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Alderman T. Kelly, 23, Longwood Avenue, South Circular Road, Dublin. Sir I
am in receipt of your letter of 6th inst,
respecting loss of a number of water colors, etc, and
in reply have to express regret that the enquiries
which have been made have not resulted in the discovery
of these goods. As the evidence in the matter is
quite insufficient to connect the Military with the
matter the Military Authorities are not able to admit any
liability. Your letter, however, has been forwarded to the
Civil Authority, i. e., the Under Secretary, Dublin Castle. Yours faithfully, F M Taylor Colonel A. D. S. T.
for Major-General i/c Administration,
Irish Command
Headquarters, Parkgate, Dublin. 13/6/1916
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sure the officer will remember. I hope the missing sketch books will
yet be found and I shall be obliged if you will say
whether there isas they if and as I value
them very much. Yours
T Kelly
In this letter, Colonel F.M. Taylor rebuts Thomas Kelly's (1868-1942) claims for military
compensation. Kelly writes that the officer in charge of the unit that occupied his
building during Easter week took all his papers away, including his personal sketchbooks.
Thomas Kelly was an influential member of the Dublin City Council in the early decades
of the 20th century. His achievements included replacing slums with social housing;
developing a public library service; and the foundation of the Municipal Gallery of
Modern Art. Although not involved in fighting during the rising, he was arrested afterwards
but was released after a short time. He was arrested again in 1919 and was unable
to take his position as Lord Mayor of Dublin due to health complications that had
arisen from his imprisonment.