Letter from H. G. Wells to Harold and Frida Laski

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To Harold Laski:

i) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from Dunmow. Anxious to discuss the Liberal-Labour mistake. 'Is it possible for you and some man close-up to Ramsay (Lees-Smith for example), to come and see me at the Reform on Thursday or Friday? I want to get at the guts of the present situation'. 5 November 1927

To Frida Laski:

ii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from Dunmow. Asks for some light reading for his wife Jane, who is ill. 14 June 1927

To Harold and Frida Laski:

iii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Invitation to supper. 27 October[?] 1930

To Frida Laski:

iv) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Thanks for acceptance of invitation and donates £10 to their cause. 30 October 1930

v) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Encloses manuscript for Laski to read. 31 March 1931

vi) Handwritten letter signed (1p) sent from London. Invitation to visit. No date

vii) Handwritten letter signed (1p) Postcard of H. G. Wells' home. No address. Expresses sympathy over death of Frida Laski's mother. No date

viii) (Typescript letter unsigned) (6 pp) Printed address read at cremation service of Amy Catherine (Jane) Wells, 10 October 1927,with envelope addressed to Mrs H. J. Laski. 1927

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