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488 & are a heterogenous mass; everything is put in as nearly as possible in chronological order and that makes a wonderful mixing up of the subjects. If I could have commanded time, patience, eyesight, etc. etc, I would have made an index to them. They are a perfect swamp of things, which, if indexed , would be of a great deal of value. I wonder if you can not set some of your boys or girls, when they have nothing else to do, about the work? I shall send you in a few days my grandmother’s old Bible and hymn book, with some other books that have been dug up out of the mass here. My attic, though, is quite cleared out; I am now making a scrap book of all of Mrs. Stanton’s speeches that I have. There will be three large books; I shall send them to your library together with the rest as soon as done. 1 I am trying to get things cleared up ready to go over, and hope I shall have as little to worry about leaving behind as the old Pope had. 2 Sincerely yours, U Susan B. Anthony Y TLS, on NAWSA letterhead, Ainsworth Rand Spofford Papers, DLC. Directed to Washington, D.C. 1. These scrapbooks are part of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. 2. Pope Leo XIII (1810–1903) served from 1878 until his death on 20 July 1903. His decline was chronicled by American newspapers, and as he neared his end, a handful of articles described his few possessions. The New York Tribune, 11 July 1903, declared, “To tell the truth, Leo has little to leave.” On the day SBA wrote to Spofford, newspapers reported on the opening of the pope’s will. ••••••••• 243 • SBA to Helen Leslie Gage Rochester, N.Y. July 30, 1903 My Dear Helen,—¶1 Your letter has at last come 1 and as I understand it you want three copies of the leather bound for yourself, Julia and Clarkson, 2 and one cloth bound to complete Clarkson’s other set!! Now, if this isn’t right tell me and I will make them good for what I want everyone of you to have a full set,and if there is any place that you want a set of the History sent I wish you would tell me! I find on my books, that, much to my astonishment, I did not send a copy of the book to Clarkson! 24 july 1903 ^ 489¶2 I should like to see Julia and will write her at once care of Mrs. Tillotson 3 and invite her here. I have some documents relative to your mother that I should like to give her; if she doesn’t call I shall send them to you, because I think you must have some sort of a scrap-book of her sayings and doings.¶3 I have just made a scrap-book of Mrs. Stanton—all her speeches, letters and the things that were said about her—and shall take a new book to finish out with her death, and the newspaper comments and magazine articles relative to her. It seems so strange that she is gone; I wonder if she and your mother have found each other; what an eternal thinking about the future we do keep up and yet we learn nothing!!!¶4 Your answer to the Antis at Albany was splendid; 4 just enough to make them feel the sting. Did you know that the daughter of J. J. Holland 5 lives in Albany? Her name is Anna Holland Howe; her husband’s name is John K.Howe,37 State St.She is the only daughter of Mr.Holland and you remember he was a bitter opponent of Woman Suffrage, and she has become converted and joined the Albany Suffrage Society. I sent her some documents and she was very grateful. She came to life—to the surface, when Miss Mills and Miss Shaw went to Albany to hold a meeting. 6¶5 You will see by the enclosed that I have put your mother’s name on the circular.I had the plate cut and the whole paragraph had to be made over. So I have made what reparation I could for the omission in the first. 7¶6 Mrs. Catt is the best all round woman for president this nation affords . She is a young and beautiful woman to...

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