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             Private.   11, Grosveror Place, <lb/>Rathmines, Dublin.   14 - I. - I6.   Dear Madam,   You will, I hope, pardon me writin<seg type="del">h</seg>g to you, although not known <lb/>to you personally; I have known your name for a long time in active <lb/>suffrage work in Belfast, and I know you are interested in the IRISH <lb/>CITIZEN, which I have been running, in the interests of the suffrage <lb/>movement, for nearly three years. As you will have seen, the paper <lb/>is sadly in need of funds just now, the week<seg type="del">b</seg> l y loss, though small, <lb/>having piled up a considerable debt. Of this debt, £100 is owed to <lb/>a bank, from which I borrowed it in September, 1914, in order to meet <lb/>the pressing demands of the printer at that time. The loan is <lb/>guaranteed by three good signatures besides my own; I have paid the <lb/>interest myself, but have not been able to reduce the principal. Now <lb/>one of the guarantors wishes to withdraw her name, because she is in <lb/>favour of conscription, and objects to our opposition to it. The <lb/>other two guarantors are both excellent securities for the amount; <lb/>but in these days banks are extra cautious, and a third signature <lb/>will be required to replace that which is withdrawn. May I ask <lb/>whether you could consent to help in this difficulty by replacing <lb/>the withdrawn guarantor?   If you are prepared to consider the matter, <seg type="del">the</seg> I will give <lb/>you all details, names of the other guarantors, &amp;c, before you final- <lb/>ly decide.   With apologies for troubling you, but feeling sure that you will <lb/>forgive my appeal, even if you cannot respond to it, in the interests <lb/>of the feminist movement,   <hi rend="underline">F.S. Skeffington</hi> 
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