Letter from Gerard Crofts (1889-1934) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) enclosing four tickets and apologizing for the delay in return. Gerard Crofts was known for writing and performing Republican songs and frequently sang at concerts and made gramophone recordings. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and during the 1916 uprising was serving at the General Post Office in Dublin. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League and a founding member of the Irish Women Workers’ Union. She was the widow of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916. She was active during the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons. Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916), and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution emerged.