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Letter from J Keir Hardie to TE Barlas, 17 October 1888. Ref GB 0050 DX/78/5
TE Barlas, of Crieff, Perthshire was an early member of the Social Democratic Federation in Scotland. This letter is taken from a small collection of his papers covering the years 1888 - 1889.
It was written by Hardie as Secretary of the Ayrshire Miners Union. It discusses the need to organise a conference of socialist societies in Scotland and the formation of the Scottish Labour Party.