NAWSA
General Correspondence
Campbell, Jane

Jane Campbell writes from Phila. to
Henry B. Blackwell, Oct. 21, 1893:
I simply cannot express in
words my grief at the loss we have
all sustained. It has been like some
terrible pall hanging over us the
last few weeks here in Philadelphia
among those who knew and loved her.
I admired her infinitely, and have
loved her from afar - so well, that
I cannot speak of her without
losing my self-control.
I met her twice, & each [time]
time was honored  by a few kind sympathetic
words from her xx All her 
friends here in Phila. watched the
papers for news of her, & everyone
I met that knew her, greeted me
with "Have you heard how Lucy
Stone is?" Every letter I received had
also some such questions, for her loss

is felt to be an irreparable one. Everyone
seemed to regard her as a personal
friend, for she had endeared herself
even to those who scarcely knew her,
like myself.
(Miss Campbell speaks of a
beautiful letter Mrs. Stone wrote
for Mary Grew's birthday book).

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