BIB_ID
363015
Accession number
MA 7360.107
Creator
Becker, Lydia, 1827-1890.
Display Date
1868 Nov. 9.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Lydia Decker has signed as Secretary.
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on the letterhead of the "Manchester National Society for / Women's Suffrage. / 85, Carter Street, Greenheys."
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on the letterhead of the "Manchester National Society for / Women's Suffrage. / 85, Carter Street, Greenheys."
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Saying "The decision in the Court of Common Pleas having been adverse to the claims of women to vote in the election of Members of Parliament, a Bill will be brought into the House of Commons next session to establish their right to vote on the same conditions as men. Will you kindly inform me whether, if returned to Parliament you will support such a Bill?"
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