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early champions.h.i.+p of a despised cause taught me to hold very sacred those pioneers in holy efforts, which to embrace was to suffer the pangs of a daily martyrdom.

Your friend, as of old, JEANNIE MARSH.

_May 29, 1867._

It is foolish to say that the advocates of the ”Woman Movement” demand ”special legislation” for woman, or desire to array her in hostility to man. It is the enemies of this movement who have made special legislation necessary, since they declare woman not to be the equal of man. We desire nothing but one common law alike for each, with woman holding the ballot, not as the enemy, but as the peer and friend of man.

ANNA E. d.i.c.kINSON.

KENOSHA, WIS., _May 1, 1868_.

I saw your notice of the meeting of the American Equal Rights a.s.sociation in that banner of freedom, the Boston _Investigator_. A thousand times I wish you success. We, in this State, intend to make a determined fight next year for female suffrage. The resolution submitting it to the people pa.s.sed the a.s.sembly and Senate by more than two to one (57 against 24. and 19 against 9); yet you must not suppose that our cause is so favorable as that. I send a few extracts, copied from the Racine _Advocate_; and to that number I am pleased to add the Milwaukee _News_, the leading Democratic paper of the State.

Mr. Sholes, one of the leading Republicans of the State (elector on the last Presidential ticket), is warmly in support of your cause.

Certainly the great car of progress is under motion, and no bigoted, conservative fogyism can long stay its progress. In the meantime, I really hope to see some of your best speakers in the Wisconsin field before the election of 1868. Where can I get some pamphlets containing the best arguments for universal suffrage? Go bravely on. Let not the scoffs and sneers of the low, mean, and vulgar intimidate, defeat, or discourage you.

Most respectfully, R. F. MILLS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

_Receipts at the Eleventh National Woman's Rights Convention, held in New York, May 10, 1866._

Abby Hutchinson Patton $50 00 Jessie Benton Fremont 50 00 Mrs. C. Lozier, M.D. 20 00 James and Lucretia Mott 10 00 Anna Densmore, M.D. 10 00 Margaret E. Winchester 5 00 Eliza Wright Osborn 5 00 Martha C. Wright 8 00 Gerrit and Nancy Smith 10 00 Elizabeth Smith Miller5 00 C. C. Williams 2 00 S. R. Ferris 50 Mrs. L. M. Ward. M.D. 2 00 M. P. Allen 1 00 M. A. Halsted 1 00 Mrs. J. B. Mix 1 00 H. Phelps 1 00 J. H. Smith 1 00 Frances V. Hallock 1 00 Ella M. Clymer 1 00 Sarah S. White 1 00 Cordelia Curtis 1 00 Mrs. D. T. Tompkins 1 00 Josephine S. Griffing 1 00 Mrs. F. Knapp 1 00 Mary M. Bingham 1 00 Harriet Clisby 1 00 Sarah E. Payson 1 00 Christiana T. Wallace 1 00 D. J. H. Wilc.o.x 1 00 Albert O. Wilc.o.x 1 00 J. H. H. Wilc.o.x 1 00 Frances D. Gage 1 00 Louisa Humphrey 1 00 A. M. Odell 1 00 Dr. J. E. Snodgra.s.s 1 00 Gustavus Muller 1 00 Charles Lenox Remond 1 00 Mary Curtis 1 00 Jane P. Thurston 1 00 Martha T. Ketchum 1 00 Sarah H. Hallock 1 00 Elizabeth Barton 1 00 Mrs. Geo. C. White 1 00 A. Raymond 1 00 Susan M. Davis 1 00 A. M. Powell 1 00 General collection 46 50

_Receipts at the Equal Rights Convention, held at Boston, May 27, 1866._

Anna E. d.i.c.kinson $100 00 E. D. and Anna F. Draper 50 00 Geo. J. and Mary B. H. Adams 20 00 Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McPhail 20 00 Anna Davis Hallowell 10 00 C. Prince 5 00 Mrs. M. P. Snow 5 00 Caroline M. Severance 5 00 R. H. Ober 4 00 Mrs. L. Prang 1 00 A. E. Heywood 2 00 Parker Pillsbury 1 00 Mrs. E. D. Cheney 1 00 L. H. Ober 1 00 Mrs. M. H. Prince 3 00 John T. Sargent 2 00 R. P. Hallowell 2 00 Mrs. C. A. Baker 1 00 E. H. Merrill 1 00 Maria S. Page 2 00 Mary C. Shannon 50 N. Allen 1 00 S. Reynolds 50 R. T. Greene 50 M. Halliburton 50 Harriet A. Foster 2 00 A. B. Morey 50 C. S. Perry 50 A. S. Sisson 50 S. Boynton 50 Henry Abbott 2 00 Lewis Ford 1 00 Sarah J. Nowell 1 00 Friend 35 Col. Wm. B. Green 5 00 R. H. Morrill 2 00 Mrs. M. A. Dotcher 1 00 M. C. Wolson 1 00 Mary Willey 50 Cash 1 15 Abby H. Stephenson 5 00 Lewis McLaughlin 1 00 Mrs. S. D. Young 3 25 Sarah H. Young, M.D. 5 00 M. E. Woods 1 00 M. E. Jameson 1 00 C. F. Haywood 1 00 H. A. Comly 2 00 Anna R. Southwick1 00 H. E. Sawyer 1 00 Richard Plummer 1 00 R. Howland 1 00 S. R. Duzen 1 00 F. A. Green 5 00 D. B. Morey 1 00 J. Wetherbe 1 00 Isaac H. Marshall 1 00 Maria B. Clapp 1 00 J. E. Bruce 50 A. J. Patterson 50 Cash 3 05 T. B. Rice 50 Cash 1 00 Frances H. Drake 1 00 Kate C. Atkinson 50 Wilmot Wilson 1 00 Cash 50 Mary C. Sawyer 2 00 Elizabeth Mendum 5 00 H. W. Carter 50 L. F. Lalve, M.D. 50 K. E. Walker 50 Charles K. Whipple 1 00 Ruth Buffum 1 00 S. Cheney 50 K. C. Atkins 50 Elizabeth M. F. Denton 5 00 H. N. Green 50 M. E. Steward 1 00 Margaret N. Wood 1 00 Cash 2 50 Kate Reynolds 2 00 John L. Whiting 1 00 Universal Suffrage 1 00 M. E. Darey 1 00 General collection 41 00

_Receipts from June 1, 1866, to May 1, 1867._

Levi Coates $1 00 Mrs. A. C. L. Hyde 1 00 Jane Voorhees 25 00 Harriet V. Rice 10 00 Mary F. Gilbert 1 00 F. A. Hinckley 1 50 Louisa Frost 2 00 M. B. Linton 10 00 Olympia Brown 5 00 Mary E. Ranks 1 00 Mary E. Deuls 2 00 Sarah H. Hallock 50 Dansville E. R. a.s.sociation (per James C. Jackson, M.D.) 105 00 Gerrit Smith 100 00 James and Lucretia Mott 53 00 C. S. Lozier, M.D. 50 00 Samuel E. Sewall 40 00 Sinclair Tousey 10 00 G. P. Lowrey 10 00 Dr. Dio Lewis 5 00 Martha C. Wright 5 00 Eliza W. Osborn 5 00 E. V. d.i.c.key 6 00 Edward M. Davis 5 00 Matilda E. J. Gage 5 00 E. D. Hudson 5 00 Job Parker 5 00 Aaron Stedman 1 00 Mrs. B. P. Markham 50 Mrs. D. F. Rogers 50 Emily Rogers 50 Maggie Clemmer 25 James Eaton 1 00 Addison B. Tuttle 1 00 Anna H. McAvoy 25 Isadore Harrison 25 Joseph A. Sherman 1 00 Frank Conway 25 Mary Jackson 25 J. D. Cook 50 J. G. Howe 2 00 R. Lippis 50 H. W. Hale 25 William Litch 50 Sarah Willis 1 00 Mrs. E. B. Judson 10 00 S. J. May 5 00 Joseph Savage 5 00 H. Delano 5 00 T. G. White3 00 Dr. H. S. Sparks 2 00 Mr. and Mrs. L. Spalding 2 00 J. M. Wieting 2 00 Mrs. W. H. Williams 5 00 Anna Willets 5 00 Emily Jaques 5 00 Sarah E. Wall 5 00 James Freeman Clarke 5 00 Parker Pillsbury 4 00 Mrs. S. M. Doty 3 00 Mary Grew 2 00 Sarah Pugh 2 00 Margaret J. Burleigh 2 00 Geo. H. Sisson 3 00 E. G. Folsom 2 00 Joseph Carpenter 2 00 Susan Ormsby 1 00 Frances Ellen Burr 1 00 J. D. Stephenson 1 00 Paulina Gerry 1 00 J. H. Root 1 00 Mrs. Avery 1 00 Martha Pierce 1 00 James Pierce 1 00 A Friend 1 00 Equal Rights 1 00 Mrs. C. S. Lozier, M.D. 10 00 Mrs. E. Sanderson 5 00 Isaac Sherwood 5 00 Mrs. P. L. Upham 5 00 John B. Ba.s.sett 2 00 H. T. Douley 1 00 Sarah F. Rice, M.D. 1 00 Joseph Post 1 00 Huldah S. Warrington 1 00 Mary Styles 1 00 M. Parish 25 Mrs. Field 50 Martha Hudson 1 00 Sarah E. Johonnet 1 00 John Lancaster 1 00 Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Ward 2 00 Frances E. Smith 1 00 Mrs. Whitley 1 00 Mrs. D. B. Hontz 50 J. Sinclair 50 Anna Rice Powell 1 00 Mrs. Mix, M.D. 50 Alice Hall 50 Ella Clymer 1 00 Linda Dietz 1 00 Mrs. Dietz 50 Dr. James Burson 25 L. A. Van Cort 25 William Russel 1 00 Sarah B. Perry 50 D. H. Hoffman 50 P. A. Neale 50 Edward Kingsley 2 00 f.a.n.n.y M. Callow 2 00 L. Jenny Kellogg 1 00 Caroline H. Sherwood 1 00 Delia A. Barker 1 00 Gustavus Muller 3 00 William L. Jayc.o.x 25 E. P. Bailey 50 M. Newth 1 00 Cynthia DeLong 5 00 John Castor 25 W. R. and M. H. Hallowell 5 00 Mary B. F. Curtis 5 00 Sarah Smith 1 00 J. N. Holmes 1 00 M. Merrick 1 00 Charles D. B. Mills 1 00 A. P. Brown 50 Mrs. F. L. Brown 50 E. C. Lewis 1 00 Mrs. L. H. Hinsdale 50 Mrs. B. Brook 25 C. A. Abbott 25 Fayette Clark 50 Priscilla Clark 50 Louisa J. Phelps 1 00 Lydia P. Savage 1 00 Mrs. Charles B. Sedgwick 1 00 Mary A. Horton 25 J. T. Williams 25 Mrs. G. G. Sperry 50 A. D. Waters 25 S. Brewer 50 H. C. Todd 25 C. G. Alton 50 Mrs. L. A. Strowbridge 3 00 Martha C. Wright 5 00 Eliza W. Osborn 5 00 Mrs. Dr. Hall 1 00 Abby Thayer Chase 50 Philadelphia E. R. Convention 28 00 Esther Cole 1 00 L. Kelsey 1 00 J. S. Northrup 2 00 Mrs. A. Leaton 1 00 Samuel Sutton 50 Caroline Thompson 2 00 Elizabeth M. Atwell 2 00 Jacob and Eliza Powell 10 00 Zenus Brackett 10 00 Mrs. Judge Owen 1 00 Margaret Vanderpool 75 James McEntee 5 00 H. M. Crane 3 00 James G. Lindsley 1 00 Walter B. Crane 1 00 Horatio Falks 1 00 J. E. Lasher 1 00 Mrs. Vanta.s.sell 1 00 Jonathan Buffum 10 00 Luther Melendy 5 00 Anson Lapham 40 00 Mary S. Moses 3 00 Mrs. Oliver Dennett 10 00 Mr. Armstrong 5 00 Elisabeth J. Vail, M.D. 1 00 Matilda T. Saxton 5 00 Rosanna Thompson 2 00 Helen Philleo 1 00 James Halleck 1 10 P. H. Boyce 50 Ellis Ellis 1 00 Charlotte M. Schofield 25 John Cadawalder 10 David Perry 25 Le Grand Marvin 1 00 J. Van Vleck 1 00 Cyrus P. Lee 1 00 Aaron R. Vail 2 00 E. c.u.mming 31 Mrs. J. Watson 5 00

_Receipts at the First Anniversary, May 9 and 10, 1867._

Elizabeth B. Chace $25 00 Parker Pillsbury 25 00 Mrs. Luther Marsh 20 00 Lydia Mott 25 00 Mrs. P. H. and M. Jones 25 00 Susan B. Anthony 50 00 Cora A. Syme 10 00 Two Ladies, $5 each 10 00 Frances D. Gage 13 00 Samuel J. May 10 00 L. Francis 10 00 Westchester E. R. a.s.sociation (per E. A. Studwell) 15 00 Jane Clegg 15 00 Joseph and Mary Post 10 00 Charlotte D. Lozier, M.D. 5 00 Elizabeth W. Brown 5 00 Oliver Johnson 5 00 A. O. Willc.o.x 5 00 J. K. H. Wilc.o.x 5 00 E. c.u.mmings 5 00 Mary C. Sawyer 5 00 J. C. Fergusson 5 00 Fred. H. Hernan 5 00 Harry H. Hall 5 00 Charles P. Somerby 5 00 Robert J. Johnston 5 00 Mrs. S. M. Chickering 5 00 J. Miller McKim 5 00 Sarah E. Wall 3 00 R. F. Hudson 2 00 Mrs. Gayno 2 00 Mrs. Dodge 2 00 Mrs. L. Francis 2 00 Mrs. Elmer Stone 2 00 Hannah W. Bell 2 00 S. S. Foster1 00 Mrs. Brown 5 00 T. W. Higginson 1 00 S. D. White 1 00 Cash 1 00 A. n.o.ble, Sr. 1 00 C. B. Halsart 1 00 E. Underhill 1 00 A. M. Powell 1 00 J. E. Snodgra.s.s 1 00 Mrs. Hibbard 1 00 Nellie Lord 1 00 D. B. and A. Morey 1 00 R. Salmon 1 00 Adolphus O. Johnson 1 00 Levi K. Joslin 1 00 Mary F. Davis 1 00 Wm. P. Bolles 1 00 Cash 1 00 E. Ostrander 1 00 Esther t.i.tus 1 00 L. B. Humphrey 1 00 Martha Hudson 1 00 Susan M. Davis 1 00 Sojourner Truth 1 00 T. M. Newbold 1 00 M. E. Woodson 50 Mrs. M. Johnson 50 Ann Ellsworth Hunt 50 L. Blake 50 J. L. Langworthy 50 T. B. Pierce 50 Esther C. Pierce 50 E. Campbell 50 M. H. McKinnon 50 Mrs. J. B. Mix, M.D. 50 Samuel D. Moore 25 M. P. Allen 25 R. Williams 25 P. E. Kipp 25

_Pledges._

Anna E. d.i.c.kinson $100 00 Margaret E. Winchester 100 00 A. O. Wilc.o.x 55 00 C. and M. H. Prince 25 00 Gillis, Harney & Co. 25 00 H. Hart 20 00 D. B. and A. B. Morey 20 00 John Smith 10 00 C. F. Wallace 5 00 C. E. Reason 5 00 Mrs. C. E. Collins 5 00 Euphemia Cochrane 5 00 Melissa Johnson 5 00 W. F. Douley 2 00 Mrs. H. P. Baldwin 1 00 Dr. Chavau 1 00 S. A. Turner 1 00 Dio Lewis, M.D. 50 00 R. C. Browning 30 00 George H. Taylor, M.D. 5 00

SOJOURNER TRUTH ON THE PRESS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE WORLD:--We have had the pleasure of entertaining Mrs. Stowe's ”Lybian Sybil” at our home for the last week, and can bear our testimony to the marvelous wisdom and goodness of this remarkable woman. She was a slave in this State for forty years, and has devoted forty years of freedom to the best interests of her race.

Though eighty years of age, she is as active and clear-sighted as ever, and ”understands the whole question of reconstruction, all its 'quagmires and pitfalls,' as she says, as well as any man does.”

The morning after the Equal Rights Convention, as the daily journals one by one made their appearance, turning to the youngsters of the household, she said: ”Children, as there is no school to-day, will you read Sojourner the reports of the Convention? I want to see whether these young sprigs of the press do me justice. You know, children, I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book.

What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter! I know and do what is right better than many big men who read. And there's that property qualification! just as bad. As if men and women themselves, who made money, were not of more value than the thing they made. If I were a delegate to the Const.i.tutional Convention I could make suffrage as clear as daylight; but I am afraid these Republicans will 'purty, purty' about all manner of small things week out and week in, and never settle this foundation question after all.” Sojourner then gathered up her bag and shawl, and walked into the parlor in a stately manner, and there, surrounded by the children, the papers were duly read and considered. The _Express_, the _Post_, the _Commercial Advertiser_, the _World_, the _Times_, the _Herald_, the _Tribune_, and the _Sun_, all pa.s.sed in review. The _World_ seemed to please Sojourner more than any other journal. She said she liked the wit of the _World's_ reporter; all the little texts running through the speeches, such as ”Sojourner on Popping Up,” ”No Grumbling,” ”Digging Stumps,” ”Biz,” to show what is coming, so that one can get ready to cry or laugh, as the case may be--a kind of sign-board, a milestone, to tell where we are going, and how fast we go. The readers then call her attention to the solid columns of the other papers, and the versification of the _World_. She said she did not like the dead calm.