Letters to Harold Laski

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Letter from C. P. Scott:

i) Typescript letter signed (2 pp). No address. Invitation to visit. Comments upon political situation, referring to Ramsay MacDonald 'If MacDonald were to retire...'. 15 November 1927

Letter from Philip Snowden:

ii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for kind words and for press cutting from the 'New York World'. 6 September 1929

Letter from Sidney Webb:

iii) Typescript letter signed (1p). No address. Thanks Laski for congratulations on his new appointment and his report of the Webb's study of the English Poor Law. 10 June 1929

Letter from J. Ramsay MacDonald:

iv) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Forsees problems over possible visit to speak to American socialists. Refers to Charles Rowley and the Royal Bounty Fund. 18 August 1929

Letter from Margot Asquith:

v) Handwritten letter signed (2 pp) sent from London. Invitation to meet. 2 September 1931

Postcard from H.G. Wells:

vi) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for comments. 22 September 1931

Letter from Lord Sankey:

vii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Wishes to discuss 'The Labour Party and the Constitution' with Laski. 20 March 1933

Letter from Lord Morley:

viii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for his talk on 12 May. No year.

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