This is a letter for Andrew Philip Magill (1871–1941), an Irish civil servant, to Sir Edward. The letter concerns the state of the Jacob's Biscuit Factory after the 1916 Easter Rising. Magill inquires whether Jacob's will resume business as a friend of his has cargo for the factory but if the factory will not resume business he will sell the items elsewhere as they are perishable. During Easter Week Jacob's Biscuit Factory served as one of the occupied sites for the 2nd Battalion under Commandant Thomas MacDonagh. Jacob’s was by-passed by the main action as General Lowe decided to concentrate on the GPO and the Four Courts which he considered the more strategically important of the positions held by the insurgents. News of the surrender did not reach Jacob’s until Sunday. MacDonagh and the garrison surrendered reluctantly. The three most senior officers, MacDonagh, MacBride and O’Hanrahan, were executed.In 1916 Andrew Philip Magill (1871 - 1941) was working as a civil servant and held the position of private secretary for successive chief secretaries of Ireland until his transfer to the Northern Irish Civil Service in 1921.