Letter from Basil Blackwood to Frank Hugh O'Donnell, 15 May, 1916. Letters 1916-1923 Basil Blackwood

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Basil Temple Blackwood, (1870-1917), was Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1916. Frank H. O'Donnell, Honorary Secretary of the Kerry County Board of the National Volunteers, 1916.The writer advises Frank O'Donnell that his letter of May 13 concerning P.O'Donnell, Ballyard, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Has been forwarded to General Sir John Maxwell for decision.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Frank O'Donnell Collection BMH CD/52/2/24 https://letters1916.ie/item/53 English Basil Blackwood 1916-05-15 Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, Ireland. Frank Hugh O'Donnell 45 Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Vice Regal Lodge Dublin 15th May 1916. Sir, P. O'Donnell, Ballygans I am desired by the Lord Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated May 13, and to state that it has been forwarded to General Sir John Maxwell who is the authority with whom a decision in the matter rests. Yours faithfully, Basil Blackwood Private Secretary Frank O'Donnell Esq., Secretary, Tralee Batt. National Volunteers. 15/5/1916 Frank O'Donnell Esq Secretary, Tralee Batt. National Volunterrs, H5, Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, Ireland. Letter from Basil Blackwood to Frank Hugh O'Donnell, 15 May, 1916. 45 Moyderwell, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Letter from Basil Blackwood to Frank Hugh O'Donnell, 15 May, 1916. Basil Blackwood Letter from Basil Blackwood to Frank Hugh O'Donnell, 15 May, 1916.Letter from J. J. Taylor to Basil Blackwood, 13 May 1916Letter from Basil Blackwood to J. J. Taylor, 7 May 1916Letter to Basil Blackwood, 17 May 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Basil Blackwood, 26 February 1916