by A.L. Jacks...
Illustration showing on the top, African American women selling flowers outside a building in Washington, D.C.; and on the bottom, African American men registering to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 14, n... More
An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrag...
In: General Laws, Memorials and Resolutions of the Territory of Wyoming, Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly, Convened at Cheyenne, October 12, 1869. Cheyenne, W.T.: S. Allan Bristol, Publi... More
Letter from Newman Weeks, Rutland, [Vermont], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Newman Weeks writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to attend the "Woman Suffrage Man Convention in Rutland Monday Eve Feb[ruar]y 21 & 22d all day" and "come and help us". Weeks says that although "the wor... More
Anna E. Dickinson autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...
Asking Mr. Higginson to secure rooms for four people, presumably in Newport, for herself and family. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Alice French (Octave Thanet) autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth...
Thanking him for favorable criticism of her work and giving an appreciation of his own. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Anna E. Dickinson autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson,...
Thanking him for his kindness in securing rooms for her family and hoping that she may see him when she is in Newport. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Una Hawthorne autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, D...
Telling of her unpleasant impressions of the German people, especially their treatment of women. Old folder #: 68. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Mother Sexton - Early photography, Public domain image
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, Lydia Sexton, facing forward, standing next to a raised urn with her left hand resting on stone pedestal, wearing a bonnet and... More
Letter from Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa., to Richard Davis Webb, April ...
Sarah Pugh writes Richard D. Webb stating her agreement with William Lloyd Garrison on his position that the American Anti-Slavery Society ought to have been "dissolved into its original elements ready for new ... More
Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Gar...
James Miller M'Kim informs William Lloyd Garrison that though the Nation included Garrison's name amongst those listed to be in attendance for a celebration of the "termination of the Anti-Slavery agitation", h... More
Ella Wheeler Wilcox autograph letter signed, Short Beach, Conn.
Old folder #: 146. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford autograph letter signed to Thomas ...
Asking if he has seen an article by Nicholas St. John Green in the Law Review; and recommending it to him. Old folder #: 113. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Oliver Johnson expresses his regret for the lapse in correspondence, and states his wish that he lived more closely to Garrison so as to be able to visit him more frequently. Johnson states that he has been app... More
Lydia Maria Child autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...
Thanking him for his pamphlet on "The Sympathy of Religion"; telling him that she has never had the courage to read his biography of her; and asking him if he would like to have her leave her letters to him as ... More
Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Oliver Johnson expresses his regret that William Lloyd Garrison will not be attending the anniversary convention of the American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia, and states his hope that Garrison wil... More
Letter from Oliver Johnson, [New York, N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison confirming that Garrison's subscription to the Daily Tribune should be processed. Informs Garrison that the American Woman Suffrage Association's convention "appe... More
Harriet Beecher Stowe autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higg...
Regarding the Hale convention and the harm it has done the suffrage cause. Old folder #: 125. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...
Oliver Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison reporting on the Woman Suffrage anniversary which he attended. Johnson states that Stanton, Anthony, and Hooker have "had the effect of making even zealous and earne... More
Viscountess Katharine Louisa Stanley Russell Amberley autograph letter...
Saying that she has sent letters of introduction to his bankers, etc. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...
Telling him of the plans of herself and her husband to live in Concord, N.H. Old folder #: 60. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Lucy Stone autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 3 Ja...
Asking him to write a review of Helen Hunt's verses; stating that she has received a letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton begging to lay aside her personal feud with Susan Anthony, etc. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Margaret Eleanor Parker, New York, [N.Y.], [July 1875]
Margaret E. Parker writes (to an unknown correspondent) recounting her enjoyment of a temperance meeting at Wiers Landing, stating that the lakeside environment was a "dream of beauty". Parker states that she w... More
Frances E. Willard, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Frances E. Willard, facing forward with head slightly turned to the left, wearing eyeglasses and dress with high, ruffl... More
Agnes Repplier autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ...
Regretting that something in one of her publications, about Harriet Beecher Stowe's objection to Tom Jones, had caused him annoyance; speaking of her slow convalescence. Old folder #: 105. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison stating that he had the pleasure of receiving Mr. W.B.W. Elmy of England, whom he states had arrived in the United States the previous Saturday. May states that Elm... More
Maud (Howe) Elliott autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginso...
An invitation to dine to meet some friends. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Margaret Deland autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, B...
Inviting him to tea to meet Elisabeth Jordan. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Mary Clemmer autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 15...
Thanking him for his remarks about a public letter she had written about James G. Blaine, and giving an estimation of Blaine's character. Old folder #: same. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Agnes Repplier autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ...
Disclaiming authorship of an article on Emily Dickinson; expressing appreciation of his interest and thanking him for his criticism. Old folder #: 106. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Draft of letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], April 12...
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Emma Lazarus autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ne...
Thanking him for his generous and helpful criticism of an unpublished play. Old folder #: 80. Courtesy of Boston Public Library