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Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1903
My Dear Mrs. Sewall: I was gald to get a line from you again, and glad to have a line directly from the Baroness von Beschwitz, whom I missed seeing in Dresden.
I had a glorious summer and am refreshed every way by it. It seemed too bad that I could not have known earlier about the Ceopenhagen meeting so that I might have included it in my travels. In my return - the middle of September - I went directly (within a week) to Idaho and worked through the Congressional campaign. I am quite delighted with the course and the present results of the franchise there. The women are calm and thoughtful intelligent and wise in their use of the new weapon. I am proud of them. The results do not appear in specific cases so much as in the general uplift of the
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whole situation. I hope Wolcott will be defeated in Colorado. He will know the women will have had a big part in it. The whole party may learn [?] a while, [?] they are so slow.
I hope for New Hampshire. If I were [?] financially I would [?] there from now until the vote is taken.
I am writing to the Baroness by the next steamer and will have my nephew ready