[Rarebooks] FS: Susan B. Anthony SIGNED Letter: "I was not the first woman who ever voted"

[Charles Agvent]

ANTHONY, Susan B. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). Chicago, 23 January 
1897. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to an unknown recipient on 48 
Lake Shore Drive letterhead (9-3/4" x 7-7/8" folded to 4-7/8" x 7-7/8" 
with the writing on two separate sides) with an INITIALED additional 
note. In full: "My Dear Sir I was not the first woman who ever voted -- 
you will find a full record of my voting, and of those who preceded me 
-- in the Chapter on Trials -- in Vol. II -- of the HISTORY OF WOMAN 
SUFFRAGE -- I voted in 1872 -- others in 1870 -- but there was not so 
much if any prosecution. Respectfully, Susan B. Anthony." In the added 
note on the verso of the other half of the paper she writes, "The 
HISTORY is in several of the Chicago Libraries ... corner of Division & 
Lake Shore Drive -- have sets of it -- S. B. A." Small old tape stains 
along the hinge which partly covers a word of the added note which has 
some feathering of the ink. About Fine with good content. (#020169)    
     $3,500

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