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celebration of our so called republican centennial with women unrecognized as a [illegible] citizen; get thousands of signatures and I have that protest covered into profound erie Hall at high noon July 4th 1876, it would be the grandest most wide spread operation we could create, not only over America, but over the whole civilized world our insispenal cry would ring.

I have so written both Miss Stanton & Miss Anthony but to do this will involve quite a money outtery in publications in postage, and otherwise the funds run in the national Treasury are not sufficient to [illegible] its present [indebted?] [illegible], though most of us give our time and pay our own expenses in [illegible] [conventions?], and in the other work requisite to be done. Will your club help