BLACK WELL FAMILY
LUCY STONE
Field, Mrs. Newark N.J. Mar. 24 69

My dear Mrs. Field
Thank you for 
so promptly sending me the 
letters of Mr. Sumner. 
I herewith return them, and 
agree with you that there is 
nothing in them, to make it 
desirable we should publish 
them. even if we had not his 
express wish that they should not be. 
I wish he felt moved to 
give our cause the great [brave?]
help he rendered to the slave.
Nevertheless we must be 
forever grateful for what he has
done for human rights even 
tho it does not tell directly
for us.    I think God rarely
[*quainted. I am sure I should love you very much. 
Cordially yours
Lucy Stone*]give to one man, or one set of men,
more than one, great moral 
victory to win. Hence we see the 
old abolitionists generally, shrink 
from the van of our movement, 
tho' they are in hearty sympathy 
with it. If Mr. Sumner "dont want 
to be in this fight," as he told me 
in my heart I yet say "God bless 
him."! Our victory is sure to come. 
And I can endure anything but 
recreancy to principle.
I think I would send petitions 
to Geo. W. Julian - He has really done 
more this winter, than any 
other member for us. And promptly 
after Grant's inauguration introduced 
three bills for woman suffrage in the District 
in [?], and an amendment to 
the constitution, securing woman 
suffrage. I an delighted that Grant
asks Quaker help for the Indians. 
I hope we may be better ac-

[*1874*]
OFFICE OF
The Woman's Journal,
No. 3 TREMONT PLACE,
Boston, Sept. 8 1874
My Dear Mrs. Field
I feel extremely desirous 
that some helping hand 
shall be given to Elisabeth Tilton 
so that she shall never get into 
the grip of Theodore.
She has no money nor resource 
of any kind. so far as I know 
and her heart, aching for her 
children, may yield again to
the power of her old tormentor if 
something is not done for her.
I do not mean charity, but 
that some plan may be made by 
which she can support herself &
at least, the younger children &
have them with her.  I do not know
what to advise, but I feel sure

that you, with your noble band
of Columbus, will know what to do 
to help her. She needs occupation,
to save her from utter misery.
Please see her, and find something
for her to do that will have
a money value.
Tilton has no legal right to
the children, since he disclaims
being their father, but I fear he
will give her all the trouble he
can
Is it asking too much that 
you will let me know whether
anything, and what, is being done
for her?
If I were not overborne with 
work, and drained of money, I
would go to see [?] about it.
But I hope plans are already
made for the poor woman, and that
she will come into them.
Very truly Lucy Stone