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will be very tedious to you. It was a great triumph! and I am very proud of it. It was a hard fought battle - a hotly contested case. We have a judgment against the United States, and in favor of the Eastern Cherokees, amounting to over $4,708,705.30, as it is still running on interest. It gives me a great reputation as a lawyer, which will help all women, and will give me eventually money enough (I suppose about $50,000.) to make my old age comfortable. As the case will go upon appeal, I will not get any money out of it for 12 or 18 months yet. My physical and mental health however are better already. In the meantime I will beat work on the Land case. The Guano Island case is still on, but has not yet materialized.
Washington is beautiful, lovely - the air is fine, and the weather good, and except the great International RailRoad Congress just adjourned, and Ringlings Circus, we have no interruptions. Mrs. Talbert, Tindall, Ham, Dr. McNaughton, and some other suffragists from Washington expect to go to the Nat. Convention in Oregon the last of June, I am Executive Delegate of the District, and may go, but hardly expect to get away from
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Belva A. Lockwood, Attorney and Solicitor. 619 F Street, N.W.
Practice before the District Courts, United States Supreme Court and Court of Claims.
Pension, Bounty and Land Claims A Specialty. Patents Obtained.
Washington, D.C., June 15, 1905.
Dear Mrs. Colby,
Many thanks for your good letters, and all of your good words and work. I thank you especially for fine notice on the Cherokee case. I expect the Guano Islands are sold also, and I hold a guarantee, but all of the technicalities are not yet perfected. The price $250,000. is agreed upon. In the meantime, and during the negotiations my client Mrs. York died. She made me one of the executors of her Will, and I have been on to South Norwalk Conn. to probate it. You saw her at Mrs. Mc Bille's last summer.
In the Cherokee case it will be probably 18 months before I will get any money and in the Guano Island case (7 of them) about 3 months, and then the payment will be small, but it insured me a comfortable income the rest of my life.
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I was quite grieved to learn of the apparently accidental death of Miss Herdman. and also regret the necessary care and worry that it all was to you.
Miss Muller left for London on Monday night to begone size months or less.
I think about 14 of our suffrage women are going to Portland. I am Executive Delegate for the District and would like to go, but have such a burden of heavy law cases on me, and minor duties that it seems impossible for me to get out of Washington at this time for a month.
DeForest has his vacation in a week and I must arrange first to send him out of the city on account of his health. He expects to be transferred to the 9th grade next week.
The League of Press Clubs meets in Detroit on the middle of July, and I am one of the Delegates of the W.H.P.A. and will probably go there for a little variety.
I am sorry not to go to Portland. I enclose $1. for Tribune. With best wishes for your success. Yours Truly Belva A. Lockwood.
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