e ever assembled in Clinton Hall convened
to hear-Miss Susan B. Anthony, the celebrated expounder of the rights
of women.--Pontiac Gazette.

Since the great Children's Jubilee there has not been so large an
audience in the Academy of Music as that assembled to hear Miss
Anthony's lecture.--East Saginaw Daily Republican.

Miss Anthony spoke at Hillsdale to a densely crowded opera house, while
full 1,000 people were unable to gain admission.--Grand Rapids Post.

Miss Susan B. Anthony spoke last evening to the largest audience that
ever greeted a lecturer in Marshall, and we have had Mrs. Stanton,
Theodore Tilton, Mark Twain and Olive Logan. She had at least 1,200
hearers.--Telegram to Detroit Evening News.

Last evening the aisles were double-seated, and the anterooms,
staircases and vestibules densely packed with standing hearers. No such
house ever was had at this place. She spoke with wonderful power. At
Pigeon, between trains, she spoke to a great throng who would not
consider her strength and take "no" for an answer.--Three Rivers
Reporter.

A woman with whose public sayings and doings we have been familiar
since the fall of 1867, and for whom our respect and admiration has
never wavered during that period, spoke to the largest indoor audience
ever assembled in this village. The courthouse was literally packed,
and the speaker had to stand on a table in front of the judge's
desk.--Cassopolis National Democrat.]

CHAPTER XXVII.

REVOLUTION DEBT PAID--WOMEN'S FOURTH OF JULY.

1875-1876.

At the close of 1874, December 28, the cause of woman suffrage lost a
strong supporter by the death of Gerrit Smith. Miss Anthony felt the
loss deeply, as he had been her warm personal friend for twenty-five
years and always ready with financial aid for her projects; but she
suffered a keener shock one week later when the news came of the sudden
death of Martha C. Wright, January 4, 1875. She says in her diary: "It
struck me dumb, I could not believe it; clear-sighted, true and
steadfast almost beyond all other women! Her home was my home, always
so restful and refreshing, her friendship never failed; the darker the
hour, the brighter were her words of encouragement, the stronger and
closer her support. I can not be reconciled."

But for this earnest advocate there could be no cessation of work and
the 14th of January found her again in Washington at the National
Convention. These annual meetings, with their advert