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              9/11/15   Mrs S.S. has written me asking me to  chair meeting tonight.  <seg type="unclear">This</seg> is quite improbable  for me to be present.  I have left word  to that effect at <seg type="unclear">ArowSTNS</seg> but don't know   if they can arrange because they were  too busy to speak to me, but you can  leave word that I   couldn't, and sombody at meeting will take chair.  Mary Bourke Dowling    
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             DUBLIN POST CARD  Immediate  1:45 PM 9 Nov 15    Hon Secretary    Irish Women's Franchise League    Westmoreland Street    Dublin  
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