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1910
Lincoln Said Women Should Vote
Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."
GLC09103
30 May 1853
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
to Lewis Hayden
He has been so busy getting his affairs in order to leave for Washington that he hasn't had time to reply to Hayden. Writes that Wendell Phillips properly named McLean when he called him the "Western Miscreant." Possibly refering to John McLean, an...
GLC07483.18
1869/05/19
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
Affix the seal to the proclomation concerning the eight hours law
Affix the seal to the proclomation creating eight hour work day.
GLC07998
5 November 1862
Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887)
to Thomas A. McParlin
Writes to Dr. McParlin, then Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. "I send three Nurses ... after two weeks trial I beg you will report on their ability..." Notes she will see him that week. Mentions problems with "Mrs. Thompson's health."...
GLC02649.40
circa 1852
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
to T. P. Chandler
Writes about speaking in the Senate: "Had I made that speech, I would have taken a vacation of a week or more. Now I wait the Civil Appropriation Bill, when I shall move an Amendment, that nothing be paid [to] the execution of the Fug. Sl. Bill, but...
GLC02095.03
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