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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION DUBLIN 7th August, 1916.
Dear Mr. Wright, I am sorry to trouble you again about the papers
relative to the late Crawford Neill. Mr. O'Connor sent
me, a few weeks ago, copies of the statements made in the
case, but Mr. Lyster, the Librarian of the National Library,
is very anxious to get the originalpapers if possible.
If, therefore, there be no official objection to the return
of these documents now we should be very glad if you could
let us have them back. I wrote you from Malahide about a man named Moses
O'Connor who was waiting for a passport to Canada. The
passport came next day. I am sure you must have helped to
expedite the matter, and I am much obliged for the trouble
taken in the case. Yours very faithfully, William Dalton R.H. Wright, Esq., egistrar, Chief Secretary's
Office. 3 originals returned to Mr. Dalton accordingly Asst. Under Secretary.
I see no objection to the return of
the 3 documents asked for by Mr. Lyster on
behalf of the late Mr. Neil's relatives. Do you approve?
WMC 8/8/16 I agree
EJ 8/8/16
A letter from William Dalton (b. 1870) a staff clerk in the Department of Agriculture
and Technical Instruction, to Henry Richard Wright (b.1865), the registrar at the
chief secretary's office. Dalton requests the original papers concerning the case
of the late Crawford Neill (1868-1916), an employee of the National Library who was
shot on 25 April trying to prevent looting. The letter also refers to the assistance
Dalton provided in helping a man named Moses O'Connor receive a passport for travel
to Canada.