Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Stanley Unwin

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Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878-1916), journalist, was a prominent feminist, activist and co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise league in 1908. In 1912, he and his wife, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), founded the suffragist newspaper The Irish Citizen. A staunch pacifist and nationalist, Sheehy Skeffington opposed Irish involvement in the Great War. During the Easter Rising, he attempted to organise a civilian defence force to prevent looting and saved the life of a British officer under fire. Arrested on the evening of Tuesday 25 April 1916, Sheehy Skeffington and two other civilians were shot by firing squad on the morning of Wednesday 26 April.

 National Library of Ireland Sheehy Skeffington Papers, Collection List No. 47; Ms 33,604/13-36 https://letters1916.ie/item/3930 English Stanley Unwin 1915-11-22 Ruskin House,40 Museum Street, London, England Francis Sheehy Skeffington 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland Male 1968 Culture and the Arts Politics

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 Telegrams, "Deucalion, Westcent, London." Telephone: Museum 1470 George Allen & Unwin Ltd. PUBLISHERS & EXPORTERS Ruskin House, 40, Museum Street, LONDON, W.C. All communications to be addressed to the Company. November 22nd, 1915 The Editor of "The Irish Citizen" 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin. Dear Sir, We are in receipt of your note of the 17th November asking for a review copy of "Oblomov" by Ivan Goncharov, but regret we are unable to comply with your request, as we have had so many applications for free copies of this book that we have been compelled to close our list. If, however, it would be of any service to you, we shall be pleased to let you have a copy, for the particular purpose for which you require it, on receipt of half the published price, plus postage, viz 3/5. Yours faithfully, GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, Limited Stanley Walsh Managing Director Managing Director. Stanley Unwin Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915 Francis Sheehy Skeffington Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Con Lehane, 8 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916Letter from May O'Callaghan to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 18 November 1915Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Dr Gertrude Kelly, 8 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 24 January 1916 Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to John Francis Byrne, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Florence Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 November 1915Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915 Ruskin House,40 Museum Street, London, England Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915