May Wright Sewall Papers

evening.

Unfortunately Mrs. [Knight?] who has charge of the arrangement for all these weekly dinners is absent [owing?] to the illness of her husband, and members of the Board are taking turns in acting as hostesses. Mme. Thayer, a fellow countrywoman of yours, has arranged [?]

FOULKE, WILLIAM DUDLEY May 3, 1901

May 3rd 1901

My dear Mrs. Sewall

I am sure you know even without my telling you, how much I am interested in the Council and of the excellent showing indicated by your memorandum.

I am at present however engaged in a pretty hard job myself, which requires not only a good deal of time but also quite a large expenditure of money [...] the task of keeping the reform of the Civil Service not only from slipping back, but even from remaining stationery. I am in hopes of seeing a forward movement in the near future as the result of some very hard work we are doing now I have spent all of last month in Washington and this week and I feel that in view of what seems to [...] immediate in [...] of [this] [write] it, I ought to devote selling my energies & all the money I can afford to share, to that alone and it is with great regret that I have to say I do not feel able to help you -

On my return home I find Mrs. Foulke has fallen back again in health. She has received your letters but is not well enough to answer them personally at present and not to undertake the

BOOTH, LYDIA JULY 1 - 1898

July 1st 1898

Dear Mrs. Sewall,

Miss Gibson writes me you are coming to Engalc for the International meetings next week, and are expected to arrive tomorrow. I wish you were landing here, and could come directly to our house, but I am sure Mrs. Ellis will be a delighful hostess. I am going to London

on Monday morning July 4th, and as our American Ambassador has an [?] that afternoon for all Americans in London, I shall be happy to call at Mrs. Ellis's house at five o'clk and take you to Col Hay's. I shall be at the [Grosouer?] Crescent Club Hyde Park Corners, and a line addressed to

me there will reach me on arrival.

In the hopes of seeing you on Monday next and with a sincere welcome to Englad

I remain yours faithfully Lydia A Booth

President I.A.W.W. for 1898

MARLOWE, JULIA Feb 8

The Colonnade Philadelphia

My dear Mrs. Sewall,

I have been very, very busy during my stay here, and lamented sincerely my inability to write you sooner. Believe me, I am fully alive to the importance of difficulties in an affair of this kind,

hereafter, will set aside other things to be punctual with you. [My?] season closed on the thirteenth of May and I would rather have had a day in [?] [?] to read [?] -- the one you have given me [?] the address -- but if you are to be inconvenienced, in the least, pray do not consider me -- I shall rest content with the

[scarce?] truth.

I am always grateful for your thoughts of me.

Very sincerely Julia Marlowe

Sunday the fifth

McDONALD, J.E. Feb 22 1890

Indianapolis Feb 22nd 1890 Mrs May Wright Sewall

My Dear Madam

I have been professionally engaged for the past two weeks [...] [...] in Adams County this state and did not secure [...] Note up this 10th and inviting me to be present at this banquet in honor of Miss Susan B. Anthony at the Riggs Garrison on the 15th [...] [...] last evening. I regret that very much [...] while it [...] have been in my power to attend, this invitation would have been received a proper recognition

Very Truly Yours, J.E. McDonald

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CROLY, T.C. APR. 30 1890

Confidential

New York, April 30 1890

My dear Mrs. Sewall

I enclose your Resolution with the request that you will modify it in accordance with the original Resolution [?] [Sorosis?], as Mrs. Clymer has just written me, that you promised.

When I carried the rough draft of my series of Resolutions, calling for a Convention of Clubs to [Sorosis?] at the Buisness meeting in January 1888. I had for the last clause a resolution looking towards a permanent organiza -tion of clubs. This I did not read, for upon second thought, I concluded it might be an obstacle with some clubs: they might consider the for-mation of a permanent organization