L[ydia] M[aria] Child ALS to [Ellis Gray Loring], July 3, 1856

towns had done. I was not permitted
to vote about the extravagant building,
or the needless law-suit; yet here am
I called upon to pay for them, out of
my small means. I mean to petition
the Legislature to exempt me from
taxes, or grant me the privilege of
voting. Oh what a sex you are!
It's time you were turned out of
office. High time. You've been
captains long enough. It's our turn
now.

However, I did not sit down to blow
you up on the subject of women's
wrongs; but merely to ask whether
this tax is legal? Ought they to tax
us for any more than the $600
we have received toward the payment
of the farm? David is doubtful
about it, and said he would like