Abby Smith and Her Cows; with a Report of the Law Case Decided Contrary to Law
by Smith, Julia E.(1792-1886)
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: N.P., 1877. First edition, 1877. In a move unthought of for women of their time, the author and her sister Abby Hadassah Smith sued the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut when it attempted to levy a tax directed at single and sidowed women. The sisters argued that because they could not vote, this represented taxation without representation. The courts did not decide in their favor and the town auctioned off their cows to pay the debt. Softcover, 94 pages, frontis woodcut of Abby and the cows. Fair to good with covers chipped with some staining and a crease to the front cover, rear cover detached, binding sound, some old dampstains to few outer margins, a few pages with darkened top margins, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The author Julia Evelina Smith is best known for publishing the first translation of the Bible by a woman, in 1876, and an advertisement for this Bible is printed inside the front cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047111
- Title
- Abby Smith and Her Cows; with a Report of the Law Case Decided Contrary to Law
- Author
- Smith, Julia E.(1792-1886)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- N.P.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- LEGAL HISTORY WOMENS RIGHTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law and Legal History;
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