Stone, Lucy. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.

Title

Stone, Lucy. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.

Creator

Stone, Lucy

Contributor

Post, Isaac, 1798-1872

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1869-10-26

Description

Handwritten letter from Lucy Stone to Isaac and Amy Post. Stone writes to the Posts to encourage them to attend the 1869 American Woman Suffrage Association Convention, held in Cleveland.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1810

Location

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

Transcription

                                             Oct. 26. 1869
                              Box 299 P.O. New York
Isaac & Amy Post
    Rochester        Dear friends
               N.Y              There is to be a
Convention in Cleveland, as you will
see by the enclosed Call, to form an
American Woman Suffrage Association,
which will not attack the 15^th Amendment
nor complicate the question of Woman
Suffrage with side issues. The Call has
been extensively circulated & all that is
now needed to make the Convention a
great success is a general attendance of
delegates from all the States. As N York
is entitled to as many representatives in the
Convention as its Congressional delegation & as
the N.Y. State Society will not be likely to
send more than two, or three_ it is very
important that the number should be increased

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as provided by the Call, by the voluntary
aid and presence of reliable friends of
the Cause like yourselves.
   Will you not take steps to go and
to induce your friends to go so that
Rochester and the State may be fully
represented in the most important Convention
since the formation of the Am. A. S.
Society ?
      There will be a preliminary
meeting held in Cleveland on the
evening of Nov 23 to plan organization
& work for the Convention on the 24 &25
N.W. Hudson, Ed of the Leader will
be able to tell you on arrival where the
preliminary meeting will be held &
probably will be able to find you hospitality
in private houses.
               Do not fail to be in Cleveland_
Col T.W. Higginson. Rev Jas. Freeman
Clarke, ^Mrs Julia Ward Howe^ Mrs May A. Livemore, Mr
[Nackrodl?] & myself & others will surely
be present. _ Yours truly   Lucy Stone

Annotations

Lucy Stone, a woman’s rights activist, writes from New York City to fellow activists, Isaac and Amy Post. Stone refers to the 1869 split in the woman's suffrage movement. Stone and others continued to campaign for the rights of black men, while Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton argued exclusively for women's rights. Stone refers to the American Anti-Slavery Society formed in 1833. Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson was the editor of the Atlantic Monthly and a reformer. Reverend James Freeman
Clarke, Julia Ward Howe and Mary A. Livermore were all equal rights activists.

Tags

Women's Rights

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Stone, Lucy, “Stone, Lucy. Letter to Isaac and Amy Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://rclomeka2.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4093.

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