Letter, Susan B. Anthony to Charles Boyles
A letter from Susan B. Anthony to her cousin, Charles Boyles. Susan requests that Charles help Clarkson Gage, the son of her friend and fellow women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage, to find employment in the West.
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[Letterhead: National Woman Suffrage Association
1431 Chestnut Street]
Philadelphia, Pa. June 12th 1876
Mr Boyles
Dear Cousin
The bearer – Mr
Clarkson Gage – is the
son of my friend Mrs
Matilda Joslyn Gage – and
is seeking employment
in the west – His father
is a merchant – & Mr Gage
has been reared in that
business – is an upright
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faithful and loving &
dutiful son – and
any favor you can
confer to him – will
not only be appreciated
by him & his mother
but by your Cousin
Susan B. Anthony