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Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-08-08
- Description: Topics include Roswell writing from Camp Phelps in Brattleboro informing his wife that the Regiment has arrived in Vermont safely and will soon be home.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Roswell Farnham to Mary [Farnham]
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-08-13
- Description: Topics include Roswell informing his wife that he will most likely be home on Thursday, August 15th, 1861, of the returning home troops marching through the streets.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Joseph L. Perkins to Brother
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- Creator: Perkins, Joseph L.
- Date Created: 1861-04-23
- Description: Topics include a discussion of Liberty and the Constitution and one of women's equality with men.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph L. Perkins Letter
Ira A. Belknap to Lillian H. Olzendam
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- Date Created: 1919-10-23
- Description: Representative Belknap of Cavendish responds that he is not in favor of a special legislative session for ratification. [Response is written on bottom of original request from Olzendam]
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Charles H. Parmelee to Lillian H. Olzendam
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- Date Created: 1919-10-24
- Description: Representative Parmelee of Wilmington replies that he is sympathetic to equal suffrage but does not believe the Governor is warranted in calling a special session for that purpose.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Marshall E. Calkins to Lillian H. Olzendam
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- Date Created: 1919-10-25
- Description: Representative Calkins of Westmore responds that he is not in favor of a special session without recompence for the legislators, and feels that "when the women pay a poll tax and take the freeman oath then they should have equal rights with man." [Written on back of blank petition form sent originally from Olzendam]
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Annette W. Parmelee to Ida H. Harper
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- Date Created: 1919-11-21
- Description: Parmelee writes Mrs. Ida Harper of New York City that she had just finished writing fifty pages for the suffrage history when she received Harper’s suggestions, and that she will do a rewrite after other obligations have been completed.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Lillian H. Olzendam to Robert Haley
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- Date Created: 1919-12-16
- Description: Olzendam asks Robert Haley of Bennington to consider working with Washington County Senator Howland to speak with the Governor about calling a special session for ratification; his fellow townsman, John Spargo, has already agreed to be part of such a delegation, and the VESA would pay the cost of the visit.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Lillian H. Olzendam to Collins Millard Graves
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- Date Created: 1919-12-20
- Description: Olzendam replies to Collins Graves of Bennington that she hoped he, Mr. Haley, and Mr. Spargo “would perhaps form a delegation to call collectively upon the Governor."
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Lillian Herrick Olzendam to Carrie Chapman Catt
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- Date Created: 1919-09-29
- Description: Olzendam reports on the outcomes of her and Pelley's trip to visit legislators, indicates that Senator Howland of Barre is willing to chair a committee to ask the Governor for his conditions, and that while the majority opinion is to have a special session, the main objection is the cost to the state.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection