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13 July 1916 10 ADELPHI TERRACE. W.C. Dear Miss Skeffington I have just come
up from the country & found your letter.
I will certainly talk to Miss Melge & ask her to let me know all
about it. I am rejoiced at what you tell me about the inquiry
& I need not tell you we will do all we possibly can to help.
I am so sorry not to see you again here, but I hope we may
meet soon in Ireland. It was a happiness to me to see you & to
Re experience how brave & wise you are in the terrible circumstances
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in which you find yourself.
I hope we shale always be friends.
John S
J.Shaw
P.S.If you change your address in Ireland in hand let me know.
Letter from Charlotte Shaw (1857-1943) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) regarding
the inquiry into the death of Hanna's husband, Francis. Additionally, Shaw was sorry
not to see Skeffington in London but hopes that they will meet in Ireland soon and
that their friendship will always continue.
Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend) was an Irish political activist and wife of playwright
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). As a member of the Fabian Society Charlotte was a
dedicated socialist and advocator of women's rights.
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.