Lucy Stone marries Henry Blackwell in West Brookfield.

The ceremony is officiated by Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson in the Stone family farmhouse. Passages read in the ceremony include: “We believe that personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited. . . that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership. . . that until it is so recognized, married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws, by every means in their power . . .” Stone initially adopts her husband’s name, but reverts to using her maiden name about a year later.