Letter from Frederick Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) expressing his sympathy regarding the death of Hanna's husband, Francis. Lawrence promises he will do his best to do what she has asked of him in a previous letter. Frederick Pethick-Lawrence was a British Labour politician. A supporter of socialism, pacifism, and women's suffrage, Lawrence adopted the prefix Pethick following his marriage to Emmeline Pethick (1867-1954), an active socialist and campaigner for women's rights. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League and a founding member of the Irish Women Workers’ Union. She was the widow of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916. She was active during the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons. Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916), and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution emerged.