Letter from Wendell Phillips to Susan B. Anthony, 1860
June 5, 1860
Dear friend
I enclose your
draft on N.York for
$375 which with 125$
(the sum I shall pay
Yerrington on your
account) will justify
me in charging to NYks
acct in our council
accts -- $500 more.
So that item is
finished.
2nd I’ve told you
to print 500 copies of
your report—I (illegible)
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asked. Their dispositionLetter from Wendell Phillips to Susan B. Anthony, 1860
of mine to dictate what
shall be your platform
when I get at (?) Convention
I shall have a voice
in that matter---But
please understand that
I do claim the right
to know what the platform
is to be to regulate my
action accordingly &
whenever it is understood
that the platform will (cross-outs)
include those questions
I shall have no thing to do
with the Convention &
wish my name wholly
disconnected therefrom.
Should I ever consent
In any circumstances
to speak before such a
meeting, it would be
only as an outsider
coming in for an hourLetter from Wendell Phillips to Susan B. Anthony, 1860
being to have us at present
--I spend our funds &
wait their time—At best
so it struck me the
last time I applied—
If more than $125 is
needed to print 500 copies
(they’ll cost probably
$225 with posting & all)
I’ll hand forth the balance
from our funds, if you
approve. I shall send
Yerrington’s bill to
you to approve before
paying it.
3rd I note what
you say about “marriage
and divorce” I have
read what Mrs. Stanton
says—of course it is
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as Beecher and [Mayor?] have
lectured for me, I believe,
but with no responsibility
for the gathering. If
your plan is settled go on
and carry it out. I will
find or make opportunities
as often as I wish, for
telling what I have to say
on the question of
"Womans Rights."
Yr truly
Wendell Philips
Miss S. B. Anthony
[along edge]
(Mr. Phillips June 5/60
Marriage + divorce)