Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

File

Josephine Butler to [Miss Priestman]

Catalogue reference: 3JBL/30/10

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Josephine Butler to [Miss Priestman] dating from 19 Feb [1891].

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library.

Can I see it in person?

Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library.

Full description and record details

Reference

3JBL/30/10

Title

Josephine Butler to [Miss Priestman]

Date

19 Feb [1891]

Description

Written from 40 Rue Courtris, Liege, Belgium. Acknowledges with gratitude the £20 her friend has just sent her for travelling expenses. She has been pressed into addressing the meeting in Brussels; had a most interesting visit to Bern where she found the authorities such a contrast to the Genevans. She will try to give a full account in the next 'Dawn' [appeared in the 'Dawn' of Apr 1891]

Held by
London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Former department reference

4225

Language

English

Physical description

1 item

Administrative / biographical background

No year but belongs to 1891 and her first visit abroad after her husband's death.

This was the address of the de Laveleyes with whom JB was staying in order to talk over arrangements for the Federation meeting in Brussels in Oct. See letter of 18 Feb. This was the end of her 1st continental trip after the death of her husband which started the end of Oct 1890 and ended with her return to England Feb 1891.

'M et Mme Ruchonnet are hear and soul with us, and so are some of hers' See letter of 11 Feb 1891 JB to Miss Priestman

'I will try to give a full account in the next 'Dawn'. It appeared in the 'Dawn' of Apr 1891.

Biog: M Louis Ruchonnet; M et Mme Laveleye

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4f16a769-4fc5-4954-8153-23ee44552cbb/

Series information

3JBL/30

Josephine Butler Letters, Jan-Dec 1891

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

2,543 records

Within the fonds: 3JBL

Josephine Butler Letters Collection

48 records

Within the series: 3JBL/30

Josephine Butler Letters, Jan-Dec 1891

You are currently looking at the file: 3JBL/30/10

Josephine Butler to [Miss Priestman]