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(Temporary only
(Dubuque
(Iowa
May 11-16
My very dear friend,
Only today
have the dispatches contained
Mr. S's - name. I have
searched the papers for days
as I traveled from place to
place. I want this
message to reach you
so I make it brief
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and general - to as-
sure you of my con-
stant love - of which
you know without any
words from me. I shall write
again - briefly -
I wrote you very
fully in February & mailed letters from
Falmouth Feb. 25 -
I wish I could have
seen you at that
time.
Yours for women.
Alice Park.
Do notthink me - nor my letter - cold.
to be m._____
(Palo Alto, Calif. June.20)
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Murray Hill Hotel
Park Avenue 40th & 41st Sts.
New York
Letter from leading Californian suffragette Alice Park (1861-1962) to Hanna Sheehy
Skeffington (1877-1946) following the death of Hanna's husband, Francis. Park writes
that she has only just managed to find Mr Sheehy Skeffington's name in the dispatches.
Park keeps her note brief so it will reach Hanna quickly.
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), 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.