Letter from Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings
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Title
Letter from Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings
Subject
Friendship
Description
Annie’s Arboretum is a plantation of trees planted by suffragettes who had undergone imprisonment to mark their sacrifice for the Votes for Women cause. It was located at Eagle House in Batheaston, the home of the Blathwayt family. Over 60 trees were planted during the militant campaign (1905-1914), but were later destroyed in the 1960s to make way for a housing estate. Writing to Annie Kenney (1879-1953), between 25-26 February 1951, Mary Blathwayt (1879-1961) encloses tree leaves from the arboretum, including clippings from conifer trees planted by Lady Constance Lytton (1869-1923) and Annie on 23/4/1909; Mary Howey on 2/9/1910; and Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) on 6/11/1910. These clippings and a tree that was left on site are the only (known) remaining biomatter from Annie’s Arboretum.
Creator
Blathwayt, Mary
Publisher
Unknown
Date
25-26 February 1951
Rights
Copyright: Estate of Mary Blathwayt. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of later generations of the Blathwayt family.
Format
jpeg image file
Language
English (United Kingdom)
Identifier
AK.2.Blathwayt.4.6
Collection
Tags
Citation
Blathwayt, Mary, “Letter from Mary Blathwayt to Annie Kenney including tree clippings,” Suffragette Stories, accessed April 24, 2024, https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/39.