NAWSA
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Aldrich, Louisa G.

Mrs Aldrich
Null River
Aug. 20

Bristol Ferry . R.I.
Peckham House. Aug.19

Dear Mrs. Stone.

Your letter of July 24
should have been answered earlier,
but I have been hoping to meet some
of our ladies that I might consult
them relative to the proposed convention, 
but I think that they must be
out of the city. I should be delighted 
to have the meeting but do
not feel like taking the responsibility, 
without consulting some members 
of our League. We have a little
in the Treasury, but when we adjourned 
in May, we had about decided 
to hire the room of the W.C.T.U.
in the fall, and if we should, I do 
not see how we could afford to

meet all the local expense.  Perhaps 
we may get a good collection at 
the meeting.  I do hope we can have 
the convention.  I think it will do 
a great deal of good in Fall drives.  
Our League is small, but we have 
a good share of earnestness, and hope 
to do some good.  Our ladies have felt 
if we had one stated place of meeting, 
more might attend, and were quite 
anxious last year to hire a room 
and advertise that the meetings would 
be held there on such a day regularly.  
We have sent out Postals but 
we reach only our own members 
that way.  My husband has seemed 
better for the past few months and 
by my son's advice, who is a doctor 
in Fall River, we have taken him 
to the salt water.  We are a mile and 
a half from Bristol Ferry and a mile 
and a half from Stone Bridge on 

the island of Rhode Island.  We came 
yesterday by boat to Bristol Ferry, then 
rode here.  Dr. bore the journey quite 
well but was very tired last night.  
He has been to ride this afternoon 
as far as Stone Bridge and does not 
seem worse for it.  He sits up three 
times a day, making five or six 
hours in all, is in bed the rest 
of the time.  He has only been 
riding since three weeks ago last 
Saturday, but he has had no ill 
turns since.  We are at a farm 
house, facing Seaconnet river.  
They take summer boarders here.  
It is a delightful spot.  Dr. can 
sit on the piazza and breathe this 
pure air.  It may strengthen 
him.  He has been for a long 
time without improvement and 
we felt a change now he was 
more comfortable might do him

good. It seems so nice to have him
able to come down to dinner and ride
out as he has the past few weeks.
We took our horse with us so we
could take him out here every
day when pleasant. It will be six
years next Jan. since he was thrown
from his sleight, and the early
years were years of intense sufferings.
Last year he rode out but once, 
the year before he [rode] did not ride
at all, but the year before he rode
a few times, but finally gave it up,
for it tired him very much.
I do hope he will continue to improve. 
He may stay here till the 
middle of Sept. if it agrees with
my husband, possibly longer.
I will write you again when I return
home relative to the convention. I will
make all the arrangements for you
gladly. With a strong faith in the 
ultimate success of our cause, I remain.
Lorrisa G. Aldrich

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