Letter from Jessica Baxter to Miss Fatima Jinnah requesting magazine cuttings for children's projects

Sub title : Request for Girl Guides to exchange magazine cuttings and a gift of Australian stamps

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Jessica Baxter | Country Women's Association | Girl Guides

Date of publication: 1959

Language: English

Page: 2 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29404

Keyword: Jessica Baxter -- Fatima Jinnah -- Request -- Magazine Cuttings -- Children's Projects -- Correspondence | Jessica Baxter -- Fatima Jinnah -- Girl Guides -- Exchange of Magazine Cuttings -- Correspondence | Jessica Baxter -- Fatima Jinnah -- Gift -- Australian Stamps -- Correspondence | Correspondence -- Fatima Jinnah -- Jessica Baxter

Abstract: Jessica Baxter writes to Miss Fatima Jinnah from Milbang, Breadalbane, N.S.W., on April 2, 1959, seeking her help with children's International Projects. She explains that the children of the Country Women's Association of the Southern Tablelands need pictures of birds, flowers, and children at work, and asks if local Girl Guides could send magazine cuttings in return. Baxter also encloses a few Australian stamps for the Girl Guides and expresses her awareness of the progress made by Miss Jinnah and her beloved brother.

Description: Jessica Baxter writes a personal letter to Miss Fatima Jinnah on April 2, 1959, from her sheep property between Goulburn and Canberra. She explains her work with the Country Women's Association and requests magazine cuttings showing birds, flowers, and children at work for the children's International Projects. Baxter also mentions her time in London and her connection to India House, encloses Australian stamps for the Girl Guides, and addresses Miss Jinnah as "Madar-e-Millat." SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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