Noble P. Swift (Source: Geni.com) In April 1866, Emily Harrison of Sandwich brought suit against Noble P. Swift of West Sandwich (presently Sagamore) for Breach of Promise to Marry. Now this may seem like a quaint and curious situation, but in centuries past it was a serious matter and courts granted a woman the legal right to sue when she felt that a gentleman grievously wronged her. From the early beginnings of the United States, women were second class citizens who could not vote, sit on...