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26th July, 1916 Madam, I have given my name
to Colonel Moore, as a Signatory
to the petition for the circulation
of the lectures on Roger Casement. Yours etc.
Laurence Gaughan
Bishop of Meath
Mrs Stopford Green 36 Grosvenor Road, London
This letter was addressed to Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929), the wife of historian
John Richard Green (1837-1883). Stopford Green was a nationalist, involved in the
Howth gun-running and a historian in her own right. She was shocked by the 1916 Rising
and horrified that Casement had been plotting to obtain German assistance. Nonetheless,
she visited Casement in prison and lobbied to prevent his execution.This letter was
sent by the Bishop of Meath Laurence Gaughan (1842-1928). In this letter Gaughan states
that he has signed the petition for the cancelation of the charges against Roger Casement
(1864-1916). Casement had been imprisoned in London after he had been arrested while
landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine on the eve of the Easter Rising. A campaign
was launched featuring many prominent figures such as W.B. Yeats and George Bernard
Shaw to secure a reprieve for Casement but he was hanged on 3 August 1916.