The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Volume 1 | Page 7

Ida Husted Harper
in Capitol at Washington; Miss Anthony urged not to miss another National Convention; Thirtieth Suffrage Anniversary at Rochester; letter from J.H. Hayford relative to Woman Suffrage in Wyoming; Miss Anthony defines her attitude in regard to Political Parties.

CHAPTER XXIX.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE REPORTS--COMMENT. (1879-1880.), 499-513
Vigorous resolutions at National Convention; Senator Morton's position on Woman Suffrage; Senator Wadleigh scored by Mary Clemmer; first favorable Senate Committee report; advance in public sentiment; extracts from Indiana papers; bitter attacks of Richmond (Ky.) Herald and Grand Rapids (Mich.) Times; interview in Chicago Tribune on Woman's need of ballot for Temperance legislation; convention in St. Louis and Miss Anthony's response to floral offering; death of Wm. Lloyd Garrison; desire for a woman's paper; new workers; Washington Convention; hospitality of Riggs House; death of mother.

LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS.
ANTHONY, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, HUMPHREY ANTHONY, DANIEL ANTHONY, LUCY READ ANTHONY, COLONEL D.R. ANTHONY, MARY S. ANTHONY, SENATOR HENRY B. A. BRONSON ALCOTT AVERY, RACHEL FOSTER BARTON, CLARA BEECHER, HENRY WARD BIGGS, CAROLINE ASHURST BLACKWELL, ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, REV. ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL, DR. ELIZABETH BLAIR, SENATOR HENRY W. BLAKE, LILLIE DEVEREUX BLOOMER, AMELIA BOOTH, MARY L. BRIGHT, URSULA M. BROWN, SENATOR B. GRATZ BROWNE, THOMAS M., M.C. BUTLER, GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, JOSEPHINE E. CAREY, SENATOR JOSEPH M. CARY, ALICE CARY, PHOEBE CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN CHANNING, REV. WILLIAM HENRY CHAPIN, REV. E.H. CHAPMAN, MARIA WESTON CHEEVER, REV. GEORGE B. CHILD, LYDIA MARIA CLAY, LAURA CLEMMER, MARY COBBE, FRANCES POWER COBDEN, JANE COLBY, CLARA BEWICK COOPER, SARAH B. CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM DAVIS, PAULINA WRIGHT DICKINSON, ANNA E. DIGGS, ANNIE L. DOLPH, SENATOR J.N. DOUGLASS, FREDERICK DOW, NEAL EMERSON, RALPH WALDO FAWCETT, MILLICENT GARRETT FIELD, KATE FORNEY, COLONEL JOHN W. FOSTER, ABBY KELLY FOSTER, STEPHEN S. FOULKE, HON. WM. DUDLEY FROTHINGHAM, REV. O.B. GAGE, MATILDA JOSLYN GARFIELD, PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARRISON, WM. LLOYD GIBBONS, ABBY HOPPER GOODRICH, SARAH KNOX GRANT, MRS. U.S. GREELEY, HORACE GREENWOOD, GRACE HAMILTON, GAIL HARPER, IDA HUSTED HEARST, PHOEBE A. HOAR, SENATOR GEORGE F. HOOKER, ISABELLA BEECHER HOSMER, HARRIET HOWELL, MARY SEYMOUR JACOBI, DR. MARY PUTNAM JACKSON, FRANCIS JULIAN, GEORGE W., M.C. KELLEY, WILLIAM D., M.C. KING, REV. THOMAS STARR LAPHAM, SENATOR ELBRIDGE G. LOGAN, MRS. JOHN A. LOZIER, DR. CLEMENCE S. LUCAS, MARGARET BRIGHT MARTINEAU, HARRIET McCULLOCH, SECRETARY HUGH McLAREN, PRISCILLA BRIGHT MERRICK, CAROLINE E. MINOR, VIRGINIA L. MITCHELL, MARIA MORTON, SENATOR OLIVER P. MOTT, LUCRETIA NICHOL, ELIZABETH PEASE, OWEN, ROBERT DALE, PALMER, BERTHA HONOR��, PALMER, SENATOR THOMAS W., PARKER, REV. THEODORE, PHILLIPS, WENDELL, PILLSBURY, PARKER, POMEROY, SENATOR S.C., POST, AMY, PURVIS, HARRIET, PURVIS, ROBERT, REED, SPEAKER THOMAS B., RIDDLE, JUDGE A.G., ROSE, ERNESTINE L., SARGENT, SENATOR A.A., SARGENT, ELLEN CLARK, SEWALL, MAY WRIGHT, SHAW, REV. ANNA HOWARD, SIMPSON, BISHOP MATTHEW, SMITH, GERRIT, SOMERSET, LADY HENRY, SPOFFORD, JANE H, STANFORD, JANE L., STANFORD, SENATOR LELAND, STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY, STEVENS, THADDEUS, STONE, LUCINDA HINSDALE, STONE, LUCY, SUMNER, CHARLES, SWIFT, MARY WOOD, TAYLOR, EZRA B., M.C., TAYLOR, HELEN, TAYLOR, MENTIA (MRS. PETER), THOMPSON, GEORGE, M.P., TILTON, THEODORE, TODD, ISABELLA M.S., TRAIN, GEORGE FRANCIS, TYNG, REV. STEPHEN H., UPTON, HARRIET TAYLOR, WADE, SENATOR BENJAMIN F., WALLACE, ZERELDA G., WARREN, SENATOR FRANCIS E., WHITE, SENATOR JOHN D., WHITING, LILIAN, WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, WILLARD, FRANCES E., WILSON, VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY,

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. I.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, at the age of 76
"THE OLD HIVE," birthplace of father of SUSAN B. ANTHONY
HOME OF LUCY READ, mother of SUSAN B. ANTHONY
WEST END OF KITCHEN IN OLD HOMESTEAD
BIRTHPLACE OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
TEMPORARY HOME AT BATTENVILLE, N.Y.
THE BATTENVILLE HOME
HOME AT CENTER FALLS, N. Y.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 28
AUNT HANNAH, the Quaker preacher
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 32
HUMPHREY ANTHONY at the age of 95
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 36
THE FARM-HOME NEAR ROCHESTER
ERNESTINE L. ROSE
FATHER AND MOTHER OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
LUCRETIA MOTT
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 48
SUSAN B. ANTHONY at the age of 50, from photograph by Sarony
ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER
DR. CLEMENCE S. LOZIER
VIRGINIA L. MINOR
JANE H. SPOFFORD

CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY, HOME AND CHILDHOOD.
1550-1826.
Among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts is a very beautiful place in which to be born. It is famed in song and story for the loveliness of its scenery and the purity of its air. It has no lofty peaks, no great canyons, no mighty rivers, but it is diversified in the most picturesque manner by the long line of Green Mountains, whose lower ranges bear the musical name of "Berkshire Hills;" by rushing streams tumbling through rocky gorges and making up in impetuosity what they lack in size; by noble forests, gently undulating meadows, quaint farmhouses, old bridges and bits of roadway which are a never-ending delight to the artist. Writers, too, have found inspiration here and many exquisite descriptions in prose and verse commemorate the beauties of this region.
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, the first woman in America to make a literary reputation on two continents, was born at Stockbridge, and her
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