BLACKWELL FAMILY
LUCY STONE
Brown, Olympia[*M*]                                  [*'67*]
New York Sunday Sept. 30 67 
at home
My dear Miss Brown
                  Your letter of Sept. 19 
written at Wathena: I hope you 
were not at the poor hotel there/ 
reached me only last night--
It went on to the Vineyard.  After 
we had left I could have wept 
with you in sympathy with the 
tired half sick woman who wrote 
"I shall stay till after the election to do what I can
even tho I lose my society, and 
go home, worn out, disgraced, 
disappointed and penniless."
   But the pluck which can do that 
is of the third which made our
soldiers on Bunker hill, pull 
up the stones, and throw at thethe red coats, Marshalled 
below. When poweder and ball 
had all given out--It is the 
kind that wins. And the Bunker 
Hill soldiers might just as well 
have talked of disgrace and 
defeat as (you.?) When you are not 
so tired my dear Miss Brown 
you will see, as clearly as I 
do, the kind of dis(grace) 
you are (bringing?).
    I saw Mr. Richards, and he 
told me, that on the receipt of 
your letter telling them that you 
should not blame them if they 
should get another minister, 
they had a meeting of the trustees in Soc. 
and cheerfully agreed to find a 
substitute till you return.

2) I suppose there is no help for it 
now. It will be a great deal 
better to follow Woods appointments, 
as far as possible. Now 
dont get discouraged. (nor preach 
on Sundays if you mean to work 
well all the week) The opposition 
is low, and scurrilous, and will 
really help, more than it will 
hinder. We put in the Evening 
Post, yesterday, a grand word 
from Chief Justice Chase. Today it 
is in the World, Times, & Tribune. 
We sent 40 copies to Kansas & 
it will soon be in all your papers.
Tomorrow we publish an appeal 
signed by 90 of the best men 
in the country headed by Ben Wade including all the 
Congressional delegation from Kansas, for theright of suffrage for Women.
Higginson is preparing the best 
article he can for the Independent 
with special reference to the benefit 
of Kansas. It will be in 
next week. I mean to keep 
something constantly in the 
papers here to help the work 
with you, and in this way, I can 
do really more good, than if 
I were with you, for my throat, 
(worn out last spring) would 
not allow me to speak more than 
twice a week, and that will not 
pay for the expense [and] of the long 
journey. Some one is necessary here 
and the work here is as necessary 
for your success there, as the 
work there, which you are doing.

I expect you will win the day. 
The best papers and the best men 
in Kansas are on your side.
Pomeroy is a [Lost?]. Ross and 
Clark are both in the appeal we 
publish tomorrow. That part of 
Pomeroy's letter referring to us, will 
be in this weeks Independent, & 
that of Senator Ross in the Evening 
Post tomorrow. The North is on our 
side, and we are sure of success 
sometime everywhere.
    So now my dear good friend 
dont get blue, and to that end 
dont add Sunday to your other 
days of work. And when you get 
a little rest, you will put 
courage into all your speeches. 
I am very sorry for Bessie'sSusan, had prepared to send her
out of the state, in a very 
summary way, without giving
her any reason why - because as
Susan wrote us she was only a 
cure to you, and no help to them.
I was very sorry, for if she had 
been sent with some good man
speaker, and some woman, to save
scandal, she would have been of
real use - That, was the arrangement
we made for her - I hope she
is not seriously ill
If you can do anything to help
Susan see how necessary it is
that she, and Mrs. Stanton, should
hold separate meetings, I
wish you would - At this distance
it looks like simple folly - I hope you
will keep well, and return to us, 
crowned with victory - Very truly yours
Lucy Stone

He said they were proud of the work
you were doing, and that by the 
Kansas papers, they saw you were
appreciated there - Mrs. Chapman
had been to Weymouth, and
said all beautiful things for
you, and Mrs. Richards says, 
you will you pulpit, all 
the better, for the experience you
are now getting. Bro. Smith at
the Universalist Publishing [Services],
whose kind eyes look as tho' he
would give everybody a blessing 
if he could, told me that an excellent
man was filling your 
pulpit. So, now that, is settled.
As soon as I got your letter
written at Cottonwood Falls, I
sent to Weymouth a check for



$246 and am prepared to pay
you in full, salary and 
expenses when you return, or to send it to you now.
I have sent Wood checks for 
$450, also to Gov. Robinson
checks for $500, to Susan
check for $75, in all $1025. 
That ought to keep the work going 
till I have time to raise more -
I am very sorry that Wood
is sick - There is no other living
man that can take his place.
I wish it had been thought best
for you to take Mrs. Gage's appointments,
and then,  there would
have been no disarrangement
of the lists Wood had made
out with so much trouble
and so well made too - But