Published by The Inheritance Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 35 pages F3 2.
Published by 7 December On letterhead of 11 Downing Street London S.W, 1916
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See her entry, and those of her husband and their two daughters, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded for postage. Although Sayers' name and address are given as recipient at the beginning, the letter is clearly a circular, and the signature is cylcostyled. It begins: 'Dear Sir, / I venture to appeal to your sympathetic interest in a cause which is very near my heart, and which, in a variety of ways, is voicing the Empire's gratitude to our Sailors.' She requests 'generous support' for the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, which 'has been entrusted by the Authorities with definite responsibility for the immediate welfare of aged mothers, widows and orphans of the heroic men who have fallen while on Active Service'. Later she notes that 'at least £50,000 will be necessary for the great task the Sailors' Society has set itself'. She has personal knowledge of 'its practical methods, its world-wide outlook, and its efficient administration'.