Letter from Robert Monteith (1879-1956) to his wife, Mary Florence (Mollie) Monteith (née McEvoy, 1877-1960). In this letter Robert asks Mollie how she and the family are settling into life in New York. Robert mentions that he will be sending papers through a friend who will give them to Mollie at the end of the war if Robert should not come back. He asks Mollie to retain these papers in case a question should ever arise among the Irish people as to his actions in Europe. Monteith was a former sergeant-major in the British Army and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers. In 1909 Monteith, a Protestant, and McEvoy, a Catholic widow with three children, were married against his family's wishes. In 1915 Monteith was selected by Thomas Clarke (1858–1916), a veteran of revolutionary politics, to accompany Sir Roger Casement (1864–1916), to Germany to assist with recruitment of an Irish Brigade from the Irish prisoners-of-war. Monteith had difficulties with the German general staff during his time there. He eventually returned to Ireland with Casement, where he evaded capture at Banna Strand. Monteith would later emigrate to America with his family.