ined the faithful porter through the whole four years.

The territory from which the Woman's Central received its supplies after
the various branches of the Sanitary Commission were in full working
condition, was eastern and central New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
and partially from northern New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont and
Canada. Generous contributions were also received from European
auxiliaries.

On the 7th of July, 1865, the final meeting of the board of the Woman's
Central took place. Its members, though scattered by midsummer-heat, did
not fail to appear. It was a solemn and touching occasion. The following
resolutions, deeply felt and still read with emotion by its members,
were then unanimously adopted:

_Resolved_, That the Woman's Central Association of Relief cannot
dissolve without expressing its sense of the value and satisfaction
of its connection with the United States Sanitary Commission, whose
confidence, guidance and support it has enjoyed for four years
past. In now breaking the formal tie that has bound us together, we
leave unbroken the bond of perfect sympathy, gratitude and
affection, which has grown up between us.

_Resolved_, That we owe a deep debt of gratitude to our Associate
Managers, who have so ably represented our interests in the
different sections of our field of duty, and, that to their
earnest, unflagging and patriotic exertions, much of the success
which has followed our labors is due.

_Resolved_, That to the Soldiers' Aid Societies, which form the
working constituency of this Association, we offer the tribute of
our profound respect and admiration for their zeal, constancy and
patience to the end. Their boxes and their letters have been alike
our support and our inspiration. They have kept our hearts hopeful,
and our confidence in our cause always firm. Henceforth the women
of America are banded in town and country, as the men are from city
and field. We have wrought, and thought, and prayed together, as
our soldiers have fought, and bled, and conquered, shoulder to
shoulder, and from this hour the womanhood of our country is knit
in a common bond, which the softening influences of Peace must not,
and shall not weaken or dissolve. May God's blessing rest upon
every Soldiers' Aid Society in the list of our contributors, and on
every indiv