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Letter, January 3, 1885, Julia Ward Howe, New York, to Ellen Call Long, Tallahassee, 6 pp., recalling their meeting at the New Orleans World Exposition and requesting her help ''in my efforts to forward and organize the industries of women.'' Also discusses ''what has become of papers and reports which, to my certain knowledge, have been mailed to you. . . We are settled here for the winter . . . Our object is to be near an older married daughter of mine . . . We regret our Boston, and our New Orleans too, and try to make the best of our residence here. This is my native city, but I have lived out of it for forty years . . . Did I write you of . . . getting a Woman's Exchange started in [Jacksonville]? . . . Can't you do something to help such an enterprise? . . .''
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CALL FAMILY PAPERS
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Correspondence, 1884-1889
[?] Fifth Ave.
New York
Jan 7th 1885
My dear Mrs. Long,
Your good, long letter gives me “aid and comfort.” The assurance of your kind remembrance is indeed valuable. The investment which I made in giving last winter to the Exposition was a costly one for a woman who cannot reasonably expect to have many winters more of active work. Your friendly goodwill has a prominent place among the
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Sister Long, I will only wish you god speed for the New Year, and subscribe myself as cordially your friend,
Julia Ward Howe
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