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Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.2. Correspondence, Letters to the authorities

1940 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 17.02.1940

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council, Finance Committee: Minute Book 1940.

Dear Mr. Healy. I regret I was not able to pay the £5 as promised off my rates last December, or the £8/16/3 yet this month but I shall do my best to have these amounts paid before end of March. The reason I could not pay the £5 in December was, because I had to pay cash down for seed wheat, and food production is the most important thing at the moment. Also, I had the misfortune to loose a litter of bonhams during the snow. Were I to let my men go in order to pay the amount of their wages off the rates now, there would be no hope of paying anything during the coming year. I am doing my best, but with credit restrictions it is not easy to keep going, and I keep the men if I am to till.

Yours faithfully, Elizabeth F. Bobbett.

Order: Letter from Miss Bobbett read. Miss Bobbett, to be written to, stating, that her undertakings to this Committee must be fulfilled forthwith, and before 1st March proximo, otherwise her case must be handed back to the Rate-Collector. David H. Haskins, 12.04.1940.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 17.02.1940, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1940-02-17-364.html, consulted on .

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