Letters from Winston Churchill to Harold Laski

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i) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for pamphlet, 'The Rights of Man'. October 1940

ii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Sends his sympathy over death of Laski's father. 31 October 1941

iii) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from London. Thanks Laski for words of support which enable him to 'bear the load which is fastened on my shoulders'. 2 March 1942

iv) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Views on Socialism and Free Enterprise and the need for a parliamentary majority. 25 March 1942

v) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from London. Answers Laski's concerns over invitation to address the Assembly of the International Student Service, Washington. Also refers to Lord Halifax. 18 July 1942

vi) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Refers to the Guildhall speech, Hitler and the Jews. Refers to a 'permanent settlement'. 5 July 1943

vii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for the proclamation by Queen Anne [book?]. 6 October 1943

viii) Typescript letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks Laski for tributes. 21 September 1944, with envelope addressed to Frida Laski dated 1968

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