Colby--Series: Correspondence - Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1887-1902, undated (Clara Bewick Colby papers, 1860-1957; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, Box 2, Folder 8)

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National Woman Suffrage Association. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, President, Jane H. Spofford, Treasurer 8 West 4th St., New York. Riggs House, Washington, D.C. Susan B. Anthony, Vice-Present at Large, Hannah B. Sperry, Rec. Sec. Rochester, N.Y. Washington, D.C. Matilda Joslyn Gage, Chairman Ex. Com., Rachel G. Foster, Cor. Sec., Fayetteville, N.Y. 748 N. 19th St., Philadelphia. [?] .................................................................188 [?] Mrs Colby, If you are rushed on a curriculum, I urge you to write me one on whom you can definitely depend. Do write Helen M. Gregor & have say she would [come?] & pay her own expenses, & she is the most effective speaker we have. Would not

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Mr. [Poppleton?] or Senator [Maniterson?} speak in the evening of the Opera Home. I feel that Miss Anthony is very uncertain & I know my capacity to speak is doubtful. I cannot stand to speak even five minutes & my voice is very husky. It has always been a pitiful sight to me when old people lay superfluous on the stage

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[Letterhead: National Woman Suffrage Association.]

to [parade?] their information & I do not feel like being diagnosed with [dressing?] it myself. You need not be [emphasized?] if I leave town to escape the mortification I know I cannot do myself [in?] the [cervice?] justice. Is it too late to postpone a [illegible] [who?] the [illegible]

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[any other?]? At all events have Mrs Ginger? here, she would be some inspiration to me.

Yours sincerely Elizabeth Cady Stanton

P.S. Next to myself of all things I dislike to hear my beloved Susan

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[*The Woman's Bible*]

26. West 61 N.Y. Jun 31st

Dear Clara, My son sent you a package of twenty five books today. You need not pay for them until sold. The express was only forty cents we will pay half. I see the discussion in Washington Star The Women's bible is the most happy title that could have been selected. I am sure of that. (over)

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