Records of Anthony's accounts (expenses and revenues) for the 1859 New York State woman's rights campaign and Anthony's travels in New York and Massachusetts. Included are expenses for Anthony's travels, fare, board, and hotel stays; payments for newspaper advertising; printing of tracts, pamphlets, and books; mailing, telegraph and postage; Anthony's salary, etc. The credit column lists revenues collected from sales of tickets at lectures and events; tracts and other publications; transfers from Woman's Rights Fund; and various donations and collections. Also included are Anthony's accounts for the 8th, 9th and 10th Woman's Rights Conventions in New York, followed by scattered records for June and July 1860. Contains: Woman's Rights Campaign. N.Y. State, 1859, July 4 - 1860, April 9 (pages 1-32); National Woman's Rights, 1858, April 17 - May 15 (pages 33-36); National Woman's Rights, 1859, May 12 - June 1 (pages 37-38); National Woman's Rights, 1860, May 10 - July 27 (pages 41-44). Small account ledger; stitched; lined. The stitching is worn out, with some leaves loose and back cover missing; pages 39 and 40 are glued or stuck together. Cover: "Woman's Rights New York State for 1859 - mid 60 and National from 1858." Front flyleaf: "S. B. Anthony Rochester N.Y. 1859." In the spring of 1859, Susan B. Anthony finished her essay the True Woman, and was engaged in preparation for the 9th Woman's Rights Convention in New York. She traveled to New York in May, giving public lectures along the way. The Convention opened on May 12, at the Mozart Hall. In the summer, Anthony and Antoinette Brown Blackwell toured New York state with a series of lectures. In August, Anthony attended the annual teachers' meeting in Poughkeepsie, and in the fall, in Troy, New York, and Massachusetts. HM 83108. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, 1825-1921 Woman's Rights Convention (8th : 1858 : New York, N.Y.) Woman's Rights Convention (9th : 1859 : New York, N.Y.) Woman's Rights Convention (10th : 1860 : New York, N.Y.) Feminists--United States--Archives Suffragists--United States--Archives Women--New York (State)--New York--Archives Women's rights--United States--History--19th century--Sources New York (State)--History--19th century--Sources United States--History--1815-1861--Sources United States--Politics and government--1845-1861--Sources Accounts United States 19th century. (aat)
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
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The manuscript was purchased in approximately 1948 and was later used by a playwright working on the unfinished script titled Bloomer Girls; about 10 years ago he donated his papers to the Art Directors Guild. The ADG archivist, Rosemarie Knopka, discovered this manuscript in a filing cabinet that came with the papers. Gift of the Art Directors Guild, Scott Roth, Executive Director, July 2016.
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