LETTER: Autograph postcard signed, to Mrs. Lucy Stone with annotation by Lucy Stone.
Livermore, Mary A[shton]. Autograph postcard signed, with an annotation by Lucy Stone. Melrose, Mass.: To Mrs. Lucy Stone, Dorchester, Mass., July 29, 1891. On a U.S. postal card, 5-1/16 x 3,” addressed “Mrs. Lucy Stone,/Dorchester, Mass.” at front with notation at left margin (perpendicular to address), “Mrs. Livermore/July 30 '91”; message (approx. 70 words) written at reverse; post office stamps at front (Melrose, Mass., 6:30PM, July 29 and Dorchester, Mass., 7 AM, July 30).
Livermore writes,
I omitted to say, as I intended, that I had other unoccupied dates in Sept.—but could not now tell exactly when they would occur. I am due in Aroostock Co., Me....the first half of Sept. And I think I may be able to give you, if you desire, Oct. 2, 5 and 6., as well as other dates in Sept...
This postcard suggests the remarkable energies Mrs. Livermore still brought to bear on her activities, even at the age of 71, showing herself willing to accord Mrs. Stone as much time as she had available. Lucy Stone often spoke on behalf of suffrage, but in the late 1880s her voice failed her and from then on she addressed suffrage gatherings less and less frequently. This brief message certainly implies that Mrs. Stone relied on her longtime colleague Mary Livermore to use her voice on behalf of woman’s suffrage when she could not. A very nice example and an association of primary importance in the history of the suffrage movement.
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