exes.

[209] At one time it was said that Hobart College had more
professors than students, and one year had arrived at such a point
of exhaustion as to graduate but one young man. When the
proposition to incorporate Geneva Medical College with the Syracuse
University was made, Hon. George F. Comstock, a trustee of the
latter institution, vigorously opposed it unless equal advantages
were pledged to women.

[210] See Volume II., page 264.

[211] The twelve were:. Mrs. H. M. Field, Mrs. Anna Lynch Botta,
Miss Kate Field, Mrs. Anna B. Allen, Miss Josephine Pollard, Mrs.
Celia Burleigh, Mrs. Fanny Barrow, Mrs. C. B. Wilbour, Mrs. J. C.
Croly, Miss Ella Dietz, Alice and Phebe Cary.

[212] She now reports the cattle-market for four New York papers
including the _Tribune_ and _Times_.

[213] _President_, Charlotte B. Wilbour; _Vice-Presidents_, Dr.
Clemence S. Lozier, Mrs. Devereux Blake; _Secretary_, Frances V.
Hallock; _Treasurer_, Miss Jeannie McAdam.

[214] The petitioners were represented by Mrs. Wilbour, Mrs. Hester
M. Poole, Elizabeth B. Phelps, Elizabeth Langdon, Mrs. I. D. Hull,
Mrs. Charlotte L. Coleman, Mrs. M. E. Leclover, Matilda Joslyn
Gage.

[215] See Vol. II., page 628.

[216] Isabella Beecher Hooker, Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Olympia
Brown, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Dr. Clemence Lozier, Helen M. Slocum,
Lillie Devereux Blake.

[217] Lillie Devereux Blake was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in
August, 1833. Her father, George Devereux, was a wealthy Southern
gentleman of Irish descent. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah
Elizabeth Johnson of Stratford, Connecticut, a descendant of
William Samuel Johnson who was one of the first two senators from
that State. Both her parents were descended from Jonathan Edwards.
Her father died in 1837, and the widow subsequently removed to New
Haven, Conn., where she was well known for her large and generous
hospitality. Her daughter, the future favorite writer and lecturer,
was a much admired belle, and in 1855 was married to Frank Umsted,
a lawyer of Philadelphia, with whom she lived two years in St.
Louis, Mo. Mr. Umsted died in 1859, and his widow, who had written
sketches for _Harper's Magazine_ and published a novel called
"Southwold," from that date contributed largely to leading
newspapers and magazines. She was Washington correspondent of the
_Evening Post_ in the winter of 1861, published "Rockford" in 1862,
and wrote many stories for _Frank Leslie's Weekly_, t