Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 C. Harold Heathcote

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This is a letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955) from Major C. Harold Heathcote. Heathcote was officer in charge of prisoners' effects in Richmond Barracks, where most of those arrested after the Rising were initially held. The letter is in reference to Lynn's attempts to secure the return of items taken from her after her arrest following the Rising.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.

 Military Archives of Ireland Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/KL/1/29 https://letters1916.ie/item/843 English C. Harold Heathcote 1916-10-13 Parkgate, Dublin, Ireland Kathleen Lynn 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Prisoners' Effects.Kathleen Lynn,Claim No. 611 Kathleen Lynn, 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines. Madam, I have received your letter of 11/10/16 and have noted its contents. The matter of the recovery of your property has been engaging my attention since I last wrote you. If you could find an opportunity for doing so I shall be very much obliged if you would call upon me in my Office here to discuss this matter again with me. I feel sure that you will readily understand that as it was not until the 4th of July that you wrote to me intimating that you had lost property in Liberty Hall and not until August 19, when you called upon me in Richmond Barracks that you made any claim for your Motor Car, bicycle, etc., it has been very difficult for me after the lapse of so many weeks to trace the disposition of your property. C. Harold Heathcote. Major. O. i/c Prisoners' Effects. Room 32 Hospital, Headquarters, Irish Command, Parkgate, DUBLIN. 12/10/16 . 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Lynn to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 November 1916. Parkgate, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916 C. Harold Heathcote Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916 Kathleen Lynn Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to the Deputy Adjutant General at Parkgate, 26 May 1916Letter from Maud Joynt to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 28 May 1916Letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn from the Assistant Provost Marshal, 28 May 1916Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to Miss Carney, 6 June 1916Letter from Robert Childers Barton to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 11 July 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Lynn to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 November 1916.Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to Dora, 31 October 1916Letter from John Pedder to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 2 August 1916Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn, [post-April 1916]