to light.” I have so far been resting in the happy consciousness not only of not having taken any advantage of the contingent fund, but of never having charged to it or drawn from it any of the expenses incurred by me personally in the discharge of official business, to the reimbursement of which I would be entitled. Can you think of anything that I may not remember or that may never have come to my knowledge, in connection with the contingent or any other fund, that might bear any evil construction or be capable of misrepresentation or distortion in that way? Having been quite punctilious in these things, I can not remember anything of the kind. Do you? If so let me know.
Are you not coming to New York to vote? If so, do not fail to call on me, as you always should when you visit New York. I am at my desk usually from 9 A.M. until 4.30 P.M., and I live at 45 East 68th Street.
I suppose the anonymous letter I mentioned was from some embittered politician who wanted to annoy me. I get such things quite frequently.
| 25 Buckingham St., | |
| Cambridge, Nov. 26, 1881. |
Personal.
I wish to write to you frankly about something and know
you will answer in the same way.
The Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association are to make a special move this winter to obtain municipal suffrage for women in this State and they are to hold an important meeting in Tremont Temple, Jan. 10th or 11th. Now the Blackwells are firm in the conviction that when the Kansas campaign on the subject took place in 1867 you expressed yourself to them as favorable to woman suffrage and willing to speak in favor of it. This is new to me but I agree with
