Object details

Accession number

ARC.000416

Primary Creator

William Sturgis Bigelow (Boston, 1850 - 1926, Boston)

Full title

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 56 Beacon Street, Boston

Creation Date

about 6 March 1919

Language

English

Marks

Stationery printed: 56 Beacon Street / Boston
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Mrs. Jack Fined One Dollar / Suffragist Appeals from Sentence Imposed / in Connection with Rally of Militants on / the Common

Display Media

Ink on card stock

Web Commentary

Mrs. Cerise C. Jack, ardent suffragette, was fined one dollar for her activities in the February 24, 1919 suffrage rally in the Boston Common. In this letter, William Sturgis Bigelow jokes with Isabella Stewart Gardner about this potential case of mistaken identities.

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