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M. Humbert to Josephine Butler

Catalogue reference: 3JBL/25/43

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3JBL/25/43
Title
M. Humbert to Josephine Butler
Date
7 Nov 1886
Description

Manuscript copy of extract of letter. M. Humbert expressed his sense of the continuing urgency of the situation in the world at large. He ends: 'This danger still exists so long as there remains a single market for slaves under the regulation system'.

Date: This was probably written at the same time as the letter from M. Humbert to JB dated 7 Nov 1886 when she was staying in Switzerland nursing her husband through an illness which nearly proved fatal.

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London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Former department reference
5091
Language
English
Physical description
1 item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fbb0eec6-64f0-4cdd-94ec-9993e3f92fd1/

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3JBL/25

Josephine Butler Letters, Jan-Dec 1886

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Josephine Butler Letters, Jan-Dec 1886

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M. Humbert to Josephine Butler