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1876 July 11, Philada, to Lilly
Title:
1876 July 11, to Lilly
Date:
1876-07-11
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Written by "Sarah." She reacts to Schofield's letter describing the violence, intimidation, and oppression of the colored people in the South but is relieved to know how brave Schofield was when dealing with the Ku Klux Klan. She is eager to learn who will win the presidential election and suspects that it will be Rutherford B. Hayes. She shares news about friends and discusses the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. She adds that she thinks it's time for her to have the right to vote.
Date:
1876-11-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hon. John Bigelow
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to Hon. John Bigelow
Description:
Approves of Tilden for president; writes, We need a man of might and power and that man is Tilden.
Date:
1876-09-22
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
John Bigelow letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
John Bigelow letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
John Bigelow was a prominent lawyer and statesman. Assures Abby that the stories circulating about Governor Tilden's excessive drinking are false.
Date:
1877-04-24
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "My dear friend"
Title:
Abby Hopper Gibbons letter to "My dear friend"
Description:
Thanks friend for sending her the "List of Convicts." She says that "now it remains for the governor to sign our bill, and she presumes that he will. States her pleasure that Governor Samuel Tilden has given a woman a place among men, and says that he has her vote now and always.
Date:
1876-05-03
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College