BIB_ID
296778
Accession number
MA 1305.37
Creator
Plumb, Ralph, 1816-1903.
Display Date
1868 Feb. 25.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 28.5 cm
Notes
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Signed "Ralph Plumb / Senator Illinois."
Signed "Ralph Plumb / Senator Illinois."
Summary
Discussing the abolition of slavery and the importance of universal suffrage, stating that the "labor of the true reformer" is now to secure "the giving of the ballot to every person black and white, male and female" and noting that the "right to vote is natural and inalienable."
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