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13 Fingal Pce 4.11.15 Dear Maggie I could’nt go
out on Sunday night last,
my cold was very bad
and when the rain started
it decided me altogether.
I would have written you
sooner only I expected to
see you coming home for
dinner or when I was
coming home at night.
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I haven’t been out at night
time since last Saturday
night when I was talking
to you, except for half an
hour on Wednesday night
when I went down to the
barbers. This staying in
has me nearly “down and
out†and I don’t expect
to be better before Sunday.
I hope this apology, or
excuse if you like, will
be accepted. I must be
doomed to write nothing
but apologies.
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How are you getting on.
I hope you are alright
and wont catch anything
like the cold I have
You would feel miserable.
I better post this note
quick, I might tear it up
as I cant find anything
interesting to put in it.
Hoping you are not
vexed with me for not
writing before.
A letter from John (Jack) Cromien (1893-1916) to Maggie, informing her he has a bad
cold and the only night he was out was on Wednesday to go to the barbers. He doesn’t
expect to be better before Sunday and apologises for not writing sooner. The last
part of the letter (the writer's signature) has been cut out.John (Jack) Cromien was
an Irish Volunteer. During Easter Week, his position was in Prussia Street, Dublin.
Cromien was shot dead by a British sniper during the week of the Easter Rising.