Letter from Leonard Courtney to [E.F. Burton]

Scope and Content

Letter from Leonard Courtney, Baron Courtney of Penwith (1832-1918), journalist and politician, to [E.F. Burton], declining an invitation to speak at [a peace demonstration at] Leeds [on 6th Oct 1899], owing to other, more pressing, claims elsewhere. He expresses happiness that other voices will be heard.

[Peace demonstration at Leeds, 7 Oct 1899, pg.12, http://search.proquest.com/hnpguardianobserver/docview/473566584/76C795024DEB4C2BPQ/1?accountid=12253]