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Book/Printed Material The Constitution, a title-deed to woman's franchise : a letter to Charles Sumner

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Title

  • The Constitution, a title-deed to woman's franchise : a letter to Charles Sumner

Summary

  • This letter to Charles Sumner requests that he use his influence to urge the passage of legislation which would force New York to permit women to vote as guaranteed them by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

Names

  • Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907.
  • Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, former owner.
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Published at the Office of the Golden Age, 1871.

Headings

  • -  Women--Suffrage--New York (State)

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 17 p. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1901 .T58
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 145, #2 Another copy. 18 cm. Formerly owned by Lucy Stone. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca10003452

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  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Tilton, Theodore, Lucy Stone, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. The Constitution, a title-deed to woman's franchise: a letter to Charles Sumner. New York: Published at the Office of the Golden Age, 1871. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca10003452/.

APA citation style:

Tilton, T., Stone, L. & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1871) The Constitution, a title-deed to woman's franchise: a letter to Charles Sumner. New York: Published at the Office of the Golden Age. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca10003452/.

MLA citation style:

Tilton, Theodore, Lucy Stone, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. The Constitution, a title-deed to woman's franchise: a letter to Charles Sumner. New York: Published at the Office of the Golden Age, 1871. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca10003452/>.