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             400 OLD FORD ROAD, BOW, E.   18.xi.15   Dear M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi>. Skeffington   We are arranging <lb/>for our Xmas numbers which will <lb/>be dated December 18<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> and we <lb/>thought it would be nice to <lb/>have something in the way of a <lb/>story or article from  a  real Irish <lb/>thinker — meaning you —    Do you think you could find <lb/>time? i was saying to Miss Pankhurst <lb/>how nice it would be to be <lb/>more in touch with the Irish Citizen, <lb/>and I feel sure - as she likes <lb/>your paper too - that should you <lb/>ever want her to write you <lb/>anything she would try to find time <lb/>(She does not know I am writing <hi rend="underline">this)</hi>
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            would you care to exchange <lb/>adverts of our papers? I <lb/>think it would be mutual help   Hoping you will let me know <lb/>at your earliest convenience whether <lb/>we may accept a literary <lb/>contribution.  <lb/>Thanking you in advance. <lb/> Yours sincerely    May O'Callaghan 
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