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New York. Dec 7th
My dear Miss Parsons
Thank you for the kind greeting which you sent me in my sister's letter, and all the good wishes, which I hope may be realized - I have felt the truth of your sympathy in the past. I shall rely upon it in the future, and I want now to confer with you, upon a project of mine, which I think may be made very useful in a wide sense, and therefore I bring it before you.
First however, let me say a few words with regard to the Womans Convention - I honour that Convention deeply, and I am truly delighted to see the wide respect which it has gained, but my own mind is not fully made up, as to the wisdom of Woman's entering into political action at present. If I believed that the present system of society were permanent, I should demand undoubtedly, that everything belonging to human interest, be thrown freely open to all; but being from deep conviction, an Associationist, and knowing that the present inefficient
