The last two she threw away but applied the blister, which only increased her misery.

She suffered terribly all summer but was busy every moment writing a new speech and sending out scores of letters for a second woman's rights convention which had been called to meet at Saratoga in August.

Most of the replies were favorable.

T.W.Higginson wrote: "With great pleasure will I come to Saratoga Springs on August 15 and 16.

It is a capital idea to have a convention there, coax in some curious fashionables and perhaps make those who come to scoff, remain to pray." Lucretia Mott sent a letter full of good cheer.