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44, Parnell Square, Dublin 27th. July,1916. The Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith M.P.
Prime Minister. Sir, We are sending by some post an eith list of 46 signatures,
to the Casement relief Petiton. As they are not personally know to us and appear
to belong to a different category we have not included them in
the list of people of note. We have the honour to be,
Your Obedient servant, Hon. Secretaries
Committee:-
The Lord FFrench
The Lord Ashbourne
Rt. Rev. Mons. Ryan P.P.
Rev. Matthew Maguire P.P.
Dr. Hyde LL.D. Professor Nat. University
Col Maurice Moore C.B.
Lorcan Sherlock Esq. Late Lord Mayor Dublin
F.J. Allen Esq
Mrs Hutton
Mrs. O'Nolan
Miss O'Farrelly M.A Professor Nat. Univerisyt
Miss Young Queen's Co.
This is a covering letter from the Casement Relief Petition sent to Herbert Henry
Asquith (1852-1928), British prime minister, from the Casement Relief Petition Committee.
They are sending 46 signatures to be included with the petitions they have already
sent by the same post. But, because these people are not 'people of note' they are
to be understood as a different category. Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) had been
arrested at Banna Strand, County Kerry on the eve of the Easter Rising. Though Casement
had not been intimately involved in the planning of the Easter Rising and had travelled
to Ireland from Germany to try and prevent it taking place, believing it should not
happen without sufficient German support, he had been sentenced to sentenced to death
for treason. The names of the relief committee, who were campaigning for a reprieve,
are listed in full.