Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Barnett, July 27, 1926 (fragment)

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July 27" 1926

Shannon Hotel,
Castleconnell.

My dear Friend

Here we are seeing the remarkable Electric Power Scheme in the River Shannon.

We have so lost our hearts to the west coast of Ireland that we plan to go to Galway and to stay on until I have to go to the Summer School at Geneva.

I am afraid that means that I won't see you again this summer, but I am very grateful for my glimpse of you and that I carry away the impression [page 2] that you are so well and full of vigor. I am sure that you are soon coming to the U.S.A. again and I am sure you will find that real progress in housing is being made.

We leave here tomorrow so that our next address is [missing text]

I will write again from Geneva. Mary Smith joins me in affectionate greeting, to Miss Paterson and yourself -- you know that you always hold my deepest affection! Always devotedly yours Jane Addams