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Telephone No. P.O.9. Cnoch mo Rúin Knockmaroon, Great Missinden, Buckinghamshire
Tuesday. Dear Miss Bannister I shall be in town
on Friday, and shall be glad
to call upon you about 4.30.
I shall be in your direction so do
not bother writing if you have
an engagement. I know you are
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very busy and will chance
finding you in. Yours sincerely Dora Shorter
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Letter from
Dora Shorter
A letter from Dora Shorter (née Sigerson) to Gertrude Parry (née Bannister), a cousin
of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter refers to arrangements for a meeting
between the two. It was written while Casement was imprisoned in Pentonville Prison.
Casement had been had been arrested after landing at Banna Strand, County Kerry, on
the eve of the Easter Rising.Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support
for Casement during his trial for treason. Dora, wife of literary critic Clement Shorter,
was a friend of Casement.