Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Anthony, Susan Brownell

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1866-04- ?

Description

Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about the upcoming eleventh annual National Woman's Rights Convention.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Identifier

1547

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

Dear Friend Amy Post
                               Here is the Call for
our National W. R. Convention. I know
you will rejoice in it, if not another
woman in the country- Now we
mustn’t draw on the thousand dollars
the Committee have set apart for the
work of the N. york State Constitutional
Convention- to pay the expenses of this
National Convention – Can’t you get
something from that Mr. Watson now?
     I hope you will be at the Convention,
We shall need every woman & man who really
believes now is the hour for woman to demand
the ballot – I think of William & Mary &
all of my Rochester friends – but writing
them is out of the question
          The nation waits some move of
Congress now, as they used to for McLellan
then Burnside, then another –

(Page 2)

Hoping to see you in May
              I am Truly yours
                    Susan B. Anthony

Annotations

Susan B. Anthony, a woman’s rights activist, writes to fellow activist, Amy Post. Anthony refers to the 1866 National Woman's Rights Convention, held in New York City. Mary was Post's step-daughter, and William was her husband. George Brinton McClellan and Ambrose Burnside served as generals in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Anthony, Susan Brownell, “Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3834.

Transcribe This Item