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Post, Mary Robbins. Letter to Isaac Post.
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and how all classes old & young united in this work that they | and how all classes old & young united in this work that they | ||
had sent 7 or 8000 garments and the great need there still was | had sent 7 or 8000 garments and the great need there still was | ||
| − | The subject was introduced in the mens meeting | + | The subject was introduced in the mens meeting and quite a |
| + | large number with a great interest was felt by some and a | ||
| + | com aft the com met (in the evening) again in the morning aft a sub com | ||
| + | and raised 700$ as a beginning and concluded to give notice in all | ||
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of the meeting she wished to call the attention of both men and women to the suffering condition of the freedmen and not necessarily of doing what we might to alleviate that we were willingly guilty concerning them and now let us do all in our power our first duty was to supply their urgent phys -ical wants then they must be educated to raise them from the degradation of years quoted the discipline in relati -to to the education of slaves &c &c [?] told of the interest in [?] and how all classes old & young united in this work that they had sent 7 or 8000 garments and the great need there still was The subject was introduced in the mens meeting and quite a large number with a great interest was felt by some and a com aft the com met (in the evening) again in the morning aft a sub com and raised 700$ as a beginning and concluded to give notice in all