p.3

Gage, Clarina C. Nichols, Paulina W. Davis
Jane G. Swisshelm, Lydia Jane Pierson
Emily Clark, Mary C. Vaughn, and others -
pioneers all have finished their work
upon earth and gone to their reward -[blessed?]
be their memory! May we not believe
their spirits are hovering over this council
with benedictions of peace and love.

In your pioneer session shall [?]
be remembered who gave their hearts and hands to the [?] humanity
in the days when to be identified with the
unpopular movement was to take up a [cross?]

I suppose you are so absorbed in the
present, and in the new friends who
come to your support, that you have no
time for the past and the old [?] in
my quiet home, unable to share [?]
active work of the present, can [?] over
again all the past and enjoy in [?]
communings with the friends of [?] be
they in the flesh or in the spirit.

Wishing great success, both in council
and in convention, I am yours
Very Sincerely
Amelia Bloomer