FOOTNOTES:
[14] Years before the calling of this Convention, Mrs. Frances D. Gage had roused much thought in Ohio by voice and pen. She was a long time in correspondence with Harriet Martineau and Mrs. Jane Knight, who was energetically working for reduced postage rates, even before the days of Rowland Hill.
[15] See Appendix.
[16] Said to have been written by J. Elizabeth Jones.
[17] My notoriety as an Abolitionist made it very difficult for me to reach people at home, and, consequently, I had to work through press and social circle; women dared not speak then. But the seed was sown far and wide, now bearing fruit.
[18] James McCune Smith.
[19] See Appendix.
[20] J. D. Cattell and H. Canfield.
[21] See Appendix.