Court records of Madame Restel, 1839-1878

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Court records of Madame Restel, 1839-1878

1839-1878

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990078964030203941/catalog

Collection contains court and police records, including depositions, pleas, information about bail, etc.; also one advertisement.

.21 linear feet (1/2 file box)

eng, Latn

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 6693997

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Restell, Madame, 1812-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64762xp (person)

Abortionist and purveyor of patent medicines, Madame Restell was born Ann Trow in England, daughter of a laborer. She married a tailor, Henry Summers, and in 1830 their daughter Caroline was born. Early the next year the family immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York where they made their living as needleworkers. In August 1831, Henry Summers died of bilious fever. In 1836 she met Charles Henry Lohman, a printer; by 1839 they had married and launched an abortion and patent medicine...

Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915

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Reformer, and secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Vice from 1873 until his death in 1915. From the description of Letter to A. W. Parker [manuscript], 1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996468 Head of Society for the Suppression of Vice. From the description of Postcard, 1882 June 29. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421823 Inspector, Secretary and Chief special agent for The New York Society for the Suppre...