r a time to the making of muscle, not to
the trial of speed.

I am, Madam, very sincerely, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

CONCORD, Oct. 1, 1873.

DEAR MRS. STONE:--I am so busy just now proving "woman's
right to labor," that I have no time to help prove "woman's
right to vote."

When I read your note aloud to the family, asking "What
shall I say to Mrs. Stone?" a voice from the transcendental
mist which usually surrounds my honored father instantly
replied, "Tell her you are ready to follow her as leader,
sure that you could not have a better one." My brave old
mother, with the ardor of many unquenchable Mays shining in
her face, cried out, "Tell her I am seventy three, but I
mean to go to the polls before I die, even if my three
daughters have to carry me." And two little men, already
mustered in, added the cheering words, "Go ahead, Aunt
Weedy, we will let you vote as much as ever you like."

Such being the temper of the small Convention of which I am
now president, I can not hesitate to say that though I may
not be with you in body, I shall be in spirit, and am as
ever, hopefully and heartily yours,

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT.

Letters from William Lloyd Garrison and Lydia Maria Child were
also read, expressing deep sympathy and hope for the cause.

Mr. BLACKWELL, as Chairman of the Business Committee, reported
the resolutions, of which the last was:

6. _Resolved_, That the woman suffrage movement, like every
other reform of the age, laments the loss and honors the
memory of its most powerful advocate, John Stuart Mill.

MATILDA J. HINDMAN, of Pittsburgh, made an address explaining the
origin of the movement for woman suffrage, asserting its verity
and necessity. She gave many reasons for woman's needing the
ballot.

Mrs. LUCY STONE gave instances of oppressive laws with reference
to statutes relative to widows which are in force in some New
England States, and which bear very hard upon women because they
can not vote.

Mrs. ABBA G. WOOLSON, of Massachusetts, author of "Woman in
American Society," gave an exceedin