1872 antique WOMAN SUFFRAGE LIQUOR LAW RR massachusetts GOV WILLIAM B WASHBURN
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Original 1872 Massachusetts government publication, titled Address of His Excellency William B. Washburn, to the Two Branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts, delivered January 5, 1872. Issued as Massachusetts Senate No. 1 and printed in Boston by Wright & Potter, State Printers, 79 Milk Street.
The pamphlet contains 63 numbered pages and presents Governor William B. Washburn\'s address to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives at the beginning of the 1872 legislative session.
This is much more than a routine ceremonial address, providing a substantial snapshot of Massachusetts political, economic and social issues during the early post-Civil War period. Subjects visible in the volume include:
- Woman Suffrage — a separately headed section discussing the proposed extension of voting rights to women.
- The Liquor Law — an extended discussion of temperance, prohibition, enforcement and the Massachusetts state constabulary.
- State Finances, including funded and unfunded debt and financial estimates for 1872.
- Troy & Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel financing.
- Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad matters.
- The Militia, including expenses, armories, Cambridge state property and proposed breech-loading arms.
- Banks for Savings, with contemporary statistics on Massachusetts savings institutions, depositors and deposits.
- School Matters and the Massachusetts common-school system.
- Labor and other matters of state administration and public policy.
Of particular historical interest is the Woman Suffrage section, appearing nearly half a century before ratification of the 19th Amendment. The address therefore offers primary-source evidence of how the question of women\'s voting rights was being discussed at the highest levels of Massachusetts state government in 1872.
The front wrapper has an early handwritten ownership inscription reading approximately \"Compliments of Andrew J. Bailey\" (please examine photograph for exact interpretation). This adds an interesting association/provenance element, although I have not independently identified the writer.
A strong piece of Reconstruction-era Massachusetts political history, with particular appeal to collectors of woman suffrage, temperance/prohibition, Massachusetts government, Hoosac Tunnel and railroad history, education, militia history, and Governor William B. Washburn material.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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