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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, WHITEHALL PLACE, LONDON, S.W. 12th May, 1916.
No. L. 9838/1916.
Sir, I am directed by the President of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries to forward to you the enclosed copy of a letter dated
the 10th instant which has been received in this Department from
Mr. J.M. Moubray, of Sutton Farm, Lewes, with reference to his desire
to secure a permit for the passage to this Country of some Irish
agricultural laborers whom he has engaged. Mr Moubray has been informed accordingly
I am ,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant, F. L. C. Houd
Assistant Secretary
The Under Secretary, The Irish Office Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W.
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COPY MEMORANDUM Sutton Farm, Lewes. 10 May, 1916. From
J.M. Moubray. The Secretary, Board of Agriculture, London. Dear Sir, I am
very much hindered in my work by not getting my
Irishmen over. Please send a Licence by first post to John
Cambell and a lad, address Faheens, Swinsford, Co., Mayo, Ireland. This man has
worked for me for 25 years. I sent him
the money to bring him over but he cannot get, owing to the
Dublin Affair. I will be pleased to hear that you have
sent him a pass to come to me Yours faithfully,
(signed) John M. Moubray .
The is a letter sent by F. L. C. Houd, the assistant secretary of the Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries, to Robert Chalmers (1858-1938) Under Secretary for Ireland.Chalmers
became Under secretary for a brief period following the resignation of Matthew Nathan
(1862-1939), who relinquished his position following his political failure during
the 1916 Easter Rising. The letter concerns an enclosure of a letter from Mr John
Mitchell Moubray (b. 1856) in which he applies to acquire a permit for the travel
of one of his Irish workers. In the enclosed letter he states that John Campbell,
the Irish worker, has worked for him for 25 years and that he has sent him money to
get to England but he is unable to travel due to the restrictions as a result of the
Easter Rising.