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Lot 202
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$250 -
350
Price Realized
$469
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Lot Description
[ABOLITION] -- [WOMEN'S RIGHTS]. DICKINSON, Anna Elizabeth (1842-1932). A group of 3 autograph letters signed and CDV, comprising:
Autograph letter signed ("Anna E. Dickinson") to John Halboulk. St. Louis, MO, 24 March 1869. 1 page, 8vo, mounted to modern paper, possibly trimmed. -- Autograph letter signed ("Anna E. Dickinson") to Ira L. Hurt. Philadelphia, PA, 8 October 1869. 1 page, 8vo, light creasing. -- Autograph letter signed ("Anna E Dickinson") to Mike White. Auburn, NY, 15 February 1878. 1 page, 8vo, old creases, some tape from mounting. -- Together, 3 autograph letters signed.
[With:] RODDY, William, photographer. Vignetted studio portrait of Dickinson. Meadville, PA, n.d. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (some toning and fading). Photographer's imprint to mount verso.
Dickinson was a skilled orator advocating for abolition and women's rights. In 1864, she became the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.



