Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1853-09-27

Description

Handwritten letter from Martha Coffin Pelham Wright to Amy Kirby Post, September 27, 1853. Wright describes the arrangements for providing reduced train fare to those attending the Cleveland woman's rights convention.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

999

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                         Auburn Sept. 27th. 1853
My dear friend
             Amy Post
                              I have been requested to say to
you, that in case any persons are going to the
Convention in Cleveland, via Buffalo, if they will
make known their destination at the Office in Buffalo
at the time of paying their fare thence to Cleveland
(which will be $4) they will be furnished with a
commutation card on which their name will be
written in full, and which will have on the back of
it a Certificate in blank to be filled up and signed
by the presiding Officer of the Convention. The posess
ion of this, duly signed, will entitle the person
whose name it may bear to return to Buffalo
without further payment of fare.
              I wished to inform Susan B. Anthony
but thought it doubtful whether she was at home.
If she is, will you be good enough to let her
know
          And oblige,
                          Your friend
                                            M.C. Wright

Annotations

Martha Coffin Pelham Wright, a woman's rights activist, is writing from Auburn, New York to Amy Post, a fellow activist. Susan B. Anthony was a woman's rights leader in the movement. The convention Wright refers to was the annual National Woman's Rights Convention.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham, “Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3288.

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