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One nine-page manuscript essay titled: "Woman s Ballot for Prohibition" written on the rectos of nine octavo sheets brad-bound at the corner; together with an accompanying six-page holograph letter written on both sides of three octavo sheets. The letter was posted from Barnet, VT, June 26, 1902. Both are signed "Aunt Carrie". Also present is the original mailing envelope addressed to Frances L. Towne at Saratoga, New York. The envelope is signed by her son George Scott Towne: "Preserve with care". All three items are near fine. Francis L. Towne (Brown) was married to businessman Orwell Dudley Towne. Evidence in the letter strongly suggests that "Aunt Carrie" was Orwell Towne s sister. Orwell, a Vermont businessman, moved with his wife and family to the Dakota Territory (circa 1881). A decade later in 1892 they moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, when Orwell became manager, and later owner, of a successful hardware business. Both the manuscript and letter were written in 1902, just a few months prior to Orwell s death in that same year. A notable original essay in which Carrie Towne argues that women "have stepped upon the ladder of progress, looking upward, & climbing up step by step to gain their independence …". She then advocates for woman s suffrage on the grounds that once women win the right to vote, they will use the power of the ballot to "strike a death blow to the hydra-headed monster, Rum . Woman s suffrage is coming, as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow morning. Woman is the reserve force which is coming to the front to help fight the battles of the liquor traffic. May God hasten the day when she shall be vested with that right, and her soft hand will drop the ballot, that will tip the scale ." It's important to note that another Towne family member, Elizabeth Towne, edited a special "Votes-for-Women" Number of the periodical *The Nautilus*, that was published in Holyoke, Massachusetts in February, 1911. The six-page holograph letter is written on the same lined paper as the manuscript. The letter discusses various family members, including Frances and Orwell s son George, who graduated from medical school in 1899. In 1902 he began a forty-year medical practice in Saratoga Springs. In the letter Carrie inquires after Orwell: ". How is O[rwell] D[udley]: prospering well in his store & growing fat I suppose. Tell him I can t wheel quite as large a hand; as I could in Dakota. Do you know anything of the Haydens, Crawford or Cudworths in the West? ." A compelling original manuscript and letter documenting the history and women s suffrage sentiments of a prominent family at Saratoga Springs, New York. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 511692
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