This is a letter from Robert Childers Barton (1881-1975) to Dr Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955). In this letter, Barton, acting in his capacity as officer in charge of prisoners' effects at Richmond Barracks, assures Dr Lynn that her claim to property lost in Liberty Hall during Easter Week has not been lost sight of, and that he will communicate further with her on the matter as soon as he receives proper authority to do so.Barton, heir to a large estate at Glendalough in Co. Wicklow, was born into a Protestant and staunchly Unionist family. Barton joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913, acting as secretary to Colonel Maurice Moore (1854-1939). At the outbreak of war, Barton accepted a commission in the British Army, serving in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. In April 1916, he was dispatched to Dublin, where he could observe at first hand the treatment meted out to the rebels. Barton served for a period as officer in charge of prisoners' effects at Richmond Barracks. He soon resigned his commission, joined the revolutionary movement, was elected Sinn Féin MP for Wicklow West in December 1918, acted as Minister for Agriculture and later Economic Affairs, and acted as a delegate to the treaty negotiations in 1921. Barton sided with the irregulars during the Civil War,. He later became particularly active in the promotion of the turf industry.Dr Kathleen Lynn was a medical practitioner, a suffragist, a nationalist, and a revolutionary. Lynn was Chief Medical Officer of the Irish Citizen Army during Easter 1916, and was a part of the City Hall garrison, of which she took command of the garrison after the death of Seán Connolly on the first day of the Rising. After independence, Lynn dedicated much time and energy towards the improvement of public health, and played a significant role in the eradication of tuberculosis in Ireland.