Petition for Woman Suffrage, 1877
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PETITION FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
In Congress Assembled:
The undersigned, Citizens of the United States, Residents of the State of Dist. of Col., County of _________, Town of Uniontown, earnestly pray your Honorable Body to adopt measures for so amending the Constitution as to prohibit the several States from Disfranchising United States Citizens on account of Sex.
| Colored MEN: | Colored WOMEN: |
| Fred'k. Douglass Jr. | Mrs. FredK. Douglass Jr. |
| Nathan Sprague | Mrs. Nathan Sprague |
| Ignatuis Dorsey | Mrs. Juila Dorsey |
| Matthias H. Hunter | Mrs. Eliza A. Spencer |
| Jacob Moore | Mrs. Delphia Lazinbury [?] |
| Mr. R. H. Jones | |
| Solomen G. Brown | Mrs. Sarrah A. Ryme [?] |
| Mr. H. Wilkerson | Mrs. Mary v berry |
| Edward Brown | Harriett H. Lee |
| John A. Loudon [?] | Caroline Burnett |
| Milton Sayles | Jane Lawson |
| Thomas C. Hill | Alice Scott |
| James A. Shaw | Rozie Harris |
| H. Lansdale | Miss Celia Gray |
| B. Frazer | Miss Elizabeth Chase |
| John H. Dunnington | Mrs. Caroline Chase |
| W. B. Cudlip | [handwritten number] 15 |
| Wm Smith | [handwritten number] 18 |
Note: Question marks represent illegible text.