[287] Ibid.
CHAPTER XVI — TESTING THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
[288] Ray Strachey, Struggle (New York, 1930), pp. 113-116.
[289] The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the decision of a lower court that without specific legislation by Congress, the 14th Amendment could not overrule the law of the District of Columbia which limited suffrage to male citizens over 21. History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 587-601.
[290] Harper, Anthony, I, p. 423.
[291] Nov. 5, 1872, Ida Husted Harper Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library. Miss Anthony had assured the election inspectors that she would pay the cost of any suit which might be brought against them for accepting women's votes.
[292] Harper, Anthony, I, p. 426. The Anthony home was then numbered 7 Madison Street.
[293] An Account of the Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting (Rochester, New York, 1874), p. 16.
[294] Harper, Anthony, I, p. 428.