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

1866-12-02

Description

Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about preparations for the Monroe County Convention.

Subject

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1584

Location

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

Transcription

(Page 1)

                                   Sunday Evening
                        464 West 911^th Street
                         New York Dec. 2. 1866

Dear Amy –
                  Enclosed is
form of call for our
Monroe County Convention
will add Mrs. Whatson’s
name if she will – also
any other good speakers you
may be able to secure-
    also fill out the plank-
with the name of place
where the working women
may call for their free
tickets –
           I hope you can get
this into both the Express

(Page 2)

and Democrat of
this weeks weekly paper-
    If you decide there
ought to be posters-
you can get them
printed & posted – Mr.
Fowler, of the Express-
will advise you-
I should think just
a few large ones- for
the arcade, & entrance
to the Hall-
   But the main re-
lince [sic] must be the
news paper [sic] notices-

(Page 3)

[Text aligned vertically along left border of Page 2]

    and through the Churches-
next Sunday -
                Hastily yours
                      Susan B. Anthony

(Page 4)

Our conventions are
1^st – New York – Dec. 6 & 7.
2^d- Utica              “      10^th
3     Rochester     “    11 & 12

4^th Syracuse “ 14^th

______________________

I heard Emma
Hardinge this A.M.
She will speak for us
and with us Thursday-
& Friday – but has engage-
ments full for the winter

Annotations

Susan B. Anthony, a woman’s rights activist, writes from New York City to fellow activist, Amy Post. The Evening Express and the Democrat and Chronicle were two newspapers published in Rochester. William James Fowler was one of the proprietors of the Express. Emma Hardinge was a woman's rights activist and a noted Spiritualist. Spiritualists believed through mediums they could communicate with the dead.

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/3870.

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