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Anthony, Susan B. | to My Dear Friend, Dec 8, 1892

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National-American
Woman Suffrage Association.
Honorary Presidents:
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. LUCY STONE.
President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY,
17 MADISON STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Vice-President-at-Large, REV. ANNA H. SHAW,
SOMERTON, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Cor. Sec., RACHEL FOSTER AVERY,
SOMERTON, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Rec. Sec., ALICE STONE BLACKWELL,
3 PARK STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
Treasurer, JANE H. SPOFFORD,
1412 G STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
Auditors:
HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON.
HON. WM. DUDLY FOULKE.
Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 8, 1892
My Dear Friend
For such I surely may call the son of the Hon. George H. Thatcher- the Mayor of Albany in January 1861- and who sat on the platform of Old Association Hall- through the three sessions of one day of our Anti-slavery Convention- with revolver in hand- & held that vast mob that had crowded the hall - at bay- It was a

 


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sight never to be forgotten-
That was the first Convention of a series held that winter in Buffalo, Lockport. Albion, Rochester, Auburn- Port Huron- Syracuse- Oswego- Rome- Utica & Albany- Yes and the only Convention - in which any of us were allowed to speak- by the mobs- Not a single Mayor, until we reached Albany- dared protect us against the insane ravings of the ignorant rowdies who crowded our meetings.
Our speakers were - the great and good man- Rev. Beriah Green of Whitesboro- near Utica- Elizabeth Cady Stanton-

 


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Rev. Samuel J. May- Aaron M. Powell- & myself- and at Albany Gerrit Smith was one of our number—
Mrs. Stanton remembers that experience very vividly- and I think would write it up for you- her address is 26 West 6lst Street -New York- The Right of Free Speech was the title of the address she tried to give- in & after Rocheeter-
You will find an account of this in Vol. I page 465- of The History of Woman Suffrage- It is the State Library- The account there is very brief- I wish Mrs. Stanton could be persuaded to write it up for you- Your honored father has always stood out as the Noblest Roman of all

 


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of all the New York Mayor that winter of 1861.
It was indeed that winter- as much as one's life was worth to say slavery was wrong- or that it shouldn't be permitted to come north of Mason & Dixon's line- OUR mottoe was then "No compromise (with) slaveholders"!!
I shall be happy to give you any further information that I may be able to-
Very Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony

 


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National- American
Woman Suffrage Association
Honorary Presidents
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone
President Susan B. Anthony
Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 8, 1892
My Dear Friend
For such I surely may call the son of the Hon. George H. Thatcher- the Mayor of Albany in January 1861- and who sat on the platform of Old Association Hall- through the three sessions of one day of our Anti-slavery Convention- with revolver in hand- & held that vast mob that had crowded the hall - at bay- It was a sight never to be forgotten-
That was the first Convention of a series held that winter in Buffalo, Lockport. Albion, Rochester, Auburn- Port Huron- Syracuse- Oswego- Rome- Utica & Albany- Yes and the only Convention - in which any of us were allowed to speak- by the mobs- Not a single Mayor, until we reached Albany- dared protect us against the insane ravings of the ignorant rowdies who crowded our meetings.
Our speakers were - the great and good man- Rev. Beriah Green of Whitesboro- near Utica- Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Rev. Samuel J. May- Aaron M. Powell- & myself- and at Albany Gerrit Smith was one of our number—
Mrs. Stanton remembers that experience very vividly- and I think would write it up for you- her address is 26 West 6lst Street -New York- The Right of Free Speech was the title of the address she tried to give- in & after Rocheeter-
You will find an account of this in Vol. I page 465- of The History of Woman Suffrage- It is the State Library- The account there is very brief- I wish Mrs. Stanton could be persuaded to write it up for you- Your honored father has always stood out as the Noblest Roman of all of all the New York Mayor that winter of 1861.
It was indeed that winter- as much as one's life was worth to say slavery was wrong- or that it shouldn't be permitted to come north of Mason & Dixon's line- OUR mottoe was then "No compromise (with) slaveholders"!!
I shall be happy to give you any further information that I may be able to-
Very Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony