Suffrage conferred by the fourteenth amendment
Subtitle: woman's suffrage in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, in general term, October, 1871 : Sara J. Spencer vs. the Board of Registration, and Sarah E. Webster vs. The Judges of Election : argument of the counsel for the plaintiffs : with the opinions of the court
By: reported by J.O. Clephane.
Contributors: Miller, Francis, fl. 1871-1874.; Spencer, Sara J. 1837-1909.; Webster, Sarah E.; Clephane, James O. 1842-1910.; Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner.; District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936); National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Judd & Detweiler
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Spencer, Sara J. 1837-1909 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Webster, Sarah E. -- Trials, litigation, etc.; United States.; Women -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.)
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Other titles: Woman's suffrage in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in general term, October 1871; Woman's suffrage; Arguments of counsel and opinion of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on the woman's suffrage question
Description: Sara J. Spencer and Sarah E. Webster each brought cases before the court in the District of Columbia arguing that they were enfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment. This pamphlet contains the arguments of their lawyers in this regard and the decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, denying their claim.
Notes: Arguments of A.G. Riddle and Francis Miller.