BLACKWELL FAMILY   Henry B. Blackwell   Smith, Judith W.Office of
The Woman's Journal
No. 3 Park Street.
Boston, Mass., Dec 23 1902
Dear Mrs. Smith A few
days ago I enclosed a petition for
municipal suffrage in their own
behalf, to which I want to get
the signatures of East Boston
women taxpayers, in time to have
it presented with a bill just as
soon as the Com on Election Laws is
appointed which will be about
Jan 10. My plan is to have a
hearing at once & get the
matter debated & voted upon early,
so as to enable the Mass Assn to
bring in their petition for full
municipal suffrage for women on
same terms as men later &
then compare the votes given respectively
on the two propositions.
Will you set some of the younger
E Boston workers to circulating thispetition.  It is not necessary to
have very many names, but
they need be taxpayers & owners of 
property.

Yours truly
Henry B Blackwell
PS This is not a society
petition, but one by individual women
taxpayers in their own behalf.