ALS, 1881 January 12 : Cambridge, to Mr. Laughlin.

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ALS, 1881 January 12 : Cambridge, to Mr. Laughlin.

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The novelist writes a letter which accompanied a petition she was submitting to Harvard professors. Quaker women "hope to send in a petition so large that it will really make Congressmen see that the American people demand justice for the Indians."

3 p. ; 18 x 12 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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