Obscenity trials collection, 1872-1877 (inclusive).

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Obscenity trials collection, 1872-1877 (inclusive).

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Collection consists of court records, etc., from New York City concerning obscenity charges brought against Charles Manches and Charles McCabe by Anthony Comstock of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Manches was charged with sale of contraceptives and McCabe with the sale of an obscene pamphlet.

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

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

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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...