Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915

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Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915

1 Zossen Xmas Day 1915 Dear old pet, No letter from you yet. I am so
lonely today - you remember last year
in 8 Hartstonge St. with the little ones running
wild â€” why do you grip me so much
& why are my thoughts so cluttered around
you? Mollie write me, I do so want your
sympathy, my work is so hard, and difficulties
so many - but of course if I had you here to
tell all my worries to, things would run
smoothly - I trust you and all at home 2 are enjoying yourselves, even now as I write
this letter â€” I cant write more now, fondest love
Kiss them all for me Yours ever
Cara

In this letter, written on Christmas day, from Robert Monteith to his wife Mary, Robert expresses loneliness and states that he misses his family. He recalls times they spent together and pleads with his wife to write to him.Robert Monteith (1879-1956) was a founding member of the Irish Volunteers. 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. Robert and Mary Florence (Mollie) Monteith (née McEvoy, 1877-1960) married in 1909 against his family's wishes. the controversy came from Robert being a Protestant, and Mary a Catholic widow with three children.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0594.html)