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Headford Co Galway 6.5.16 H Asquith Esq.
Dear Sir I could give
you some side
news of the recent
rebellion if I had
a personal interview
but there is no
one to be trusted
here if you give me
a warrant across
I will go over to
London I want no
payment only
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expenses. I have
lived in the
West 30 years.
I am 10 miles from
a railway car it
is 15/. as a fare
to London from
Tuam about £5
as near as I can
go but a gov. warrant
from Tuam would
be sufficient if
you accepted offer
send through local
police just to
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show the genuineness of offer
but do not tell them my
mission. Yours truly Jane Barklie
This is a letter from Jane Barklie to Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928), then Liberal
Prime Minister of Great Britain. Barklie is requesting money for expenses for a trip
to London as she wishes to share information about the Rising with the Prime Minister
but cannot trust anyone in Ireland.