Letter from Armenia White to the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives, 1889 July 30

Collection Name:

White Family Papers

Title:

Letter from Armenia White to the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives, 1889 July 30

Creator:

White, Armenia S., 1817-1916

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2014.059

Object ID:

2014.059.001.012.013

Date:

1889/07/30

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 letter

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Letter from Armenia S. White in Concord, NH, to the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives dated July 30, 1889, imploring for woman suffrage to become legal and noting that a petition of more than 2,200 signatures was sent to them previously. On the back is a crossed out letter from Lucy Stone, Julia W. Howe, Mary A. Livermore, and Henry B. Blackwell dated February 17, 1889, encouraging recipients to write to their Massachusetts Representatives and Senators asking to vote on the Municipal Woman Suffrage Bill.

Subjects:

Correspondence , Women--Suffrage , Petitions , Law

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893 , Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 , Livermore, Mary A., 1820-1905 , Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909 , White, Armenia S., 1817-1916

Organizations:

New Hampshire. General Court. House of Representatives
New Hampshire. General Court. Senate
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Digitization supported by Betsy L. Humphreys.
Gift of Lucy Hawkes Winship in 2014.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

1