William Sturgis Bigelow - Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston, about 6 March 1919

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

Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from 56 Beacon Street, Boston, about 6 March 1919

Ink on card stock

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.