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This letter was written by [[John Pullman]], inventor of the Pullman A.l. Shield, on 4 august 1916 from The Knollsea, Lilliput, Dorset (UK), to [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]].<br />
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The letter was accompanied by an ad for Pullman's shield, sold by "The O.W. Cuirass Syndicate", 33 Fouberts Place (Entrance: 42 Great Marlborough Street), London W.<br />
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== Letter ==<br />
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The Knollsea,<br />
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:: Dorset <ref>Watermark on top of letter.</ref><br />
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Aug 4. 16.<br />
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Body Shields<br />
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Dear Sir Arthur,<br />
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I have read your letters in 'The Times' with great interest & only wish for some one else could evoke a Shield that could stop an "end on" Rifle Bullet. The enclosed is the best I have been able to do so far and it is at least gratifying to be told , as I have been, by the heads of the army & navy shoes. Harrods & Selfridge, that they consider this easily the most efficient shield at present in the market. I will gladly have me rent for your inspection if you will allow me?<br />
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Yours faithfully,<br />
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John Pullman<br />
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P.S. The "locking" of shields vertically I have done, the locking by other means horizontally presents no theoretical difficulty, but if one or two men were "knocked out" things could be complicated & the advance of others impeded, is it not so?<br />
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