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My darling Hermione, As few letters are leaving Ireland I do not know
when you will get this.
Duke could not cross
tonight & will now wait
for Trevor & I shall
send my 4 off the
first & better next
week. Basil motored
to Dublin from Belfast
on Tuesday & I have
had Congratulations
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on his safe arrival
there for Mr Dunville
had been very seriously
wounded en route &
cars were confiscated
&people turned
out on the road -
You know as much
as we do - for very
little is in the papers
about what happens
(we have no English letters or papers this
week) in Dublin but there
are plenty of rumours &
it would be much better
if we were told the
truth . I trust Mr Birrell
will be got rid of after
this — a good man,
& not any old joker
is wanted here. We had a lovely
summer day yesterday
& today a cold dull
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one; it seems as if
fine weather cannot
begin this year. I went to see Jenny
Moffat (Falls Road)
yesterday - she is going to
have a baby & from what
she tells me I fear there
is a danger I do worry
about. & I entreated
her to see a doctor - told
her it was absolutely necessary
Her kidneys are
evidently all wrong. I
hope Dr.Mitchell will be
able to do something - Mrs. M Ceallough
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Has a rumination
In her where
& Casement
Knew it.
Advises her
Not to write.
Mar got
a new
Place.
No other
news
but to Take care
V. Loving
Mother HBW
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Hermione Blackwood Standish House Hospital Stonehouse Gloucestershire England
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This letter was written by Lady Hariot Georgine Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (nee Rowan-Hamilton)
(1843-1936) to her daughter Lady Hermione Catherine Helen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
(1869-1960). The letter concerns the Easter Rising. In the letter Hermoine's mother
tells her that Hermione probably knows as much as she does about the events in Dublin
as there are no papers in Dublin but plenty of rumours. Her mother then moves onto
everyday events such as the weather and that a friend, Jenny, is going to have a baby.