n the progress of the work. Mrs. Severance was appointed to prepare a
memorial to the Legislature, which was presented March 23, 1854, laid
on the table and ordered to be printed. This document is found in the
June number of _The Una_, 1854, and is a very carefully written paper
on the legal status of woman.

CLEVELAND NATIONAL CONVENTION.

In 1853, October 6th, 7th, and 8th, the Fourth National Convention was
held in Cleveland. There were delegates present from New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and
Missouri. The _Plain Dealer_ said all the ladies prominent in this
movement were present, some in full Bloomer costume. At the appointed
time Lucretia Mott arose and said:

As President of the last National Convention at Syracuse, it
devolves on me to call this meeting to order. It was decided in a
preliminary gathering last evening, that Frances D. Gage, of St.
Louis, was the suitable person to fill the office of President on
this occasion.

Mrs. Gage, being duly elected, on taking the chair, said: Before
proceeding farther, it is proper that prayer should be offered.
The Rev. Antoinette L. Brown will address the throne of grace.

She came forward and made a brief, but eloquent prayer. It was
considered rather presumptuous in those days for a woman to pray in
public, but as Miss Brown was a graduate of Oberlin College, had gone
through the theological department, was a regularly ordained preacher,
and installed as a pastor, she felt quite at home in all the forms and
ceremonies of the Church.

The Cleveland _Journal_, in speaking of her, said: She has one
distinction, she is the handsomest woman in the Convention. Her
voice is silvery, and her manner pleasing. It is generally known
that she is the pastor of a Congregational church in South
Butler, N. Y.

In her opening remarks, Mrs. Gage said: It is with fear and
trembling that I take up the duties of presiding over your
deliberations: not fear and trembling for the cause, but lest I
should not have the capacity and strength to do all the position
requires of me. She then gave a review of what had been
accomplished since the first Convention was held in Seneca Falls,
N. Y., July 19, 1848, and closed by saying: I hope our
discussions will be a little more extensive than the call would
seem to warrant, which indica