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A printed list of names for a committee, including Mrs. Sarah M. Kimball and others, on aged paper.

Book of the Week — Memorial to the Honorable President, & the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress…

“We protest against the movement to deprive us of the elective franchise, which we have exercised for over fifteen years. What have we done that we should thus be treated as felons? Our only crime is that we have not voted as our persecutors dictate....

06 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

Monochrome seascape of a serene coastal scene at sunrise. The sun's rays fan out over the horizon, illuminating jagged rocks and calm water.

On Jon’s Desk: Pictures of an Inland Sea – Every Book a Treasure

“Across the distance there comes a change. The horizon is melted away; the mountains are all blurred. Distant chains appear to part and to become peaked islands. The sky seems water; the water, sky. Soon substance and shadow are indistinguishable. In plainer words, it is...

09 October, 2017 / 0 Comments