NAWSA General Correspondence Shaw, Pauline Agassiz Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain. Miss Blackwell - I am afraid my help to you will be small compared to your needs. I went to see Mrs [?] our Secretary pro tem, of "the Committee for Work" - knowing [?] that it was too late & that I could not secure help for you there. We have finished the year's work - as we supposed & adjourned for this season. Mrs. L. felt here that it would be useless to call a meeting & she found it hard to raise our last subscription -- & they felt they had done their share for Colorado in sending to [?] which was mainly given by [three?] in fear of the [* day after tomorrow. [?] you my little miles and whatever Mrs Atkinson gives Am sorry but to be sure [?] I have been more than over burdened this past year -- yrs always, most sincerely, Pauline A. Shaw*] The members when we raised $600 & gave the Mass. Assn. also $300. Each individual deems I have too much personal responsibility in many directions. I do much in any one, is else has little [to give] ~ I had hoped to see her a [then?] people + lay your letter before them but Mrs Kimball is abroad. + I have failed to find Mrs Atkinson, + these are my suffrage friends who have means. - I still hope to find Mrs. Atkinson or I will with pleasure send you $200 myself. am waiting to see Mrs. Atkinson - Then whatever she may give back mine ( if she can give at all). It will be little, but perhaps better than nothing towards guarding and watching the [??]] counting of ballots - & helping to secure fairness. Is there no one else you can appeal to or is it too late - Miss Garrett? Perhaps you have sent to her. I will send this off [*FILE 1914*] Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain. My dear Miss Blackwell- I thank you very much for your Easter greeting remembrance, it was very good of you to think of me just now when you are so very with the parade and everything else. I think of you very often and always with love. Sincerely yours, Pauline A. Shaw for Helen Sta[?] April 13; 1914. [*Addresses*] [*Dictated*] Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain. March 14th My dear Mrs Henigen: I am sorry not to be able to attend the Roxbury Woman Suffrage meeting next Saturday. I have several engagements that afternoon which will prevent me from being with you. I wish you a very happy meeting and will send your letter to Mrs Park and she will know if any of our Association would be ready to be called upon to speak on the occasion. With much regret Yours very truly Pauline A. Shaw per C.P. COPY Perkins Street Jamaica Plain April 24th 1905 Monday My dear Mrs. Park - Your letter is indeed good news. I am so glad to think of one whole year assured us of your cooperation and help. I am sure you have no idea of what this means to our Assn. as a whole an to all of those more nearly connected with you in the work. I am thankful and well pleased with your plan and like it all the better that you begin the year June 1st - selfishly, because it makes the year end three months later! I am especially pleased that you will look carefully into the practical working of Woman Suffrage in Colorado. It will be splendid to have you give it personal attention and be able to speak of it henceforth from personal observation, and direct interviews with those who have lived by it for years. Do you wish me on the 1st of June to send you any part of your salary in advance? I shall owe you on that date my last quarter's payment on the old basis - $187.50, for three months from March 1st to June 1st, and I shall be glad to pay you any portion you may like in advance for the first quarter of our new arrangement in view of travelling expenses, etc. - I appreciate your desire to include all travelling expenses in your salary and am only sorry to feel that my share of compensation is thereby lessened, whereas I understand your desire and satisfaction in not being wholly a paid worker - you never would be - whatever you did. Your spirit will always carry you way beyond that. It is truly good to think of the plan of work and with you for the coming year. With love always yrs most truly and gratefully. (signed) Pauline A. Shaw January 7, /6 Mrs. Quincey Shaw Jamaica Plain Massachusetts. My dear Mrs. Shaw: It is needless to say that your letter was a great joy to receive. I have turned over the $10 to Mrs. Rogers and I enclose the receipt which she has handed to me. The $5,000 for campaign purposes I have also handed to Mrs. Rogers as it was better business and safer for it to go through the National treasury than for me to take care of it alone. We are sending $1,000 each to Miss Flora Dunlap, president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association; Mrs. J. G. Ebert, president of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association and Mrs. John Pyle, president of the South Dakota Universal Franchise League. I am writing to each one stating that the money comes from you. You had already promised it to them. $2,000 we are holding back for the present. Since I talked with you in Washington I learned that a bequest from a former Iowa suffragist is likely to come into the treasury. When I first began to work for suffrage Mrs. Mary J. Coggeshell was president of the Iowa association. She gave her life to this cause and was a noble, high-minded, talented, consecrated woman. When she died she left $10,000 to the National Association. I believe some arrangement has been made to discount this so that about $9,400 may come to the Association this year. The reason they discounted it was because the property is in land and otherwise it might not be paid for some time. Now, if this money really comes to the National, I have told the Board that I am very much in favor of giving practically all of it to Iowa. I feel certain that could Mrs. Coggeshell determine now how that money could be spent, she would want it put into the campain which she worked to secure for forty years. In that event I would not advise Mrs. Shaw -2- January 7, 1916. giving the extra $2,000 to the State of Iowa, but instead, putting $1,000 into each of the other two States. I think I may go out to the State of Iowa to look over the situation and to talk face to face with those who are in charge of the campaign. I thank you most sincerely and gratefully for this generous help to our campaign states, and more especially for your confidence in me. I shall try not to betray it in any way. I am soon sending to the President of the Massachusetts Association our plans for the new year and I hope very much that shortly the wheels of our machinery will be turning vigorously in behalf of the new plans. Blessings on you! Most cordially yours, CCC/AD PRESIDENT. (Carrie Chapman Catt) This I promise is one of 100 people I give $10. - at the convention in Washington. - I enclose it above. yrs truly Pauline A. Shaw Jamaica Plain Mass. Dec 31st, 1915 [*Mrs. Quincey A. Shaw*] Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain. May 23d 1906 My dear Miss Blackwell, Mrs. Atkinson cannot give us anything for the Oregon campaign beyond what she has given already. I therefore must send the enclosed as promised to you & hope it will be better than nothing. I am very [?] [?] [?] [f??] [f??] supplying what [?] This I promise is one of 100 people [?] give 10. at the Convention in Washington. I enclose it above. Yours truly Pauline A. Shaw Jamaica Plain Mass. Dec 31st 1915 need an answer to your letter. [?] [?] [?] Pauline A. Shaw This as I understand it is to go towards paying for watchers to see that fair play is given us in Portland - if that is the most important thing left to be done. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.