This is an appeal for money to erect a monument.Roe and Moore WEB 2016 offered "A letter and related cuttings concerning 'The Little Spartan War' of 1983. From the collection of Douglas Maxwell" for$987. It included a single signed, typed Finlay letter, thereby placing the value at about $400 a page.A two page letter, typed, signed Ian, in ink, dated 11.11.83 on his Little Sparta/Raspberry Republic headed paper. Sets out the outline of the dispute, with extensive commentary on the Judith Hart 'Paper' and her subsequent behaviour; 'To Hart, law is irrelevant (ultimately), and the citizen is irrelevant: what matters is that everything should be 'Arranged' by a few special people---in the interests of her 'vote'. It would be hard to find attitudes more openly Chile'. Copy of a bank transfer from P.M.Heringa of Amsterdam to the bank account of Hamilton Finlay 'Towards the Victory', dated 12.Oct 83. A copy of a letter from the Sherrif's Officer George Walker & Co to Hamilton Finlay dated 17th June 1983, in respect of the dispute. Copies of two letters from Jonathan Buckley and Jonathan Buckley, Andrew Brown and Ian Gardner to Mr Gillies regarding their vclaim to various of the works seized by the Sherrif, one dated 30/9/83. A letter from Jonathan Buckley to Judith Hart, dated 30/9/83 complainingof her supposed role in the affair. A copy of Michael Schmidt's article 'The Battle of Little Sparta' published in The Time Literary Review, 29/4/83. A copy of a letter from John Stathatos on the affair published in the TLS May 6, 1983. An eight page copr of the Judith Hart paper 'Mr. Ian Hamilton Finlay and the battle of 'Little Sparta'. Copy of atwo page letter from Hamilton Finlay to Mr Baird of the Scottish Office, complaining of his attitude and lack of attention 'I assume that this is the same rubbish (of misinformation) which the Scottish Office offers to all who correspond with it on the Little Spartan War. I see that the citizen is helpless before the confederacy of ignorance, stupidity, arrogance and slackness. The ultimate licence for this confederacy, is the police, for no state based on law and reason would ever tolerate such a condition. The roads of ignorance lead to violence , and this province is very far down them. One notes that neither culture nor the cultured, appear to feel demeaned. this is their disgrace' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/891835 Accessed February 11, 2025.