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Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection(WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE) Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly, Vol. V, No. 25 (Whole No. 120). New York, May 24, 1873 16 pages (16 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.; 415 x 292 mm) folded but entirely unopened and preserved on a single very large sheet of paper; a few scattered stains, some minor marginal tears and fraying. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot. Featuring perhaps the only full-page engraving to appear in this iconic Suffrage-Free Love Journal: "Victoria C. Woodhull addressing the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives on the Right of Women to Vote, Washington, January 2, 1871." Founded by sisters Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin, who had made a fortune as stockbrokers, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly was published from May 1870 to June 1876. While the paper included articles on spiritualism, vegetarianism, free love, and socialism, it was principally a vehicle for promoting women's suffrage and Victoria Woodhull's political ambitions. Woodhull was nominated for the presidency in 1872 by the Equal Rights Party, whose convention nominated Frederick Douglass for Vice President. (Douglass never acknowledged the nomination.) Several pages of this issue are devoted to Woodhull's speech at the National Woman Suffrage Convention, Lincoln Hall, Washington, on 12 January 1872. The full-page wood-engraved illustration of one of Woodhull's triumphal moments first appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1871. The Weekly was not above stirring up some scandal. This latter aspect of the paper is touched on in this issue, by commentary on the reaction to the Weekly having reprinted in its previous issue the sensational story accusing Henry Ward Beecher of having an affair with Elizabeth Richards Tilton. An exceptional issue, in both state of preservation and content.Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The