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Woodhull & Claflin are acquitted...



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March 15, 1874

NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1874 

* Victoria Woodhull
* Tennessee Celeste Claflin
* Acquitted in libel suit case


The top of page 3 has an historic report on libel suit against the famed Woodhull and Claflin, publisher of the women's rights newspaper of the same name. The heads: "THE WOODHULL LIBEL" "Acquittal Of The Defendants" "Scenes In Court--Rearrest and Discharge of the Defendants--Deliberations of the Jury" with the report taking three-quarters of a column. A subhead reads: "How The Verdict Was Arrived At" (see).
Complete in 8 pages, browned at margins, 4 binding holes near the spine, good condition. Somewhat fragile.

Category: Post-Civil War