Letter from William Dalton to Richard Henry Wright, 7 August 1916 Letters 1916-1923 William Dalton

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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.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/7721/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/159 English William Dalton 1916-08-07 Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Dublin, Ireland. Richard Henry Wright Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Industry and Public Administration

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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 William Dalton Letter from William Dalton to Richard Henry Wright, 7 August 1916 Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, Dublin, Ireland. Letter from William Dalton to Richard Henry Wright, 7 August 1916Letter from Thomas Patrick Gill to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916