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OFFICES: KILLARNEY 23rd day of June 1916 The Under Secretary, Dublin Castle,
Dublin. Dear Sir, I enclose Application for Imprest for £120. Yours truly, D M Moriarty
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Killarney Co Kerry June 23 1916 Sir, The Balance of Public Money remaining
in my hands this day
being £ 8 ,,6 ,,9, I have the honour to request that an
Imprest may be made to me of One hundred & twenty Pounds,
for the payment of current Express during the present Month.
State of my Account up to this date given overleaf. I am,
SIR,
Your obedient Servant, David M Moriarty The Under Secretary, Dublin Castle.
Letter from Kerry Crown Solicitor, David M. Moriarty, to the under secretary of Ireland
concerning an application for imprest of £120.At the time this letter was written
Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938) was serving as the under secretary of Ireland. Chalmers
was sent to Ireland as a replacement for Sir Matthew Nathan, who had resigned along
with Augustine Birrell, his chief secretary, following the outbreak of the Easter
Rising in 1916.