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C. Severance, West Newton; Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford, Reading; Stephen S.

Foster, Worcester; Rev. A. Bronson Olcott, Concord; Miss Ellen E.

Miles, Waltham; F. B. Sanborn, Springfield. Rhode Island--Col. T. W.

Higginson, Newport. New York--Mrs. Celia Burleigh, Mrs. Anna C. Field, A. E. Bradley, Miss Mary Hillard, Mrs. A. E. Bradley, N. Y. City; Mrs.

Jennie F. Culver, Syracuse; Ira E. Davenport, Buffalo. New Jersey--Mrs. Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, Newark; Mary F. Davis, Andrew Jackson Davis, Orange; Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Somerville; John Gage, Portia Gage, Vineland. Pennsylvania--John K. Wildman and Mrs. Charles Pierce, Philadelphia. Delaware--Dr. John Cameron, Isabella H. Cameron, and Samuel D. Forbes, Wilmington. Ohio--Dr.

Hannah M. Tracy Cutler, Mrs. D. R. Tilden, Miss Edwards, Mrs. Dr.

Merrick, Mrs. H. H. Little, Miss Deane, Cleveland; Mrs. M. V. Longley, Miss Helen J. Wolfe, Cincinnati; A. J. Boyer, Dayton; Mrs. M. M. Cole, Sydney; Jane O. DeForest, Findlay; Rev. H. J. McConnel, Yellow Springs; Mrs. Joshua R. Giddings, Ashtabula; Mrs. Esther Walters, Oberlin; Mrs. Lucinda Poole, Brownville; Rev. G. S. Abbott, Willoughby; Mrs. Jennie R. M. Eagleson, Cadiz; Mrs. Mercy B. Lane, Braceville; Mrs. C. T. Crain, J. J. Belville, Dayton; Mrs. E. D.

Stewart, Springfield; Mrs. Lyon Jefferson. Indiana--Amanda M. Way, Rev. Charles H. Marshall, Mrs. Emi Sw.a.n.k, Indianapolis; J. T. Sage, Danville; Miss Lizzie M. Boynton, Crawfordsville; Dr. Alice B.

Stockham, Lafayette; Nettie M. Pease, New Albany. Illinois--Myra Bradwell, Hon. James B. Bradwell, Mrs. E. J. Loomis, Mary A.

Livermore, Chicago; Rev. J. B. Harrison, Bloomington; Mrs. A. Steward, Plano; Mrs. M. S. Severance, Dixon. Michigan--Rev. Dr. J. B. Stone, Mrs. L. H. Stone, W. S. Blakeman, Mrs. D. C. Blakeman, Kalamazoo; Giles B. Stebbins, Catharine A. F. Stebbins, Mrs. Dr. S. L. Jones, Mrs. Booth, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sanford, Ann Arbor.

Wisconsin--Lillie Peckham, Julia Ford, Milwaukee; E. L. Ca.s.sels, Lone Rock; Harriet Leland, Elkhorn. Minnesota--Mrs. Addie L. Ballou.

Iowa--Capt. Judson N. Cross, Lyons. Missouri--Mrs. W. S. Hazard, Mrs.

Ida S. Fialla, Miss Ellen Palmer, St. Louis. Florida--Henry S.

Campbell, St. Augustine. Kansas--Gov. J. P. Root, Lawrence.

California--Mrs. C. G. Ames and Mrs. Jennie B. Ritter.

[183] From Ohio--Dr. Hannah M. Tracy Cutler, Chairman. Florida--Henry T. Campbell. Indiana--Amanda M. Way. Illinois--Mary A. Livermore.

Ma.s.sachusetts--F. W. Sanborn. Rhode Island--Colonel T. W. Higginson.

New York--Celia Burleigh. New Jersey--Henry B. Blackwell.

Pennsylvania--Mrs. C. Pierce. Michigan--Rev. Dr. Stone.

Wisconsin--Lilie Peckham. Minnesota--Addie L. Ballou. Missouri--Mrs.

W. T. Hazard. California--Mrs. C. G. Ames. New Hamps.h.i.+re--Mrs. A.

White. Delaware--Dr. John Cameron.

[184] _President_--Thomas Wentworth Higginson, of Rhode Island.

_Secretaries_--Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of Illinois; Mrs. Mary F. Davis, of New York.

_Vice-President_--Hon. Nathaniel White, of New Hamps.h.i.+re; Mrs.

Caroline M. Severance, of Ma.s.sachusetts; Mrs. Annie C. Field, of New York; Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, of New Jersey; John K. Wildman, of Pennsylvania; Dr. John Cameron, of Delaware; Rev. Charles H.

Marshall, of Indiana; Hon. James B. Bradwell, of Illinois; Rev. H. K.

McConnell, of Ohio; Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, of Minnesota; Miss Lilie Peckham, of Wisconsin; Dr. L. H. Jones, of Michigan; Mrs. Ida Fialla, of Mississippi; Mrs. Ritter, of California; Captain Judson F. Cross, of Iowa; Mrs. Henry F. Campbell, of Florida.

_Treasurer_--William N. Hudson, of the Cleveland _Leader_.

[185] The discussions were partic.i.p.ated in by Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, A. Bronson Alcott, Messrs. Bellville, Foster, Gage, Blackwell, Marshall, Connor, McConnell, Mesdames Ames, Howe, Livermore, Cutler, Stone, and Hanaford.

[186] Rev. James Freeman Clarke, Rev. Oscar Clute, Mrs. and Miss Beecher, Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, T. W.

Higginson, Mary A. Livermore, Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford, Celia Burleigh, Antoinette B. Blackwell, Miriam M. Cole, Margaret V. Longley, Elizabeth K. Churchill, Margaret Campbell, Mrs. Oscar Clute, Agnes Kemp, Mary F. Davis, Andrew Jackson Davis, G. B. Stebbins, H. M. Tracy Cutler, Oliver Johnson, A. J. Boyer, Aaron M. Powell, Hon. George W.

Julian, ”Grace Greenwood,” and others.

[187] WHEREAS, the Democratic party, in the days of Jefferson, abolished the political aristocracy of wealth and established ”a white man's government;” and