History of the Federal Judiciary


History of the Federal Judiciary


  The Trial of Susan B. Anthony
Historical Documents related to the trial of Susan B. Anthony

Commitment of Susan B. Anthony

Indictment of Susan B. Anthony, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Henry Selden’s trial arguments for the defendant

Trial arguments of Richard Crowley, U.S. attorney

Susan B. Anthony’s speech before the circuit court

Justice Ward Hunt’s decision

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments (excerpts)

The Enforcement Act of 1870 (excerpt)

Report on the petition of Victoria Woodhull, asking Congress to carry into execution the constitutional right to vote, regardless of sex; U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary

Minority report on the memorial of Victoria Woodhull

Letter from Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, November 5, 1872

Rochester Evening Express, Editorial, November 27, 1872

Susan B. Anthony’s speech to potential jurors

Worcester Daily Spy, Editorial, May 28, 1873

Trenton State Sentinel and Capital, Editorial, June 21, 1873

Petition to Congress of Susan B. Anthony

 

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