[Women's Rights] Autograph Letter, signed by Susan B. Anthony, 1869, Written on the Stationery of The Revolution: The First Women's Suffrage Periodical

New York, October 4, 1869. Bifolium. One-page autograph letter on The Revolution stationery, signed by Susan B. Anthony in purple ink to A.H. Comstock of Cambridge, New York, regarding a speaking engagement: "Dear Sir Your letter rec'd contents noticed. Will come to Cambridge if you agree for $50.00. Let me hear from you again that we may appoint a day--Resp S.B. Anthony". Creasing from old folds. Includes original mailing envelope addressed by Anthony.

Susan B. Anthony writes a brief note to A.H. Comstock of Cambridge, New York, regarding a possible speaking engagement. Comstock ran a small lecture series in the small city, whose 1869-70 season also attracted the likes of Mark Twain.

Written on the stationery of The Revolution, the newspaper founded by Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in New York City in 1868. The stationery's headline reads, in part: "Devoted to the discussion of Suffrage, The only means by which Equal Rights can be secured to Woman in the State, the Church, the Home and the World of Work. An American Monetary System--Greenbacks for money, as well for Bondholders and Capitalists, as for the Working Classes..."

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[Women's Rights] Autograph Letter, signed by Susan B. Anthony, 1869, Written on the Stationery of The Revolution: The First Women's Suffrage Periodical

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[Women's Rights] Autograph Letter, signed by Susan B. Anthony, 1869, Written on the Stationery of The Revolution: The First Women's Suffrage Periodical

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