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Dear Mrs S?. I have just tele-
graphed this to P.P. to put in this
weeks resolutions & written [Wilton?]
a [?] for a letter---which
I hope will be published next
week---You see this effort
[words unclear] intention, of [word unclear]
would surely end in placing
us on the defense---& be [?]
guided by his plans & amend-
ments to our disadvantage.
You remember, every time
in all those Equal Rights
patchings [?]. So do for
[word unclear] [word unclear] not make
any [word unclear] concessions
without first submitting
it to me--[word unclear] Judge Green
when you [staffed?]. One must hold
ourselves as plaintiffs, as [?] say &
with stiff upper lip--right straight
through--If the friends who
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would but just take their
places with us--the [word unclear]
would see themselves pretty
much alone---So let us
just say we never pushed
anybody off our platform
nor ran away from the one
on which others stood with
us---Let us go right on serene
calm & self possessed---& let those
come to us who want to & those
go elsewhere who want to--
[word unclear] Mrs William & Mrs
Phelps can be [?] & I
have written them to make
no concession--[unclear] say
to the 5th [unclear] 6the of April
proposition The 10th of May
the day previous to [unclear
of [unclear] of our [unclear]
is the time for all friends--
Presidents, Ex. Comm. members
of all associations & resolve to
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