Nawsa General Correspondence Freeman, Elisabeth Aug. 12 - Nov. 17, 1913 August 12, 1913 Miss Elizabeth Freeman General Delivery New Haven, Connecticut Dear Miss Freeman: The birds went by parcels post. We were too late to get the express. I had your card and letter. So glad to hear from you. Hope all goes well. How are you making out on collections and sales? Yours sincerely, AER/EBM Hotel Duncan New Haven, Conn Shoreham Hotel Morris Cove, New Haven, Conn. James F. Toole, Prop. Aug 13-13 Dear Miss Ryan So sorry the birds did not get here. had a good story with Mayn Rice message to Mayn FitzGerald. Hope they get here tomorrow Will write you a long letter tomorrow. Awfully tired tonight. I asked V.W. to let you [*Order given to Mailing Co. to rush. } 8/14/13 EMF Wrote E Freeman*] have an acct of our doings for the paper fear she hasn't done it yet. Send 500 papers to Meriden for Sat. We have done better this week. The girls are getting their hand in a little better. More Tomorrow Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman [Left Page]: August 14, 1913. Miss Elizabeth Freeman, General Delivery, Meriden Conn. Dear Miss Freeman: Can you tell me about what time you expect to reach Boston? I am very anxious to know for we are planning a big demonstration for you. We expect to have something unique. We want to have a big public meeting when you reach here. We want to have it on the Boston Common. In order to have speaking on the Common, we need to get special permission. Will you therefore let me know about when you expect to arrive so that I can arrange it. We must arrange to have it the latter part of the week for it would seriously interfere with our getting the paper to press if you came on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, of any week. I hope all goes well. Please give my best regards to Miss Wentworth, Miss MacKenzie, and Miss Craft. We are waiting eagerly for the story by Miss Wentworth. Yours sincerely, AER. MH [Right Page]: August 14, 1913. Miss Elizabeth Freeman, c/o Suffrage Hikers, Meriden, Conn. Dear Miss Freeman: We have sent you by American Express, prepaid, to-day, 500 copies of the Journal, issue of August 16th. We sent these addressed to you c/o Suffrage Hikers, Meriden, Conn., and trust they will reach you o.k. for Saturday. Sincerely The Woman's Journal. C/M. [Left Page]: August 15, 1913. Miss Elizabeth Freeman, c/o Suffrage Hikers, Meriden, Conn. Dear Miss Freeman: We wrote you yesterday, that the 500 Journals were going by American Express, but on a notice which came from our Mailing Company to-day, we note they say Adams Express. Sincerely yours, The Woman's Journal. C/M. [Right Page]: August 15, 1913. Miss Elizabeth Freeman, General Delivery, Meriden, Conn. Dear Miss Freeman: Enclosed is list of Journal subscribers in most towns through which you pass. I hope also to have the names and addresses of the organizations in each place. I will try to get them, and sent it to you with this. Nearly everyone is away, however, and it is hard to get anything. Yours in haste, P. S. I [crossed out] sorry to know that Miss Wentworth is not feeling well. I hope she is better by now. AER.MH Enc. [Left Page]: THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA . CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. 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E RAYAN, 585 BOYLSTON ST., LEAVING NEWHAVEN PIGEONS NOT ARRIVED HOPE THEY SAFE SOMEWHERE. FREEMAN. 840AM [Right Page]: August 18, 1913 Miss Elisabeth Freeman 55-57 Pratt Street Hartford, Connecticut My dear Miss Freeman: We have made all plans to have you reach Boston September 1. It is therefore imperative. We want to take advantage of the Labor Day crowds. You had better keep to the earlier plan therefore. We are getting the papers busy so don't fail us. I surely will thank the people who entertained you. I am glad to know you are ahead in the expenses. We need to be. Four now pretty Journal bags have gone to you today. Don't pay any attention to the pigeons. They must be dead by now, poor things. Yours sincerely, AER. SEH [Left Page] August 18, 1913. Miss Elisabeth Freeman, Care of Suffrage Hikers, Springfield, Mass. Dear Miss Freeman: We have given our mailing company an order to send you 500 copies of the issue of August 23 . They are sending these by express to you care of Suffrage Hikers, Springfield, Mass. We trust they will reach you O.K. Very truly yours, Woman's Journal. MH. [Right Page] August 18, 1913 Miss Elisabeth Freeman 55-57 Pratt Street Hartford, Connecticut Dear Miss Freeman: Whatever Miss Wentworth wishes to do is agreeable to me. She was very good to go for us without pay. I hope you will surely plan to get her back in time to come into Boston with us. Please tell her how important it is and that I am counting on her to speak at a meeting in Boston. I will write her separately. I understand perfectly about the finances and don't lay it up against anybody. We are sending 500 Journals of the issue of August 23 to you at Springfield. Be sure to make use of unsold copies. We must get the Journal into as many hands as possible on this trip. Miss Cuming wrote me and I have written to her. I have given the mailing company "blue blazes." They seem to get us into a lot of trouble. Try to have Miss Crafts with you on coming to Boston. We wish to have the whole four of you if possible. She is very good to aid. You said: "The enclosed dollar is for a sub. for Mrs. Alex Troupe." Did you forget to put it in? It wasn't in the letter when it came. Yours as ever, AER.SEH [*Order copied 8/18/13 for Mailing Co. E M C sent 4 m. bags M 8/18/3. Rush*] The Woman's Journal 585 Boylston Street, Boston , Massachusetts Telephone -- Back Bay 4717 Editor-In-Chief Alice Stone Blackwell Business Manager Agnes E. Ryan [*ANSWERED AUG 18 1913*] Revised List New Britain Monday Aug 18 Hartford Tues & Wed Aug 19-20 Windsor Locks Thurs Aug 21 Long Meadow Fri Aug 22 Springfield Sat Sun Mon 23-24-25 Palmer Tues 26 Warren Wed 27 Spencer Thurs 28 Worcester Fri Sat Sun 29-30-31 Marlboro Mon- Sept 1 Waltham Tues & Wed Sept 2-3 Boston Boston Sept 4 If this is not better than the former we can go back to the earlier list. I planned the Sept 1st so we could reach Boston on Labor day & possibly take part in the Parade. What think you of that? EF September 4, 1913 Miss Elizabeth Freeman 140 Bradford Street Provincetown, Massachusetts Dear Miss Freeman: I telephoned to you today but you had not yet arrived. I left word for you to come to Boston any time on Friday. I hope you got the message. Here is the situation: Mrs. Page has arranged for three suffrage meetings at which she is wild to have you and the others and the hardy-gurdy. The first meeting comes Saturday in Winthrop. You have to cross the ferry and drive. It is about five miles from the stable to the place where the meeting will be held. We very much want you to come and drive down and make a speech. The other meetings are to be in Hyde Park and Brookline. Don't fail us will you? Yours as ever, AER/EBM September 6, 1913 Miss Elizabeth Freeman 140 Bradford Street Provincetown, Massachusetts Dear Miss Freeman: I have just come across the name of the New Orleans woman to whom I think it would be worth while to send some of those Journals that are bothering your nice Y.H.B. worker in New York. Send them to Mrs. Rosella S. Bayhi, 4437 Painter Street, Gentilly Terrace, New Orleans, Louisianna. I am telling her that you are sending some to her. Did you forward the letter that came for Miss MacKenzie? Since I didn't find it in the mail after you left, I take it you forwarded it to her. I am hoping that you had a delightful time at Winthrop. Yours sincerely, AER.SEH September 9, 1913 Miss Elisabeth Freeman 140 Bradford Street Provincetown, Massachusetts Dear Miss Freeman: This is a very brief note to clinch two dates for you of which you already know. Mrs. Page is counting on you for Thursday evening and Saturday evening. She has advertised the meetings. She was greatly pleased with your speech. Here is a surprise for you. Yesterday afternoon in the twinkling of any eye I had to decide to give "Asquith" to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. More later. Yours sincerely, AER.SEH September 10, 1913 Miss Elisabeth Freeman 140 Bradford Street Provincetown, Massachusetts Dear Miss Freeman: Will you plan to come to Boston in time to hire a horse and go to Winthrop to get the hurdy-gurdy in time for the evening meeting on Thursday? I don't see how I can possibly manage it from this end. I am up to my neck. Yours in haste, AER.SEH THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. plate sent. 9/23/13 TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 [EO.G?] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [?56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN Dear Miss Ryan; - Just received a letter from the [Bolles?] Times for our artical & photographs of the [Hiker's?]. Can you send one of the plates you have special to Mrs. E.B Kearnes Rockville Center Long Island? The paper comes out Thurs & will be sold at the [N?] Fair on Fri. They want a pic - of the [Hikers?] & wagon. Elsie will tell you about [?] Bolles. I had to thrash out the esquith question till 2 a.m. Sunday & had a long tirade with Mrs [Chapman?] on the phone. You can readily guess I was mortally sick of horse talk before I was through. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [?56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN I'll send you that list tomorrow. Enough for now. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN Sep -23 - [1913] Dear Miss Ryan;- Here is the list of the people & Clubs I wrote too in N.Y. State, also, a copy letter. I have a number of these left & if you can use them in other sections or send me a list of names I can send them out from here. Miss Bolles really acted splendid regarding the horse; if it had not been for her insisting on Stefanie telephoning her, he would have taken Webster's word that she was authorised by you to have the horse shot. Miss B. did not want to have it done at all & was prepared to fight it out. Yesterday the reporter came in to me but for interviews re "Asquith" I had one of those statements & gave that out. Here is what the "Tribune" says. How are for you. Hope everything goes well. Regards to E.M. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman DAY LETTER Form 2589B. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company Transmits and Delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Day Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Day Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED DAY LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER _________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOTEL BRUNSWICK, 520 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON. RECEIVED AT 65 B MS 15 JA NEW YORK NY SEPT 24-13 AGNES E. RYAN, WOMANS JOURNAL, 585 BOYLSTON ST., SEND ORDERED JOURNALS TO SUFFRAGE BOOTH [*M*]NINEOLA FAIR LONGISLAND FOR FRIDAY NOT TO JONES ADDRESS. ELIZABETH. FREEMAN. [*Tel. E.F. Grimes to chg address 9/24/13 EM*] 136PM October 4, 1913 Miss Elisabeth Freeman 269 West 12th Street New York City Dear Miss Freeman: The two watches have at last come. I like the one with pearls and emeralds very much but one pearl is missing. It seems too bad to start with one gone for I suppose I shall have the experience of having them all drop out in a short time. Have they dropped out o your watches? Regarding the first two that you sent, the ones which were lost, I have just had a report from the post office. I am sending it to you for you need to know the facts. After you have finished with it, will you return it to me for our files? I understand that the package your mother sent was insured. This communication says nothing whatever about insurance. Yours in haste, AER.SEH THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE-BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN [*Answered by AER Nov-17, 1913*] Utica Political Equality Club 19- Elizabeth St. Utica N.Y. My dear Miss Ryan:- Yours of ages ago has not been answered. First I was in Auburn N.Y. working with Florence Roberts & had not a moment to myself. Then on to Binghamton to the Convention where I was able to do a little about the Journal. Mary G. Hay was pushing subs. for the Woman Voter & no one seemed to mention the combination of Journal & Voter, so I asked the question & thus got it before the house. Also took a number & handed them over to the one in charge. Now about the watches. The P.O. Dept has called us so many times & I understand in about a years time the thing may be settled. Re: the one without the pearl, you can have any P.T.O. jeweler put one in to return it & I'll have it done. Re: your offer. Just now it is impossible to consider it as I am fairly booked up with work. I have been urging Miss F. Roberts to have a Journal selling day each week We did it in Auburn & I am trying to get it done here. In this way I can help the selling of the Journal. Just now I do not see my way to being responsible for the sale of any quantity as the weather gets colder, it is more unsensible to get any one to sell in the streets and I think I will be out of N.Y.C. most of the winter. Be assured I'll do my uttermost to push the Journal. How is Father Stevens? Well I hope. I wonder how he likes being both man & woman of the house. Doing your job & his own. Hope your trip was successful & heaps of money for the Journal. Faithfully. Elisabeth Freeman THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE-BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN [*ANSWERED SEP 4 1913*] Dear Miss Ryan:- As I leave for Provincetown early tomorrow I must leave the last gasp in a letter. Here is where our firey steed is lodged at $1.00 per day. The man in charge says a few more days rest will be very beneficial to the horse, as he is very tired, & if we are to sell him it will aid in raising the price, if he looks a bit fatter & more rested. Next week he might be taken out to help earn his board, or even for a few hours each day before then, but not for very long. 140 Bradford St. Provincetown Mass will find me and I'll be there till I hear from you definitely as to when you can use me here. If you can see Margaret Foly & find out if meetings can be arranged we could work in the H.G. & a - E.M.I.C. & worker are all off to N.Y.C. V.W. ought to be phoned too about the delay in the sale of the horse. Have asked in the office for them to send her a letter & when arrangements are settled a letter can notify her. Tried just now to get a line on M.F. & could not. If you see her & need me let me know. I am awfully tired Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE-BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN [*ANSWERED AUG 15 1913*] New Haven. Conn Aug 14-13 My dear Miss Ryan:- Since morning letter I went to a meeting at the Winchester Repeating Rifle Co. Miss Craft & E.Mac. went to the Srouse - Adler Corset Co. V.W. has a sick stomach & could not go. I sold nearly $7.00 worth of papers & flags, & E.M. & self are off then to catch them going home [coming back]. These enclosed were taken here & one is from Mrs Alex Troup for Miss Blackwell. We have managed to get noteriety for the bids but they are not here yet. We go to Savin Rock where we speak from the band stand. The Conn. Electric R.R. Co have extended an invitation for us to come back & speak at the branch THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE - BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN rink Sunday Eve. Enclosed some more clippings Here is our list as I figure it by auto-road map. Fri. Aug 15 Wallingford Conn Sat & Sun. 16-17 Meriden " Mon. 18 New Britain " Tues & Wed. 19-20 Hartford " Thurs 21 Windsor Rocks " Fri 22 Long Meadow " Sat & Sun 23-24 Springfield Mass Mon 25 Palmer " Tues 26 Warren " Wed 27 Spencer " Thurs 28 Worcester " Fri 29 Marlboro " Sat & Sun 30-31 Waltham " Monday Sept 1 Boston " Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE - BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN [*ANSWERED AUG 15 1913*] New Haven Aug 14-13 My dear Miss Ryan: - Under seperate cover I am sending you heaps of clippings. Mostly New Haven, where a splendid lot of press work was done before we came. I wrote to each As'sn here & received answer from The New Haven Political Equality As'sn. Inc. Mrs Rosella Walsh McDermott Pres. Mrs Alex. Troup Hon Vice Pres. only. When we got to Stamford, I found Alyse Gregory who is an organiser in this state & whom I know very well, & in talking over where we were going & etc, she made statements, which, made me feel very restive. Such as: You are going to the wrong people in N.H. They are fighting the State As'sn. I put the whole thing one side by saying. They must be the right people for us for they are the only ones who have replied to our letter. This was true. As you see they did splendid prep work. They are entertaining us at one of the best hotels, The Duncan. They are brave enough to back us up in invading their rock ribbed town & having the first 2 Suff- open - air meeting. Came up on the band stand with us, & while fearing almost riot at our hurdy-gurdy- and our militant reputation they have stood firm. The meeting was great. Many prominent men there, and a most attentive crowd. At the end of my speach I talked of Lucy Stone, her life, birthday and paper. During the day the girls had been selling along the street, and we had our prize paper selling day Aug 13 nearly $12.00. So far we have not met our expenses. If the post cards were here we would do much better, but they are hung up some where. We could sell a paper & card to each one who buys, but now it is only a paper. The flags & hat bands dont go so well, for the colors here are the English, & the local Suff folk wont buy from us in quantities as I had hoped. In roughly going over our expenses & takings I find since leaving N.Y.C to here we are $8.60 behind in our expenses. This is not very bad, when one considers three people & a horse have to be kept out of 5 ¢ sales & small collections. 3 If you remember it was the Conn delegates who fought the Journal in Con. in Phila and I learned the reason for the unkind disloyalty of the Stamford people was due to the fact that Louise E. Plumly the Pres of the local assn is Editor of the 'Conn Womans Suffragist' The County Pres. of N.H. is stopping at a summer place 20 miles away & was having a debate. I wrote offering to send a girl down to sell Journals & the letter I received in reply was really a disgrace & makes one feel very badly, but these splendid women have worked hard to make everything pleasant & agreeable for us. Mrs Alex Troup is the widow of A.T. a welknown newspaper man & politician They own the N.H. Union & she is a pioneer Suff. The N.H.P.E. Assn Inc is the oldest Suff. assn in N.H. and we felt it good to be representing the oldest Suff paper & entertained by N.H.'s oldest Suff assn. Can you give them a boast in the Journal, I think they would appreciate it, and they are favorable to the Journal. I am in 4 hopes of getting them to do something for the Journal. There is a strong feeling against us & our advertissing the Journal, but we don't mind & we show a better part by keeping the best side to the public & speaking well of all. Hartford is to entertain us. But I have not heard from the other places. Could you send me a list of the Mass. As'sn's so we can write them. We have Sat & Sun in Meriden Conn. If we could have the list by Sat. we could do the writing on Sun. Monday New Britian. Tues. & Wed. Hartford 55-57-Pratt St. is the Headquarters. Sat 23rd we expect to reach Springfield Mass. Many thanks for enclosed letter. The pigeons have not reached us yet Hope for them this afternoon when we will have the newspaper folk on the tap. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE - BACK BAY 4717 [*File*] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN July 20 - 13 Dear Miss Ryan: - Enclosed money order for 250 Journals dated July 12. We received 250 by American Express for this week Dated July 19 - Then last in another lot of 250 came by parcels post. What do you want me to do with this last lot? I am sure the Y.H.B. cannot sell them, for owing vacations & etc. I only have three girls I can depend on. I am writing Newark today & will see if I can get them to take a few, though they are saving up for next Sat. If you, want me to try to dispose of them here I'll try, [but] or will return them to Boston. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE --BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL 56 BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN P.S. Send 500 Journals to Meriden Conn for Sat. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 [*ANSWERED, SEP 16, 1913*] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN c/o Miss Dora F.S. Hayard. Westmorland Fields Narragansett Pier R.I. Monday My dear Miss Ryan; - Here I am & don't feel the need of a note one little bit. I may stay a day or two but keep any letters it will save you or Mr Stevens trouble in forwarding it. In talking over the trip & it various aspects & the H.G. to Mrs Hayard, she suggested it as a good idea for the Journal to keep the H.G. & advertise in the Journal the hire or sale of it. She also wondered if Mrs Blatch would buy it. I put the price at $150 to a Suff. organization stating it was a $250 machine. Do think this over. She would hire it in the spring and could influence others, or perhaps a private communication from you to Mrs. B. making the offer to her energetic assn first, I fancy she would snap it up. Wasn't the Post awful yesterday. I felt quite sick about it. The wisest thing would have been not to give any- THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN thing out to the papers. Just now I feel the best thing regarding Mr Splaine is to leave it a day or two till this blows over then I will call on him & talk matters over. I'd write Mrs Blatch myself about the H.G. but a letter from you would have more weight. I'll talk it over again with Mrs Hayard, & perhaps get her to help out too. I am not quite sure when I'll come back, but you will see me first. Cause if I have to see the original Marie Gross. I'll have to get the crank from you I understand Mrs Paukhurst is not desireous of being indorsed by Suff. societies She is coming on her own, in the same way the Irish Party used to come & bring money for the Home Rule cause. She will speak in 10 cities & must get back for certain engagements. Any more I get I'll pass on to you. Faithfully Elisabeth over over. Eleanor Glynn will live in Brooklyn & hopes to go on selling papers then I will write to the Syracuse University Suff club & get those girls busy on the Journal. Mrs Hayard is keen that it be kept up. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE-BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN [*ANSWERED, by hand AUG 23 1913*] Hartford Conn. Dear Miss Ryan:- We are now half way to Boston. I received your letter about the Labor Day plan, and we will surely get in on that day. We are all coming in to Boston. Miss Craft left us Sunday to fill an engagement in N.Y. State, but will return to us in Springfield. She has been a great help to me and I am sure I don't know how I should ever have managed if I did not have her to rely upon. Her experience in "Hikes" & Pilgrimages is of great value. These sort of trips need the thoroughly tryed out Suffg. The pigeons have not turned up. Though I have had two notices here from Adam's Express. one New Haven & one Meriden. I have sent for them to be forwarded to Springfield. I would have managed some sort of news stunt here if I had received them. But we wont worry over them. I guess I forgot the dollar here it is. We are nicely above expenses now. 2 The enclosed clippings will give you an [xx] idea of our entrance to Hartford. We were all pining for the sensation of an arrest but somehow it did not come off. We are prohibited from selling on the streets, but we managed to do $4.50 right under the noses of the police. Last eve, we held two meetings on the streets. The locals had arranged absolutely nothing at all & I called on the acting Mayor & Chief of Police & received a written permit to play the H.G. The city ordinances forbids us going through the streets with the cart as it is an advertising scheme. I got round that by borrowing purple - white - & green flags & draping them round the wagon & when the crowd gathered I explained their stupid ordinances & told them to look as much as they liked & they did. I was given to understand the papers would not do much for us put the foolish city folk who are very sore on the nice investigation wanted to sit on us & jot us a front page column. How they overstep themselves. They don't understand Suffgs 3 There are several things I have not written you. this is one. When we all went to see the 2nd hand hurdy-gurdy the girls fell in love with a brand new one. The tunes were better & we got Star Spangled banner - Dixie - Kentucky Home. & not all ragtime tunes. I put it up to them & V.W. said she was sure you would not mind me paying the difference. The secondhand one was $85 & he was to let me have it for $80 The new one $150 Miss Craft offered to give me $35 of the extra. And I remembered you wrote you could get a second hand one in B - for $100.00 so I decided we would be only paying our extra $15 above the price you would in B. I am sure if you want to sell this you can get $150 for it easily. I do hope you won't mind. Then too this machine is much smaller & the other would not fit in the wagon. Time did not allow us getting another wagon, and the places where the purchases were made were so far apart. the plan agreed upon seemed the most feasible. The other affair was the purchasing of the flags & hatbands. Rosalie Jones let me have half of her order and I owe her for them, but thought I'd wait till I reached Boston & have you send her a check 4 In Mass. I will try to get the local Societies to buy some in quantity & Miss Craft will take some from us. If the yellow was the color in this state I get them to buy for the State Fair. Perhaps the Mass Suffgs. will. Can you let us have a line of route from Waltham into Boston, the way you want us to go, also [xx] about the hour you want us. The girls hate early starts, but I am keen for them for we can get in so much better & rest in the heat of the day. V.W. did not tell you of the many odd things we have done. On a number of occasions we have reached places at noon where we could not get lunch, so we have made purchases at the country grocery store. We carry tea & a pot. A very kindly disposed woman gives us boiling water & we sit at the roadside & have our bread & cheese lunch. I'll try & get her to write another artical. She ought to do it each week. I fancy she is realizing this time should be put into study for next term. we get very little time for rest or study. Today we are taking off, for it did not seem worth while for us to rush about & arrange our own factory meeting & not be able to sell our papers. We are disapointed in Hartford. We expected to do so well here. Have you our origanial plan of route? If not I'll send another Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman. THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN Aug 17 - 13 My dear Miss Ryan; - All your letters reached me. I am enclosing a letter which was put in mine by mistake. By the way, will you write to the list of folk who have entertained us and thank them in the name of the Journal? I enclose the list. I am sure they will appreciate it tremendously The New Haven folk were simply splendid. The papers were full of us, & as you see by the clippings it went on after we left. We are going down to have a meeting at Light House Point tonight (Sun.) The post cards came, I am sending several under seperate cover. Hope you got the plate from the Co-operatin Press. I think they will sell well. We are now ahead in our expenses a little. At New Britian they are entertaining us also Hartford. 2 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN Could you possibly send us some new Journal bags to Hartford, ours are so washed out. They get dirty so soon. 55.57 Pratt St Hartford Conn If the pigeons came to Hartford I will call on the Gov- & Mayor- & get messages from both to the Gov & Mayor of Mass & Boston I wonder if I told you why I used Chicago as our finishing point? The newspaper folk- could not understand why in the world we were going to Boston & I used the Birth month story & that we would start out from B - for Chicago cause they wanted some extraordinary stunt. We could never get to Chicago with this horse. Every body tells us we wont reach B- but I am very easy on him & give him plenty of rest & good stableing, in fact, he costs more than we do. At last, that check went through alright. My mother has sent the money to me. I had to borrow from every body. Miss Craft let me have some too. Vera let me have $40 you gave her for petty cash, and I have given her back $10.00. $5.00 for her R.R. fare to N.Y. & she wanted $5.00 for other purposes 3 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL [56] BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN and I have instructed her she must account for that to you. Knowing the young lady better than you. I have decided to handle the money. she is, of course, willing I should. The sense of responsibility is absolutely lacking in her make up - and the money question has always been a great worry to all who have ever endeavored to aid her. Debts & the reckless spending of others funds, have no hold on her. I don't mean this in an ugly critical manner, but you see I knew her ages ago, and have had to help to straighten out many financial tangles she has gotten into. I put the accounts in E.Mac's hands but found here also a tendency to slackness, so am doing that myself V.W. is alright now, she was upset due to stuffing herself with an adverage of 7 ice cream sodas each day. I have limited her to two. She is talking of going away for the week end while in Worcester. Does this meet with your approval? She wants to leave Fri. & return late Mon. Not knowing quite the plans you have made with her I don't know what to say or do. Please, Miss Ryan, dont think I am finding any fault in writing you THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE--BACK BAY 4717 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALICE STONE BLACKWELL 56 BUSINESS MANAGER AGNES E. RYAN the above but there may have to be much explaination & this will help you some. And you not knowing V.W's weakness, would have possibly, lead into rather diffecult paths. We all have some sort of weakness & hers happens to be that lack of responsibility when money matters are concerned. Not that she is dishonest, but just lax and a natural spendthrift. (Keep this confidential, please) [*Aug 23 issue*] Please send our next 500 papers to Springfield, Mass. By the way, as you know we had 700 Journals the first week out, 500 from you, 200 from the Y.H.B. These did not sell very well so we have left a few along the line be given away as propaganda, and will do this with all the old papers as we go along. By the frantic letter I received from Miss [Cuming?] I think the mailing dept need some [jogging?] They send her 250 journals by Express duplicated that amount by parcels post. Now, she is the only one not on vacation & can sell 100 to 150 each week but not more. Will you have someone straighten this out at the mailing office. I think this is all. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman Miss Craft leaves us tonight & returns to us in Springfield The girls don't like her & it makes some difficulty in keeping peace. 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RYAN [* why were the second lot sent?*] [*File*] [*5/6. 25*] [* 2nd lot sent by Mailing Co EMC *] July 20 - 13 My dear Miss Ryan; As soon as I received your letter I got on the job re the H.G. Was just getting on to where these things were for hire & sale when closing time came (1. P.M) and My efforts had to lay over. I have an appointment with a man at 10 a.m. & will wire you results. I gathered yesterday, there were various sorts & kinds, but I don't think we want anything very elaborate; though I saw a hummer out in L. I. a short time ago. It had drums & all sorts of things & was on a wagon. I'll try & find out the charges to send it to Boston. Faithfully Elisabeth Freeman. P.S. Thanks for correction in draft letter. I really did not care for that bit. E.F. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.