Writings on supply and demand by Thomas Malthus
- Sraffa MS/B/26/3
- Item
- pre 1834
Endorsed by Emily Malthus "the handwriting of the Revd T R Malthus"
Writings on supply and demand by Thomas Malthus
Endorsed by Emily Malthus "the handwriting of the Revd T R Malthus"
Writings by Jeremy Bentham on the Accounting Branch of the Board of Admiralty and on book keeping
Wrapper, labelled ‘Letters to & from Lady Constance Lytton.’, formerly enclosing 9/9–29
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Wrapper (partly printed) for the text of the Elections (Conveyance of Voters) Bill
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Wrapper marked ‘Talks by P-L when @ Cambridge as undergraduate’, formerly containing 5/25–8
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Wrapper marked ‘Silly Billy to Discontented Susan’
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
William Whewell letters and printed material received
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R
A collection of some of the printed material and letters received by Whewell between 1819 to 1833, of which the materials relating to the Cambridge elections of 1829 and 1830 form a part.
Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
Votes for Women, vol. v (new series), no. 209
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Untitled article by Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, written for the Peace Pledge Union (two copies)
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
(Carbon copies.)
Unnamed correspondent to Nassau William Senior
Forthcoming visit to Egypt by Senior
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed note, probably by one of Lord Pethick-Lawrence’s secretaries
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Vanderfelt advises that the CPA were visited earlier this year by a Mr B. C. Ghose, MP, but he is probably not the same man (as the writer of 1/328).
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
(The dates are those of the original letter.)
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of the poem ‘Magna est veritas’ by Coventry Patmore, from Florilegium Amantis (1879)
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of the poem ‘First Fruits’ by John Masefield, as printed in Votes for Women
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of lines from ‘In Memoriam’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of Emily Brontë’s poem ‘No coward soul is mine’, headed ‘Faith’
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of a letter from Emmeline Pankhurst to Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Transcript
COPY.
Boulogne sur Mer.
September 8th, 1912.
My dear Mrs Lawrence:—
It is during a breathing space such as we have had that one is able to quietly take stock of the situation and see things in their true perspective and this I have been doing. No doubt you and Mr Lawrence have also been thinking much about the Union and its work. We, Mrs Tuke, Annie, Christabel and I have met here and had a long talk and as a result I write you this letter which embodies our views. I want you to regard it as a business letter and to realise that in all our hearts are feelings which are very deep and real but which it would be out of place to express here.
First let me tell you how matters stand.
1. Of course you have been kept informed of the Government’s proceedings to recover the costs of the prosecution and how after much effort the sale at Holmwood has been for a time postponed.
2. I enclose a letter claiming compensation which has been answered to the effect that we are travelling abroad. This claim is likely to be followed by others.
3. The new premises are nearing completion. Mrs Tuke and I return to London next week to superintend furnishing and removal. Before going to Evian-les-Bains for our cure we deposited with the solicitor, Mr Blount, a sum of money to cover the rent for three years so that the guarantors are now entirely protected against possible loss.
4. Christabel leaves Boulogne next week to establish herself in Paris. It is commonly known who she is and where she is and so we have decided that it is better she should be in Paris the seat of French Government, where she will be in touch with the representatives of the English Press and also that the moment has come for her to resume her own name and live quite openly. She will now sign her articles and letters.
Now as to the situation as it seems to us to affect you and Mr Lawrence, and your position in the Union as Treasurer.
It is quite evident that the authorities and also the Insurance Companies and property owners mean to take full advantage of the fact that they can attack Mr Lawrence with profit and through Mr Lawrence weaken the Movement. So long as Mr Lawrence can be connected with militant acts involving damage to property, they wil make him pay. Nothing but the cessation of militancy, (which of course is unthunkable† {1} before the vote is assured) or his complete ruin will stop this action on their part. They see in Mr Lawrence a potent weapon against the militant movement and they mean to use it. This weapon is a powerful one. By its use they can not only ruin Mr Lawrence, but they also intend, if they can, to divert our funds. If suffragists, feeling strongly as they do, the injustice of one having to suffer for the acts of otheres, raised a fund to recoup Mr Lawrence, it would mean that our members[’] money would go finally into the coffers of the enemy and the fighting fund would be depleted or ended. It would also reduce militancy to a farce for the damage we did with one hand would be repaired with the other. It is well to see things at their very worst especially when the very worst is not only possible but highly probable. In one night, by one militant act, hundreds of thousands of pounds might be involved and the only individuals in the Movement who would be affected apart from imprisonment of those responsible would be you two. So long as you are a responsible official of this Union this will be so. Then there is the Albert Hall Meeting. What we say at that meeting is of vital importance. I know that it will be my duty as Chairman to make a militant speech, a speech that will lead to further acts of reprisal on the part of the Government if it is followed, as it will be, by a fresh outbreak of militancy. No doubt there will be another prosecution for conspiracy in which those who share responsibility with me will be involved. The Gov. can only take me when they proceed against me and that will do them more harm than good but in taking you they repeat the money getting process. I know you will understand me when I say that if to ruin Mr Lawrence would help the Woman’s Cause I should think it worth while for what is the individual as compared with the Cause? When however far from helping it is a source of weakness, a positive injury, then the case is different! What is to be done?
This is what we suggest after long and anxious thought. It is a way of retaining your active participation in a great Imperial Movement which is just beginning and at the same time of preventing the Government from striking at the militant Movement in England through you. The Union has paved the way by my two visits to Canada, by the establishment of the first W.S.P.U. there, by the presence of scattered members and by the deputation to Borden. Will you for a time lead the Imperial Suffrage Movement in Canada? It is a great mission and a great role. The Government would get a huge rebuff. Like all their previous acts of tyranny this latest one would recoil on their own heads and they would find that instead of crushing the Movement in England by attacking you they had actually helped to spread it throughout the Empire. We have often felt in this Movement that we were guided in a mysterious way. Perhaps the events and trials of the past few months have been preparing us for greater developments. You can do this work. For me to undertake it would not change the situation here for the difficulties and dangers would still remain.
Following on the deputation to Borden we are sending Miss Wylie (whose brother is a Canadian M.P.) to organise our scattered members. We are endeavouring to get together a special Canadian Fund to launch the Campaign. The growing importance of Canada makes a W.S.P.U. Movement there imperative even if you do not agree to control and guide it.
Of course you might decide to carry out the project of foreign travel of which you have so often talked. All that I have written is with the full approval and concurrence of our friends who share my anxieties and hopes. Please show my letter to Mr Lawrence and discuss it with him and believe that I have left unwritten many expressions of affection and appreciation which we all feel very deeply. I hope your holiday has been a pleasant one. It must have been a great joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I send this letter to New York in the hope that you may get it before sailing.
Very affectionately yours,
(Signed) E. Pankhurst.
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A typed transcript.
{1} Followed by a superfluous closing bracket.
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of ‘The Sacred Dance of Jesus’, a poem by G. R. S. Mead
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Typed copy of ‘The Hunger Striker’, a poem by ‘L. W.’, as printed in Votes for Women
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
Two poems by Jean-Charles-Leonard de Sismondi
Two index cards in the name of the London School of Economics
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
(The cards refer to papers in ‘Box File I’ relating to a meeting held on 10 Nov. 1930 at which Pethick-Lawrence addressed Labour Party members on the subject of ‘The La-bour Party and Finance’, but these papers have not been found.)
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
(Carbon copies of a typed original.)
Part of Pethick-Lawrence Papers
(Carbon copies of a typed original.)