Chapter 15

[69]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 144-145. As John Brown visited Frederick Douglass in Rochester, it is possible that Susan B. Anthony had met him.[70]Oct. 19, 1856, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.[71]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 148.[72]Ibid., p. 151; also quotation following.[73]Alice Stone Blackwell,Lucy Stone(Boston, 1930), pp. 197-198.[74]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.[75]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 152.[76]April 20, 1857, Abby Kelley Foster Papers, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.[77]Parker Pillsbury,The Acts of the Antislavery Apostles(Concord, N.H., 1883).[78]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 160.[79]March 22, 1858, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.[80]N.d., Alma Lutz Collection.[81]Charles A. and Mary B. Beard,The Rise of American Civilization(New York, 1930), II, p. 9.[82]A. M. Schlesinger and H. C. Hockett,Land of the Free(New York, 1944), p. 297.[83]March 19, 1859, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.[84]Francis Jackson, William Lloyd II, and Wendell Phillips Garrison,William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 (New York, 1889), III, p. 486.[85]Ibid., p. 490.[86]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 181.[87]Ibid., p. 180.[88]Henrietta Buckmaster,Let My People Go(New York, 1941), p. 269; Ehrlich,God's Angry Man, pp. 344-345, 350.[89]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, Library of Congress. In 1890, after visiting the John Brown Memorial at North Elbe, New York, Susan B. Anthony wrote: "John Brown was crucified for doing what he believed God commanded him to do, 'to break the yoke and let the oppressed go free,' precisely as were the saints of old for following what they believed to be God's commands. The barbarism of our government was by so much the greater as our light and knowledge are greater than those of two thousand years ago." Harper,Anthony, II, p. 708.

[69]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 144-145. As John Brown visited Frederick Douglass in Rochester, it is possible that Susan B. Anthony had met him.

[69]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 144-145. As John Brown visited Frederick Douglass in Rochester, it is possible that Susan B. Anthony had met him.

[70]Oct. 19, 1856, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[70]Oct. 19, 1856, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[71]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 148.

[71]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 148.

[72]Ibid., p. 151; also quotation following.

[72]Ibid., p. 151; also quotation following.

[73]Alice Stone Blackwell,Lucy Stone(Boston, 1930), pp. 197-198.

[73]Alice Stone Blackwell,Lucy Stone(Boston, 1930), pp. 197-198.

[74]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[74]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[75]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 152.

[75]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 152.

[76]April 20, 1857, Abby Kelley Foster Papers, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.

[76]April 20, 1857, Abby Kelley Foster Papers, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.

[77]Parker Pillsbury,The Acts of the Antislavery Apostles(Concord, N.H., 1883).

[77]Parker Pillsbury,The Acts of the Antislavery Apostles(Concord, N.H., 1883).

[78]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 160.

[78]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 160.

[79]March 22, 1858, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[79]March 22, 1858, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[80]N.d., Alma Lutz Collection.

[80]N.d., Alma Lutz Collection.

[81]Charles A. and Mary B. Beard,The Rise of American Civilization(New York, 1930), II, p. 9.

[81]Charles A. and Mary B. Beard,The Rise of American Civilization(New York, 1930), II, p. 9.

[82]A. M. Schlesinger and H. C. Hockett,Land of the Free(New York, 1944), p. 297.

[82]A. M. Schlesinger and H. C. Hockett,Land of the Free(New York, 1944), p. 297.

[83]March 19, 1859, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.

[83]March 19, 1859, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.

[84]Francis Jackson, William Lloyd II, and Wendell Phillips Garrison,William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 (New York, 1889), III, p. 486.

[84]Francis Jackson, William Lloyd II, and Wendell Phillips Garrison,William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879 (New York, 1889), III, p. 486.

[85]Ibid., p. 490.

[85]Ibid., p. 490.

[86]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 181.

[86]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 181.

[87]Ibid., p. 180.

[87]Ibid., p. 180.

[88]Henrietta Buckmaster,Let My People Go(New York, 1941), p. 269; Ehrlich,God's Angry Man, pp. 344-345, 350.

[88]Henrietta Buckmaster,Let My People Go(New York, 1941), p. 269; Ehrlich,God's Angry Man, pp. 344-345, 350.

[89]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, Library of Congress. In 1890, after visiting the John Brown Memorial at North Elbe, New York, Susan B. Anthony wrote: "John Brown was crucified for doing what he believed God commanded him to do, 'to break the yoke and let the oppressed go free,' precisely as were the saints of old for following what they believed to be God's commands. The barbarism of our government was by so much the greater as our light and knowledge are greater than those of two thousand years ago." Harper,Anthony, II, p. 708.

[89]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, Library of Congress. In 1890, after visiting the John Brown Memorial at North Elbe, New York, Susan B. Anthony wrote: "John Brown was crucified for doing what he believed God commanded him to do, 'to break the yoke and let the oppressed go free,' precisely as were the saints of old for following what they believed to be God's commands. The barbarism of our government was by so much the greater as our light and knowledge are greater than those of two thousand years ago." Harper,Anthony, II, p. 708.

[90]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 173-174, 198.[91]Ibid., p. 160.[92]May 26, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.[93]Ibid., June 5, 1856. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was often called Nette.[94]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.[95]1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[96]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress. A notation on this ms. reads, "Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton—Delivered by Susan B. Anthony."[97]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 143.[98]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 71.[99]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 162.[100]June 10, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[101]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 171.[102]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[103]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 175.[104]Ms., Diary, 1855.[105]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[106]Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Aurora Leigh(New York, 1857), p. 316; quotations following, pp. 53-54, pp. 364-365.[107]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 170.[108]Ibid., p. 177. Mary Hallowell, a liberal Rochester Quaker, always interested in Susan B. Anthony and her work.

[90]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 173-174, 198.

[90]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 173-174, 198.

[91]Ibid., p. 160.

[91]Ibid., p. 160.

[92]May 26, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.

[92]May 26, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.

[93]Ibid., June 5, 1856. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was often called Nette.

[93]Ibid., June 5, 1856. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was often called Nette.

[94]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[94]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[95]1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[95]1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[96]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress. A notation on this ms. reads, "Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton—Delivered by Susan B. Anthony."

[96]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress. A notation on this ms. reads, "Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton—Delivered by Susan B. Anthony."

[97]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 143.

[97]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 143.

[98]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 71.

[98]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 71.

[99]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 162.

[99]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 162.

[100]June 10, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[100]June 10, 1856, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[101]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 171.

[101]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 171.

[102]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[102]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[103]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 175.

[103]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 175.

[104]Ms., Diary, 1855.

[104]Ms., Diary, 1855.

[105]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[105]Sept. 27, 1857, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[106]Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Aurora Leigh(New York, 1857), p. 316; quotations following, pp. 53-54, pp. 364-365.

[106]Elizabeth Barrett Browning,Aurora Leigh(New York, 1857), p. 316; quotations following, pp. 53-54, pp. 364-365.

[107]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 170.

[107]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 170.

[108]Ibid., p. 177. Mary Hallowell, a liberal Rochester Quaker, always interested in Susan B. Anthony and her work.

[108]Ibid., p. 177. Mary Hallowell, a liberal Rochester Quaker, always interested in Susan B. Anthony and her work.

[109]History of Woman Suffrage, I. p. 689. Henry Ward Beecher's speech,The Public Function of Women, delivered at Cooper Union, Feb. 2, 1860, was widely distributed as a tract.[110]April 16, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[111]June 16, 1857, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.[112]History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 717.[113]Ibid., p. 725.[114]Ibid., p. 732.[115]Ibid., p. 735.[116]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 196.[117]Elizabeth Cady Stanton,Eighty Years and More(New York, 1898), p. 219. Samuel Longfellow whispered to Mrs. Stanton in the midst of the debate, "Nevertheless you are right and the convention will sustain you."[118]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 195.[119]Ibid., p. 197.[120]Aug. 25, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.[121]Charles Sumner was the First prominent statesman to speak for emancipation, Oct., 1861, at the Massachusetts Republican Convention.[122]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.[123]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.[124]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.[125]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 504; Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, p. 63.[126]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 508.[127]Jan. 18, 1861, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.[128]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 210.[129]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, 1861, Library of Congress.[130]Carl Sandburg,Abraham Lincoln, The War Years(New York, 1939), I, p. 125.[131]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 202. Mrs. Phelps later found a more permanent home with the author, Elizabeth Ellet.[132]Ibid., pp. 203-204.[133]Ibid., p. 198.

[109]History of Woman Suffrage, I. p. 689. Henry Ward Beecher's speech,The Public Function of Women, delivered at Cooper Union, Feb. 2, 1860, was widely distributed as a tract.

[109]History of Woman Suffrage, I. p. 689. Henry Ward Beecher's speech,The Public Function of Women, delivered at Cooper Union, Feb. 2, 1860, was widely distributed as a tract.

[110]April 16, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[110]April 16, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[111]June 16, 1857, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[111]June 16, 1857, Blackwell Papers, Edna M. Stantial Collection.

[112]History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 717.

[112]History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 717.

[113]Ibid., p. 725.

[113]Ibid., p. 725.

[114]Ibid., p. 732.

[114]Ibid., p. 732.

[115]Ibid., p. 735.

[115]Ibid., p. 735.

[116]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 196.

[116]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 196.

[117]Elizabeth Cady Stanton,Eighty Years and More(New York, 1898), p. 219. Samuel Longfellow whispered to Mrs. Stanton in the midst of the debate, "Nevertheless you are right and the convention will sustain you."

[117]Elizabeth Cady Stanton,Eighty Years and More(New York, 1898), p. 219. Samuel Longfellow whispered to Mrs. Stanton in the midst of the debate, "Nevertheless you are right and the convention will sustain you."

[118]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 195.

[118]Harper,Anthony, I. p. 195.

[119]Ibid., p. 197.

[119]Ibid., p. 197.

[120]Aug. 25, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.

[120]Aug. 25, 1860, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Vassar College Library.

[121]Charles Sumner was the First prominent statesman to speak for emancipation, Oct., 1861, at the Massachusetts Republican Convention.

[121]Charles Sumner was the First prominent statesman to speak for emancipation, Oct., 1861, at the Massachusetts Republican Convention.

[122]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.

[122]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.

[123]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[123]Ms., Susan B. Anthony Papers, Library of Congress.

[124]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.

[124]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 198.

[125]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 504; Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, p. 63.

[125]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 504; Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, p. 63.

[126]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 508.

[126]Garrisons,Garrison, III, p. 508.

[127]Jan. 18, 1861, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.

[127]Jan. 18, 1861, Antislavery Papers, Boston Public Library.

[128]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 210.

[128]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 210.

[129]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, 1861, Library of Congress.

[129]Susan B. Anthony Scrapbook, 1861, Library of Congress.

[130]Carl Sandburg,Abraham Lincoln, The War Years(New York, 1939), I, p. 125.

[130]Carl Sandburg,Abraham Lincoln, The War Years(New York, 1939), I, p. 125.

[131]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 202. Mrs. Phelps later found a more permanent home with the author, Elizabeth Ellet.

[131]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 202. Mrs. Phelps later found a more permanent home with the author, Elizabeth Ellet.

[132]Ibid., pp. 203-204.

[132]Ibid., pp. 203-204.

[133]Ibid., p. 198.

[133]Ibid., p. 198.

[134]Garrisons,Garrison, IV, pp. 30-31.[135]Lydia Mott to W. L. Garrison, May 8, 1861, Boston Public Library; Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 89.[136]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 215.[137]Ibid., p. 216. Harriet Tubman, a fugitive slave, was often called the Moses of her people because she led so many of them into the promised land of freedom.[138]Ibid.[139]Ibid., p. 198.[140]Anna E. Dickinson was born in Philadelphia in 1842. The death of her father, two years later, left the family in straightened circumstances, and Anna, after attending a Friends school, began very early to support herself by copying in lawyers' offices and by working at the U.S. Mint. Speaking extemporaneously at Friends and antislavery meetings, she discovered she had a gift for oratory and was soon in demand as a speaker.[141]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 219.[142]April, 1862.History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 748.[143]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 218, 222.[144]Emancipation, the Duty of Government, Ms., Lucy E. Anthony Collection. Reading that General Grant had returned 13 slaves to their masters, an indignant Susan B. Anthony wrote Mrs. Stanton, "Such gratuitous outrage should be met with instant death—without judge or jury—if any offense may." Feb. 27, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[145]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 221.[146]Jan. 24, 1904, Anna Dann Mason Collection.[147]Harper,Anthony, p. 226.[148]The first woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, 1849.[149]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 57-58.[150]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230. Members of the Women's National Loyal League wore a silver pin showing a slave breaking his last chains and bearing the inscription, "In emancipation is national unity." Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Drake, Sept. 18, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.[151]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 234.[152]Ibid., To Samuel May, Jr., Sept. 21, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.[153]April 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.[154]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230.[155]June 12, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, July 1, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. About this time, a friend of Susan B. Anthony's youth, now a widower living in Ohio in comfortable circumstances, unsuccessfully urged her to marry him.[156]Sept. 23, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[157]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, pp. 103-104.[158]March 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[134]Garrisons,Garrison, IV, pp. 30-31.

[134]Garrisons,Garrison, IV, pp. 30-31.

[135]Lydia Mott to W. L. Garrison, May 8, 1861, Boston Public Library; Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 89.

[135]Lydia Mott to W. L. Garrison, May 8, 1861, Boston Public Library; Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 89.

[136]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 215.

[136]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 215.

[137]Ibid., p. 216. Harriet Tubman, a fugitive slave, was often called the Moses of her people because she led so many of them into the promised land of freedom.

[137]Ibid., p. 216. Harriet Tubman, a fugitive slave, was often called the Moses of her people because she led so many of them into the promised land of freedom.

[138]Ibid.

[138]Ibid.

[139]Ibid., p. 198.

[139]Ibid., p. 198.

[140]Anna E. Dickinson was born in Philadelphia in 1842. The death of her father, two years later, left the family in straightened circumstances, and Anna, after attending a Friends school, began very early to support herself by copying in lawyers' offices and by working at the U.S. Mint. Speaking extemporaneously at Friends and antislavery meetings, she discovered she had a gift for oratory and was soon in demand as a speaker.

[140]Anna E. Dickinson was born in Philadelphia in 1842. The death of her father, two years later, left the family in straightened circumstances, and Anna, after attending a Friends school, began very early to support herself by copying in lawyers' offices and by working at the U.S. Mint. Speaking extemporaneously at Friends and antislavery meetings, she discovered she had a gift for oratory and was soon in demand as a speaker.

[141]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 219.

[141]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 219.

[142]April, 1862.History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 748.

[142]April, 1862.History of Woman Suffrage, I, p. 748.

[143]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 218, 222.

[143]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 218, 222.

[144]Emancipation, the Duty of Government, Ms., Lucy E. Anthony Collection. Reading that General Grant had returned 13 slaves to their masters, an indignant Susan B. Anthony wrote Mrs. Stanton, "Such gratuitous outrage should be met with instant death—without judge or jury—if any offense may." Feb. 27, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[144]Emancipation, the Duty of Government, Ms., Lucy E. Anthony Collection. Reading that General Grant had returned 13 slaves to their masters, an indignant Susan B. Anthony wrote Mrs. Stanton, "Such gratuitous outrage should be met with instant death—without judge or jury—if any offense may." Feb. 27, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[145]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 221.

[145]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 221.

[146]Jan. 24, 1904, Anna Dann Mason Collection.

[146]Jan. 24, 1904, Anna Dann Mason Collection.

[147]Harper,Anthony, p. 226.

[147]Harper,Anthony, p. 226.

[148]The first woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, 1849.

[148]The first woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, 1849.

[149]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 57-58.

[149]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 57-58.

[150]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230. Members of the Women's National Loyal League wore a silver pin showing a slave breaking his last chains and bearing the inscription, "In emancipation is national unity." Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Drake, Sept. 18, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.

[150]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230. Members of the Women's National Loyal League wore a silver pin showing a slave breaking his last chains and bearing the inscription, "In emancipation is national unity." Susan B. Anthony to Mrs. Drake, Sept. 18, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.

[151]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 234.

[151]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 234.

[152]Ibid., To Samuel May, Jr., Sept. 21, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.

[152]Ibid., To Samuel May, Jr., Sept. 21, 1863, Alma Lutz Collection.

[153]April 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[153]April 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[154]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230.

[154]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 230.

[155]June 12, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, July 1, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. About this time, a friend of Susan B. Anthony's youth, now a widower living in Ohio in comfortable circumstances, unsuccessfully urged her to marry him.

[155]June 12, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, July 1, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. About this time, a friend of Susan B. Anthony's youth, now a widower living in Ohio in comfortable circumstances, unsuccessfully urged her to marry him.

[156]Sept. 23, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[156]Sept. 23, 1864, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[157]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, pp. 103-104.

[157]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, pp. 103-104.

[158]March 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[158]March 14, 1864, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[159]Daniel R. Anthony married Anna Osborne of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, in 1864.[160]Before buying the house on Madison Street, then numbered 7, Mrs. Anthony and Mary lived for a time at 69 North Street, Rochester. Hannah and Eugene Mosher bought the adjoining house on Madison Street in 1866. Aaron McLean took over his father-in-law's profitable insurance business.[161]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 241.[162]Feb. 14, 1865, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[163]Ms., Diary, April 27, 1862.[164]Feb. 14, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[165]Ibid.[166]Ibid., April 19, 1862.[167]Ms., Diary, April 26, 27, 1865.[168]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 245.[169]TheLiberatorceased publication, Dec. 29, 1865.[170]Ms., Diary, June 30, July 3, 1865.[171]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 960-967.[172]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 105.[173]Ibid.; Harper,Anthony, I, p. 244.[174]Ms., Diary, Aug. 7, Sept. 5, 20, 1865.[175]Ibid., Nov. 26-27, 1865.[176]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 251.[177]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 96-97.[178]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 260.[179]Ibid., pp. 261, 323.[180]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 322-324. One of Thaddeus Stevens' drafts read: "If any State shall disfranchise any of its citizens on account of color, all that class shall be counted out of the basis of representation." Then the question arose whether or not disfranchising Negro women would carry this penalty and the result was a rewording which struck out "color" and added "male."[181]Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, pp. 111-112; Joseph B. James,The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment(Urbana, Ill., 1956), pp. 59, 166, 196-200.[182]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 103. Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island, Susan B. Anthony's cousin, spoke and voted for woman suffrage.[183]Ibid., p. 101. The New YorkPost, which had been friendly to woman suffrage under the editorship of William Cullen Bryant, now came out against it.[184]John Albree, Editor,Whittier Correspondence from Oakknoll(Salem, Mass., 1911), p. 158. Frances D. Gage of Ohio, Caroline H. Dall of Massachusetts, and Clarina Nichols of Kansas also supported woman suffrage at this time.

[159]Daniel R. Anthony married Anna Osborne of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, in 1864.

[159]Daniel R. Anthony married Anna Osborne of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, in 1864.

[160]Before buying the house on Madison Street, then numbered 7, Mrs. Anthony and Mary lived for a time at 69 North Street, Rochester. Hannah and Eugene Mosher bought the adjoining house on Madison Street in 1866. Aaron McLean took over his father-in-law's profitable insurance business.

[160]Before buying the house on Madison Street, then numbered 7, Mrs. Anthony and Mary lived for a time at 69 North Street, Rochester. Hannah and Eugene Mosher bought the adjoining house on Madison Street in 1866. Aaron McLean took over his father-in-law's profitable insurance business.

[161]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 241.

[161]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 241.

[162]Feb. 14, 1865, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[162]Feb. 14, 1865, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[163]Ms., Diary, April 27, 1862.

[163]Ms., Diary, April 27, 1862.

[164]Feb. 14, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[164]Feb. 14, 1862, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[165]Ibid.

[165]Ibid.

[166]Ibid., April 19, 1862.

[166]Ibid., April 19, 1862.

[167]Ms., Diary, April 26, 27, 1865.

[167]Ms., Diary, April 26, 27, 1865.

[168]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 245.

[168]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 245.

[169]TheLiberatorceased publication, Dec. 29, 1865.

[169]TheLiberatorceased publication, Dec. 29, 1865.

[170]Ms., Diary, June 30, July 3, 1865.

[170]Ms., Diary, June 30, July 3, 1865.

[171]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 960-967.

[171]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 960-967.

[172]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 105.

[172]Stanton and Blatch,Stanton, II, p. 105.

[173]Ibid.; Harper,Anthony, I, p. 244.

[173]Ibid.; Harper,Anthony, I, p. 244.

[174]Ms., Diary, Aug. 7, Sept. 5, 20, 1865.

[174]Ms., Diary, Aug. 7, Sept. 5, 20, 1865.

[175]Ibid., Nov. 26-27, 1865.

[175]Ibid., Nov. 26-27, 1865.

[176]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 251.

[176]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 251.

[177]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 96-97.

[177]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 96-97.

[178]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 260.

[178]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 260.

[179]Ibid., pp. 261, 323.

[179]Ibid., pp. 261, 323.

[180]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 322-324. One of Thaddeus Stevens' drafts read: "If any State shall disfranchise any of its citizens on account of color, all that class shall be counted out of the basis of representation." Then the question arose whether or not disfranchising Negro women would carry this penalty and the result was a rewording which struck out "color" and added "male."

[180]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 322-324. One of Thaddeus Stevens' drafts read: "If any State shall disfranchise any of its citizens on account of color, all that class shall be counted out of the basis of representation." Then the question arose whether or not disfranchising Negro women would carry this penalty and the result was a rewording which struck out "color" and added "male."

[181]Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, pp. 111-112; Joseph B. James,The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment(Urbana, Ill., 1956), pp. 59, 166, 196-200.

[181]Beards,The Rise of American Civilization, II, pp. 111-112; Joseph B. James,The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment(Urbana, Ill., 1956), pp. 59, 166, 196-200.

[182]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 103. Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island, Susan B. Anthony's cousin, spoke and voted for woman suffrage.

[182]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 103. Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island, Susan B. Anthony's cousin, spoke and voted for woman suffrage.

[183]Ibid., p. 101. The New YorkPost, which had been friendly to woman suffrage under the editorship of William Cullen Bryant, now came out against it.

[183]Ibid., p. 101. The New YorkPost, which had been friendly to woman suffrage under the editorship of William Cullen Bryant, now came out against it.

[184]John Albree, Editor,Whittier Correspondence from Oakknoll(Salem, Mass., 1911), p. 158. Frances D. Gage of Ohio, Caroline H. Dall of Massachusetts, and Clarina Nichols of Kansas also supported woman suffrage at this time.

[184]John Albree, Editor,Whittier Correspondence from Oakknoll(Salem, Mass., 1911), p. 158. Frances D. Gage of Ohio, Caroline H. Dall of Massachusetts, and Clarina Nichols of Kansas also supported woman suffrage at this time.

[185]Ms., Petition, Jan. 9, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection[186]Ms., note, 1893, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.[187]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 278;History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 284.[188]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 279.[189]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287. Petitions with 20,000 signatures were presented.[190]Ibid., p. 285.[191]Aug. 25, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection.[192]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287.[193]Ibid., pp. 234-235, 239.[194]Ibid., p. 252.[195]A famous family of singers who enlivened woman's rights, antislavery, and temperance meetings with their songs.[196]July 9, 1867, Anthony Papers, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.[197]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 284.[198]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 242.[199]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 287. George Francis Train on his own initiative spoke for woman suffrage before the New York Constitutional Convention.[200]George Francis Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas(Leavenworth, Kansas, 1867), p. 68.[201]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 248-249.[202]Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, p. 40.[203]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 290.[204]Inscription by Susan B. Anthony on copy of Train'sThe Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, Library of Congress.[205]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 293.[206]Ibid., p. 295.

[185]Ms., Petition, Jan. 9, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection

[185]Ms., Petition, Jan. 9, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection

[186]Ms., note, 1893, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[186]Ms., note, 1893, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Library of Congress.

[187]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 278;History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 284.

[187]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 278;History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 284.

[188]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 279.

[188]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 279.

[189]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287. Petitions with 20,000 signatures were presented.

[189]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287. Petitions with 20,000 signatures were presented.

[190]Ibid., p. 285.

[190]Ibid., p. 285.

[191]Aug. 25, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection.

[191]Aug. 25, 1867, Alma Lutz Collection.

[192]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287.

[192]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 287.

[193]Ibid., pp. 234-235, 239.

[193]Ibid., pp. 234-235, 239.

[194]Ibid., p. 252.

[194]Ibid., p. 252.

[195]A famous family of singers who enlivened woman's rights, antislavery, and temperance meetings with their songs.

[195]A famous family of singers who enlivened woman's rights, antislavery, and temperance meetings with their songs.

[196]July 9, 1867, Anthony Papers, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

[196]July 9, 1867, Anthony Papers, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

[197]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 284.

[197]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 284.

[198]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 242.

[198]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 242.

[199]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 287. George Francis Train on his own initiative spoke for woman suffrage before the New York Constitutional Convention.

[199]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 287. George Francis Train on his own initiative spoke for woman suffrage before the New York Constitutional Convention.

[200]George Francis Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas(Leavenworth, Kansas, 1867), p. 68.

[200]George Francis Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas(Leavenworth, Kansas, 1867), p. 68.

[201]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 248-249.

[201]History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 248-249.

[202]Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, p. 40.

[202]Train,The Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, p. 40.

[203]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 290.

[203]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 290.

[204]Inscription by Susan B. Anthony on copy of Train'sThe Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, Library of Congress.

[204]Inscription by Susan B. Anthony on copy of Train'sThe Great Epigram Campaign of Kansas, Library of Congress.

[205]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 293.

[205]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 293.

[206]Ibid., p. 295.

[206]Ibid., p. 295.

[207]July 6, 1866, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.[208]The Revolution, I, Jan. 8, 1868, pp. 1-12.[209]Ibid.[210]Ibid., April 23, June 25, 1868, pp. 49, 392.[211]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 296-297, 302-303;The Revolution, I, Jan. 22, 1868, p. 34.[212]The Revolution, I, Jan. 29, 1868, p. 243.[213]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 301.[214]March 18, May 4, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. Susan had a room at the Stantons until they prepared to move to their new home in Tenafly, New Jersey.[215]Aug. 20, 1868, Higginson Papers, Boston Public Library.[216]The Revolution, II, July 9, 1868, p. 1.[217]Ibid., July 16, 1868, p. 17.[218]Ibid., Aug. 6, 1868, p. 72.[219]July 10, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[207]July 6, 1866, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[207]July 6, 1866, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[208]The Revolution, I, Jan. 8, 1868, pp. 1-12.

[208]The Revolution, I, Jan. 8, 1868, pp. 1-12.

[209]Ibid.

[209]Ibid.

[210]Ibid., April 23, June 25, 1868, pp. 49, 392.

[210]Ibid., April 23, June 25, 1868, pp. 49, 392.

[211]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 296-297, 302-303;The Revolution, I, Jan. 22, 1868, p. 34.

[211]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 296-297, 302-303;The Revolution, I, Jan. 22, 1868, p. 34.

[212]The Revolution, I, Jan. 29, 1868, p. 243.

[212]The Revolution, I, Jan. 29, 1868, p. 243.

[213]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 301.

[213]Harper,Anthony, I, p. 301.

[214]March 18, May 4, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. Susan had a room at the Stantons until they prepared to move to their new home in Tenafly, New Jersey.

[214]March 18, May 4, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress. Susan had a room at the Stantons until they prepared to move to their new home in Tenafly, New Jersey.

[215]Aug. 20, 1868, Higginson Papers, Boston Public Library.

[215]Aug. 20, 1868, Higginson Papers, Boston Public Library.

[216]The Revolution, II, July 9, 1868, p. 1.

[216]The Revolution, II, July 9, 1868, p. 1.

[217]Ibid., July 16, 1868, p. 17.

[217]Ibid., July 16, 1868, p. 17.

[218]Ibid., Aug. 6, 1868, p. 72.

[218]Ibid., Aug. 6, 1868, p. 72.

[219]July 10, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[219]July 10, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[220]Feb. 18, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.[221]The Revolution, II, Sept. 24, 1868, p. 198. L. A. Hines of Cincinnati, publisher of Hine's Quarterly, assisted Miss Anthony in organizing women in the sewing trades.[222]Ibid., p. 204.[223]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 999-1000.[224]The Revolution, II, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 204.[225]Ibid., p. 200.[226]Ibid., Oct. 8, 1868, p. 214. A Woman's Exchange was also initiated by the Workingwomen's Association.[227]Ibid., June 24, 1869, p. 394.[228]Ibid., March 18, 1869, p. 173.[229]Ibid., Feb. 4, 1869, p. 73.[230]Ibid., Sept. 9, 1869, p. 154.[231]Ibid., Aug. 26, 1869, p. 120.

[220]Feb. 18, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[220]Feb. 18, 1868, Anna E. Dickinson Papers, Library of Congress.

[221]The Revolution, II, Sept. 24, 1868, p. 198. L. A. Hines of Cincinnati, publisher of Hine's Quarterly, assisted Miss Anthony in organizing women in the sewing trades.

[221]The Revolution, II, Sept. 24, 1868, p. 198. L. A. Hines of Cincinnati, publisher of Hine's Quarterly, assisted Miss Anthony in organizing women in the sewing trades.

[222]Ibid., p. 204.

[222]Ibid., p. 204.

[223]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 999-1000.

[223]Harper,Anthony, II, pp. 999-1000.

[224]The Revolution, II, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 204.

[224]The Revolution, II, Oct. 1, 1868, p. 204.

[225]Ibid., p. 200.

[225]Ibid., p. 200.

[226]Ibid., Oct. 8, 1868, p. 214. A Woman's Exchange was also initiated by the Workingwomen's Association.

[226]Ibid., Oct. 8, 1868, p. 214. A Woman's Exchange was also initiated by the Workingwomen's Association.

[227]Ibid., June 24, 1869, p. 394.

[227]Ibid., June 24, 1869, p. 394.

[228]Ibid., March 18, 1869, p. 173.

[228]Ibid., March 18, 1869, p. 173.

[229]Ibid., Feb. 4, 1869, p. 73.

[229]Ibid., Feb. 4, 1869, p. 73.

[230]Ibid., Sept. 9, 1869, p. 154.

[230]Ibid., Sept. 9, 1869, p. 154.

[231]Ibid., Aug. 26, 1869, p. 120.

[231]Ibid., Aug. 26, 1869, p. 120.

[232]The Revolution, II, Dec. 24, 1868, p. 385.[233]George W. Julian,Political Recollections, 1840-1872 (Chicago, 1884), pp. 324-325.[234]The Revolution, III, March 11, 1869, p. 148.[235]The very proper Sorosis would not meet at the Women's Bureau while it housed the radicalRevolution, and as women showed so little interest in her project, Mrs. Phelps gave it up after a year's trial.[236]The Revolution, III, May 20, 1869, pp. 305-307.[237]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 392.[238]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 327-328.[239]Ibid., p. 332.

[232]The Revolution, II, Dec. 24, 1868, p. 385.

[232]The Revolution, II, Dec. 24, 1868, p. 385.

[233]George W. Julian,Political Recollections, 1840-1872 (Chicago, 1884), pp. 324-325.

[233]George W. Julian,Political Recollections, 1840-1872 (Chicago, 1884), pp. 324-325.

[234]The Revolution, III, March 11, 1869, p. 148.

[234]The Revolution, III, March 11, 1869, p. 148.

[235]The very proper Sorosis would not meet at the Women's Bureau while it housed the radicalRevolution, and as women showed so little interest in her project, Mrs. Phelps gave it up after a year's trial.

[235]The very proper Sorosis would not meet at the Women's Bureau while it housed the radicalRevolution, and as women showed so little interest in her project, Mrs. Phelps gave it up after a year's trial.

[236]The Revolution, III, May 20, 1869, pp. 305-307.

[236]The Revolution, III, May 20, 1869, pp. 305-307.

[237]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 392.

[237]History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 392.

[238]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 327-328.

[238]Harper,Anthony, I, pp. 327-328.

[239]Ibid., p. 332.

[239]Ibid., p. 332.


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