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Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Isaac Post.

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[Letterhead]
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[Letterhead] <br/>
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AMERICAN EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
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AMERICAN EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION <br/>
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Lucretia Mott, President
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Lucretia Mott, President <br/>
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Elizabeth C. Stanton, Vice-President
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Elizabeth C. Stanton, Vice-President <br/>
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Frederick Douglass, Vice-President
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Frederick Douglass, Vice-President <br/>
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Henry Ward Beecher, Vice-President
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Henry Ward Beecher, Vice-President <br/>
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Susan B. Anthony, Corresponding Secretary
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Susan B. Anthony, Corresponding Secretary <br/>
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Henry B Blackwell, Recording Secretary
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Henry B Blackwell, Recording Secretary <br/>
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No. 37 Park Row, (Room 17,)
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No. 37 Park Row, (Room 17,) <br/>
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New York _______1867
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New York _______1867 <br/>
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Dear Husband, <br/>
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Dear Husband,
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I hardly know which  
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I hardly know which is duty - whether to come immediately home or to write, we are having so good a time listening to the discussions on suffrage for [illegible] - black men and women that I hardly know how to leave, yet I know that I am wanted at home.
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is duty – whether to come immediately
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home or to write, we are having so good  
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a time listening to the discussions on  
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suffrage for <u>paupers</u> – <u>black</u> <u>men</u> and  
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<u>women</u> that I hardly know how to  
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[leve?], yet I know that I am wanted at  
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home. Curtis has not yet spoken
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but is watching his opportunity with
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anxious vigilance, yesterday and day
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before was on his feet half a dozen times
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but could only say <u>Mr. [President?]</u> where
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some other name would be announced by
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the chairman and down he must sit.
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Last evening Lucy Stone spoke on the same
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rostrum to a very good audience, most of
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the members present. I think the impression
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she made was good. Seemed much as she

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[Letterhead]
AMERICAN EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
Lucretia Mott, President
Elizabeth C. Stanton, Vice-President
Frederick Douglass, Vice-President
Henry Ward Beecher, Vice-President
Susan B. Anthony, Corresponding Secretary
Henry B Blackwell, Recording Secretary
No. 37 Park Row, (Room 17,)
New York _______1867
Dear Husband,
I hardly know which is duty – whether to come immediately home or to write, we are having so good a time listening to the discussions on suffrage for paupers – black men and women that I hardly know how to [leve?], yet I know that I am wanted at home. Curtis has not yet spoken but is watching his opportunity with anxious vigilance, yesterday and day before was on his feet half a dozen times but could only say Mr. [President?] where some other name would be announced by the chairman and down he must sit. Last evening Lucy Stone spoke on the same rostrum to a very good audience, most of the members present. I think the impression she made was good. Seemed much as she