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Swarthmore College. Somerville Literary Society

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Somerville Literary Society Collection of Autographs of Famous Women

 Collection — Othertype SC-248
Identifier: SFHL-SC-248
Abstract Contains a collection of autographs of prominent women including Dorothea Dix, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lillie Devereux Blake, and Emily Sartain. The items were given to the Somerville Literary Society, a Swarthmore College women's literary organization, by Charles F. Jenkins to form the nucleus of an autograph collection. Most include a short published biography and portrait with a brief note from the subject. Exceptions are two letters from Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In one, she defends Mrs....
Dates: 1848-1907