This is a handwritten order from Seán MacDiarmada (1883-1916) instructing Maurice Collins to report to Ned Daly (1891-1916) at Richmond Hospital and to 'release Hobson'. Writer remarks 'Everything Splendid'. The provenance of the letter was endorsed by Seán T. O'Kelly (1882-1966).Seán MacDermott (Seán Mac Diarmada) was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising, 1916, and a signatory of the Proclamation. He was executed by firing squad on 12 May, 1916. Maurice Collins was an I.R.B. Member. Along with Michael Lynch he held Bulmer Hobson in a house in Cabra Park, Dublin until the Wednesday of Easter Week, 1916, in order to prevent the spread of Eoin MacNeill's countermanding order calling off the Rising. Seán T. O'Kelly (Ó Ceallaigh) was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers. He was jailed in 1916 and escaped from Fairfield Prison in England. He served as President of Ireland from 1945 to 1959. Ned Daly was commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion during the 1916 Easter Rising. At 25 years old, he was the youngest man to hold that rank, and the youngest executed in the aftermath. John Bulmer Hobson was an Irish nationalist and a leading member of the Irish volunteers. In 1904, he became a member of the Irish Republical Brotherhood (IRB). He was kept unaware of the plans of the Rising; while he could detect some underground preparations he was unable to find any evidence for it. On discovery of the plans for the Rising, Hobson attempted to alert the other members of the Irish Volunteers; he was imprisoned at gunpoint, and kept hostage while the Rising was underway. After the Rising, Hobson went into hiding to avoid arrest, an action which hurt his future political prospects and led to rumours that he was a traitor to the Volunteers and the IRB.