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to Joseph M. Maitland

Reports to his son that their family friend has gone deaf and dumb in service and did not receive a discharge from the army. Writes, "I trust by the time this reaches you Vicksburg will have fallen. I do not know whether you are aware that the...

GLC03523.10.070

to Maria Brown

Finds no excitement in the upcoming election, though they may send soldiers home to vote. Hopes to see her before long.

GLC03523.15.19

[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

Address in favor of universal suffrage, for the election of delegates to the constitutional convention.

Title continues: "Before the Judiciary committees of the Legislature of New York, in the Assembly chamber, January 23, 1867, in behalf of the American Equal Rights association." Inscribed Horace E. Smith, compliments of the author." In the original...

GLC05170

Eighty years and more (1815-1897). Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Thadeus Wakeman, New York, "Progress is the victory of a new thought over an old superstition." Inscription dated 11 March 1898. Tipped-in is a 6 August 1902 postcard from Stanton's secretary addressed to Wakeman, as editor...

GLC05171

to Campbell

Regarding a petition to Congress for women's suffrage. Written on "The Revolution" printed stationery, listing their platform. Written at the time when New York state was revising its Constitution (the revisions were rejected).

GLC05178

8 News articles [decimalized: a-c]

Collateral: 81 News articles, mostly 1915-1925. The articles were written after Grant's death (bulk: early 20th century). Includes four articles about Susan B. Anthony centenary celebrations in 1920; two articles written by Grant's Granddaughter...

GLC04360.119

[Certifying copy of New York resolution ratifying Fourteenth amendment]

A true copy certifying that New York State has ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, a copy of which is on the second page.

GLC04556

To her sister

Regarding spring planting, current prices and events. Mentions sending representatives to the "Woman's Rights Convention in N.Y. May 10th (possibly the First Women's National Loyal League Convention); opening correspondence with Mrs. Stanton, Lucy...

GLC04558.173

to Oliver Johnson

Requests Johnson to mail him a copy of the "Independent" containing Beecher's speech at Cooper Institute on women's rights.

GLC03998.03

to Francis Jackson

Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...

GLC03998.05

to unknown

Discusses Election Day in the territory. The gentiles have formed an opposition party, and since Judge Eckles has no opposition to the army voting, Moore believes the Mormons will be surprised and angered by the election results. Mentions that...

GLC04194.41

Collection relating to Grant's presidency & family with 3 S.B. Anthony items [decimalized .001-.119, .097a, .119a,b,c]

This collection, put together by some early twentieth century collectors concentrates on Grant's presidency, funeral and the commemoration of the centenary of his birth in 1922. #1-31 include Grant family correspondence (mostly about USG's death and...

GLC04360

to Charles James Folger

Written by Anthony as Corresponding Secretary on stationery of the American Equal Rights Association. Folger was a delegate to a convention to consider amendments to the the New York State Constitution. Inquires how she might present to the...

GLC04360.033

to Charles James Folger

Written by Anthony as Corresponding Secretary on stationery of the American Equal Rights Association. Folger was a delegate to a convention in Albany that was amending the New York State Constitution. Tells him that Lucy Stone and others will come to...

GLC04360.034

[An address to President Ulysses S. Grant from the Republican women of Massachusetts on the occasion of inauguration for his second term].

Urges him to follow the dictates of the 14th resolution of the 1872 Republican Party Platform, which recognizes the importance of women, and so recommend women's suffrage to Congress in his inaugural address. Also asks him to prevent Congress from...

GLC04360.035

to Isora Skinkle

Writes to his sister from camp. Informs her that he received the stamps that she sent him. Mentions seeing her husband's cousin and that he sends his best. Reports that they are preparing for another expedition. Writes that he and the boys in...

GLC03523.32.39

to Harriet Moore [incomplete]

References receiving her letter of 22 September. Talks about the latest accounts of the elections. Says he is sorry to hear Pennsylvania has probably gone copperhead and that "If she goes for McClellan all I have to say is that I hope the rebels may...

GLC03836.76

to Mary West

References her letter of 17 October. Says he is taking an interest in the election and says "In fact it is the only election that I ever did take any interest in ... since I have turned my attention to politics I am amazed that I was ever anything...

GLC03836.78

Petition of inhabitants of Scipio and Venice to the Congress of the U. States

Inhabitants of Cayuga County, New York, ask Congress to pass a law "reducing all the rebellious States to Territories declare all the slaves free and as soon as the rebels can be drove out of a State or subdued give each resident of the State without...

GLC03860

Collection related to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01- .72]

Mixed collection of pamphlets, printed letters and other printed documents written by Smith. Pertains mostly to Smith's views on abolition, but also includes documents related to the temperance and women's suffrage movements, as well as his opinions...

GLC04717

Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860.

Published in New York City by Ross & Tousey. In closing, Smith writes, "The morals and manners of a church should be such, as to realize our highest conceptions of human dignity... Church of Peterboro! Be true to your own God at the approaching...

GLC04717.07

Gerrit Smith to Susan B. Anthony

Smith writes to Anthony, the legendary activist and reformer: "Why men have the ballot and women hav'nt it, and why they have so much else in which they refuse to let women share, originates in the simple fact, that the superior physical strength is...

GLC04717.55

Woman suffrage above human law. Letter from Gerrit Smith.

Smith writes to Anthony, the legendary activist and reformer, discussing women's right to vote. Sends Anthony money to pay a fine, and declares that if she chooses not to pay the fine, she should use the money at her discretion "to promote the cause...

GLC04717.56

to James L. Kemper

Written on "Office of John S. Mosby, Attorney at Law" letterhead. Writes to Kemper, Governor-elect of Virginia, about Reconstruction and Southern rights: "Of course I never designed to advise an unconditional alliance between Grant & the Southern...

GLC04734