Letters to Frida Laski

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Letter from Lord Morley:

i) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Invitation to dinner. 10 May, no year

Letter from Owen Sheehy Skeffington:

ii) Handwritten letter signed (3 pp) sent from Dublin. Contains reminiscences of Laski, particularly his intellect. Refers to his 1936 Donellan lecutres. Expresses sympathy over Laski's death. 25 March 1950

Letter from Noel Brailsford:

iii) Handwritten letter signed ( 4 pp) sent from London. Expresses sympathy over Laski's death. Comments upon Laski's career and thanks Frida for the support she gave him. 26 March 1950

Letter from Locker Lampton:

iv) (AL) (1p) sent from London. Sent on behalf of Locker Lampton sending commiserations over Laski's death. 4 April 1950

Letter from Felix Frankfurter:

v) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp) sent from Washington. Expresses deep regret over Laski's death. Thanks Frida for her support she gave Laski. Refers to Bob Valentine's death. 9 April 1950

Letter from Mabel G:

vi) Handwritten letter signed (1p). No address. Encloses note from Jack Rice, no date. Includes envelope addressed to Mrs Eggleshaw. June 1950

Letter from Jack Rice:

vii) Handwritten letter signed (2 pp). No address. A eulogy upon a house and the men and women who have lived there. 1 July 1950

Letters from Jawahalal Nehru:

viii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from New Delhi. Contains arrangements for Frida Laski's visits to Delhi and Bombay. Refers to the Family Planning Conference in Bombay. 3 November 1952

ix) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from India. Agrees to write a preface for the Hindi edition of the 'Grammar of Politics'. Refers to Krishna Menon. 9 July 1955

Letter from R. H. Tawney:

x) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp). No address. Mentions Tawney's eightieth birthday. Regrets the delay in answering letters from friends and thanks Frida Laski for writing. Refers to 'The Times'. 24 February 1960

Letter from Indira Gandhi:

xi) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from New Delhi. Thanks Frida Laski for her condolences. 3 July 1964

Letter from Sirima R. D. Bandaranaike:

xii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from Ceylon. Thanks Frida Laski for her letter of support for the General Election. 11 June 1970

Letter from Walter Greenwood:

xiii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from Isle of Man. Refers to 'Love on the Dole' by Walter Greenwood and is sending copy of 'There was a Time'. Refers to the Savile[?] Club. 26 July 1971, with envelope dated 1969 addressed to Mrs. Winifred Laski

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