Corresponding Secretary—Myra Bradwell.
Recording Secretaries—Henry B. Blackwell, Amanda Way.
Treasurer—Frank B. Sanborn. ;
Vice-Presidents—Maine, Rev. Amory Battles ; New Hampshire, Armenia S. White; Vermont, Hon. C. W. Willard ; Massachusetts, Caroline M. Severance ; Rhode Island, Rowland G. Hazard ; Connecticut, Seth Rogers; New York, Oliver Johnson; New Jersey, Antoinette Brown Blackwell; Pennsylvania, Robert Purvis; Delaware, Mrs. Hanson Robinson ; Ohio, Dr. H. M. Tracy Cutler; Indiana, Lizzie M. Boynton ; Illinois, C. B. Waite ; Wisconsin, Rev. H. Eddy; Michigan, Moses Coit Tyler; Minnesota, Mrs. A. Knight ; Kansas, Hon. Charles Robinson ; Iowa, Amelia Bloomer ; Missouri, Hon. Isaac H. Sturgeon ; Tennessee, Hon. Guy W. Wines; Florida, Alfred Purdie; Oregon, Mrs. General Rufus Saxton; California, Rev. Charles G. Ames; Virginia, Hon. J. C. Underwood ; Washington Territory, Hon. Rufus Leighton; Arizona, Hon. A. K. P. Safford.
Executive Committee—Maine, Mrs. Oliver Dennett; New Hampshire, Hon. Nathaniel White ; Vermont, Mrs, James Hutchinson, Jr. ; Massachusetts, Rev. Rowland Connor ; Rhode Island, Elizabeth B. Chace ; Connecticut, Rev. Olympia Brown ; New York, Mrs, Theodore Tilton; New Jersey, Mary F. Davis; Pennsylvania, Mary Grew ; Delaware, Dr. John Cameron ; Ohio, Andrew J. Boyer; Indiana, Rev. Charles Marshall ; Illinois, Hon. J. B. Bradwell; Wisconsin, Lilie Peckham ; Michigan, Lucinda H. Stone ; Minnesota, Abby J. Spaulding ; Kansas, Mrs. C. I. H. Nichols; Iowa, Belle Mansfield; Missouri, Mrs. Francis Minor; Tennessee, Rev. Charles J. Woodbury ; Florida, Mrs. Dr, Hawkes; California, Mrs. Mary E. Ames; Virginia, Hon. A. M. Fretz; District of Columbia, Grace Greenwood.The addresses of the evening were made by Judge Bradwell and Mary A. Livermore, of Illinois; Miriam M. Cole, of Ohio; Lilie Peckham, of Wisconsin; Frank B. Sanborn, editor of the Springfield, Mass., Republican ; and Dr. Lees, of Leeds, England. At the Thursday morning session the attendance was large, and the interest in the Convention seemed to be increasing. The forenoon was devoted to a consideration of the basis of the National organization, its constitution and by-laws. The discussions[1] were earnest. temperate, in excellent spirit, every woman keeping within the five minutes’ rule, and speaking to the point—a circumstance commented on pleasantly by the President. The articles of the Constitution and By-Laws were discussed seriatim, and adopted, and then the Constitution, as a whole, was adopted. A letter was presented by Mrs. Lucy Stone, from the proprietor of the Birch House, Water Street, offering to entertain a few delegates—free. She also read the following :
To the Delegates of the Woman's National Convention:—The Faculty of the Homeopathic College hereby extend their most cordial invitation to your honorable body to visit the College. Conveyances for the same will be in readiness at any time desired. In this College, now in its twentieth annual session, woman, with the exception of one winter, has always been equal with man in privilege and honor, and here she shall always share an equal privilege and honor, so long as she {s willing to conform to the same standard of culture. Yours, most respectfully,
Judge Bradwell offered the following, which was adopted :
- ↑ The discussions were participated in by Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, A. Bronson Alcott, Messrs. Bellville, Foster, Gage, Blackwell, Marshall, Connor, McConell, Mcsdames Ames, Howe, Livermore, Cutler, Stone, and Hanaford.
