Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Boston
correspondent
William Sturgis Bigelow
(Boston, 1850 - 1926, Boston)
Dateabout 6 March 1919
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on card stock
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.000416
eMuseum ID721771
EmbARK ObjectID27142
TMS Source ID10741
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryMrs. 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.
MarksNotesStationery printed: 56 Beacon Street / Boston
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Mrs. Jack Fined One Dollar / Suffragist Appeals from Sentence Imposed / in Connection with Rally of Militants on / the Common
Newspaper clipping (pasted on first page, center): Mrs. Jack Fined One Dollar / Suffragist Appeals from Sentence Imposed / in Connection with Rally of Militants on / the Common
William Sturgis Bigelow
late 19th century - early 20th century
