Carvill Letter Books, 1910, page 160-1 - Letter from John Carvill to Miss Phyllis, dated 17 Feb 1910, pg 1 & 2 of 3.
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Dated
17/02/1910
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Image Number
Box 1LB1903_151
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Description
Letter responding to Miss Phyllis (of England) thanking her for the literature she sent about women-s voting rights and asking that she not send any more because he is "well alive to the rights of the cause.' He describes Ireland as "too much drained and exhausted by over taxation and all the rest to have time to think of anything but the first necessaries of life.' He states that those working in the cause of "votes for women' have shown the "greatest fortitude and courage. I hear people frequently saying '˜the movement is all right but the methods are objectionable etc.- - I think in regard to such one may with justice remark '˜BOSH.- What other methods have ever been open to the meek, the oppressed, or the unrepresented. It has been the same with all political movements and the women who have lead in this one are not behind the courage and fortitude of any age.' John Carvill. NOTE: See 1911 letter from Elizabeth Carvill to Phyllis & her mom, Mrs. Potter. In the 1911 Census the only single Phyllis Potter of the right social class (assuming Mrs. Potter is Phyllis' mother) living in London is Phyllis Monica Potter, b 14 Nov 1896, living in Westminster in 1911 with her parents, dau of John Wilson Potter (Ship owner) and his wife, Jane Boyd Thompson. Phyllis died 20 Sept 1967 in Essex. There were 4 maids in the household in the 1911 census and 4 younger brothers. FamilySearch ID #MNF8-5LM
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Name of Recipient
Miss Phyllis
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Name of Sender
N/A
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Address of Recipient
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Address of Sender
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Signed
John Carvill
