L[ydia] M[aria] Child ALS to Ellis Gray Loring, May 6, 1842

New York May 6th 1842

Dear Friend,

I received your letter about an hour
ago. I was not surprised at the light in which you viewed
the Circular of our Executive Committee; but I think
you would have viewed it differently, had you
known the excited state of our city, and our extreme
difficulty in getting a place to meet in. In consequence
of Garrison's article, no place has as yet been obtained,
though we have deemed it best to promise indemnifi-
-cation for any losses that might be incurred by a
mob. Your opinion does not in the least depress me,
my dear friend; so feel no concern on that score.
I have acted according to my own convictions of
duty; and in such a case even your opinion does
not disturb me.

I write this speedily, not because I am in the least
degree excited, but because it may be useful to our
Massachusetts friends to know that on one subject
my mind is made up, beyond all power of change.
Under no circumstances whatever, let who will urge
it, will I ever go to Philadelphia to reside. I do not
utter this as a threat; but that they may have the fact

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N.B. Agencies have been very expensive. Not more than two of the agents have paid their own
way. Were it not for this, I think the paper might very nearly support itself now.

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