To J. Keir Hardie M.P. : [England, 1905].

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To J. Keir Hardie M.P. : [England, 1905].

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Manuscript address to James Keir Hardie, wishing him well after his recovery from a serious illness and celebrating his work in the Labour and Socialist cause. The address is followed by two and a half leaves of signatures of "friends & fellow workers ... in the Labour and Socialist cause," including Walter Crane and the Cobden-Sandersons as well as H.G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, George Meredith, J.W. Mackail, Edward Carpenter, R.B. Cunningham-Grahame, Sidney Webb, Ramsay MacDonald, Emiline [sic] Pankhurst, and others. Only four of the names (D.J. Shackleton, A. Henderson, Walter Crane, and Frank Smith) are actual signatures; the rest have been written by a calligrapher.

4 leaves : parchment ; 397 x 301 (320 x 244) mm, bound to 403 x 305 mm.

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