Handwritten Letter to Governor Holcomb

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Title

Handwritten Letter to Governor Holcomb

Date

1916-11-3

Description

A handwritten letter from a Connecticut woman.

Abstract

Elizabeth L. Proctor, a woman from Niantic, Connecticut and seceratary of her local Suffrage League, sent this letter to Connecticut governor Marcus H. Holcomb to ask him advocate women's suffrage in his upcoming election campaign. Thousands of other women wrote letters to Governor Holcomb in an attempt to impress upon him their determination in the movement.

Source

Connecticut Woman Suffrage MS 003

Files

letter_hand014.pdf

Citation

Proctor, Elizabeth L. “Handwritten Letter to Governor Holcomb.” WCSU Archives, 10 Aug. 2022. Accessed on the Web: 22 Dec. 2024.

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