Carrie S. Burnham vs. Louis Lunig, George Lewis, and Joseph Haughton, Defendants in Error , 1872
File — Box: 5
Scope and Contents
Argued before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for the Eastern District. Damon Y. Kilgore, attorney for the Plaintiff. The case concerned Carrie's attempt to register to vote in the 1871 general election. Courts determined she was not a "freeman" as defined at the time.
Dates
- Creation: 1872
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
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