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Lot 172
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE]. ANTHONY, Susan B. (1820-1906). The Status of Woman, Past, Present, and Future. [Boston?]: [Arena Publishing Co.], 1897. INSCRIBED BY ANTHONY.
8vo. (Toned, short tears and chips to edges, tear to upper edge). Staple-bound. Provenance: Annie McLean March, by descent to present owner (related by consignor).
INSCRIBED BY ANTHONY TO FRONT PAGE: "With a Happy New Year / Susan B. Anthony / Rochester / N.Y. / Jan. 1. 1898." Although it was Anthony's custom to always include "Rochester" in her signature, several newspapers, however, reported in their social columns in late December 1897, that "Miss Susan B. Anthony has returned home to Rochester after an extensive lecture tour through the west." (The Gazette, [York, PA], 27 December 1897).
[With:] Call for the First Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, Twenty-One Years Since. New York: [1890]. 8 15/16 x 13 5/8 in. double-sided handbill (creases). RARE: No other copies located.