Colby--Series: Correspondence - Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1887-1902, undated (Clara Bewick Colby papers, 1860-1957; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, Box 2, Folder 10)

I cannot see a note. I could not read my speech I do not read anything I pay a woman to do all my reading. I am sadly hand cuffed at last dear Clara. I have written this

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without spectacles yet you see the lines are tolerably straight & I suppose you will be able to read the greater part of it. Occulists tell me that I will not be totally blind, only dim That is a comfort

I can see the church & sunshine trees & flowers the human form divine but not the facial expressions With kind regards adieu Yours as ever Elizabeth Cady Stanton

s July 30th {1898}

Washington Conn care of Mrs Carhart

Dear Mrs Colby

I am spending the summer up on the Connecticut hills and my post-office is Washington I came here early in June & shall stay until the middle of September. I will try & send you something for the Tribune from