nt to hold any public anniversary of the American Equal
Rights Association, and that in our judgment it is expedient to
dissolve said body; but as we have no authority to effect such
dissolution, an informal business meeting of the association be
held in New York, during the coming anniversary week, to consider
and act upon this subject; and on motion of Lucy Stone, it was
voted that this business meeting be held on Saturday, May 14, 1870,
at 10 A.M., at the home of Mrs. Margaret E. Winchester;' therefore

"_Resolved,_ That instead of terminating our existence as an
association, we do hereby transfer it, together with all its books,
records, reports or whatsoever appertains to it, and unite it with
the Union Woman Suffrage Society, organized in New York, May 10,
1870."

A long and earnest discussion succeeded.... At last, after two
hours, the vote was reached by the previous question, with this
result:

For dissolution, Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell--2. For transfer,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Parker Pillsbury, Susan B. Anthony,
Theodore Tilton, Paulina Wright Davis, Phoebe W. Couzins, Edwin A.
Studwell, Mrs. Studwell, Mrs. John J. Merritt, Mrs. Robert Dale
Owen, Margaret E. Winchester, Dr. Clemence S. Lozier, Charlotte B.
Wilbour, Eleanor Kirk, Jennie Collins, Elizabeth B. Phelps, Miss
Chichester, Mrs. S.B. Morse--18.

Thus ended the existence of the American Equal Rights Association,
formed in May, 1866, for the purpose of securing to negroes and women
the rights of citizenship. These having been obtained for the negro
men, women were left the only class denied equality, and the question
therefore became simply one of woman's rights.

At the first anniversary of the American Woman Suffrage Association,
the next November, which also was held in Cleveland, this letter was
presented:

FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS: We, the undersigned, a committee appointed
by the Union Woman Suffrage Society in New York, May, 1870, to
confer with you on the subject of merging the two organizations
into one, respectfully announce:

1st. That in our judgment no difference exists between the objects
and methods of the two societies, nor any good reason for keeping
them apart. 2d. That the society we represent has invested us with
full power to arrange with you a union of both under a single
constitution and executive.