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Electricity Supply Committee,
Dublin Corporation,
Offices and Showrooms —
Cork Hill,
Dublin
28 June 1916 Coisde Soláthair na
h_Aibhléise,
Bárdas Bhaile
Ãtha Cliath,
Cnoc Corcaighe,
Ãth' Cliath
Telephone :—
3601. - Branch 21). Fred. J.Allan, Secretary and Commercial Manager. Dear
Mr. Walker I send you herewith
the block of the Brothers Pearse. Will
you please give the copyright at once
for the Irish National Aid Asso., as
a proof might be shipped out from
the engravers. Then as
soon as possible we'd be glad to
have a frilll or two on the size of
card we arranged so that we can
arrange the letter-press accordingly. Can you manage to give us
frillsare in different inks? The
black looks very cold. We
expect to have an immense run
and will go for a first edition of
5000. Yours Very Truly Fred G.Allan How are you getting on with the
piece of music? Glad if
you can ring me up between 4.30
& 5.
The letter is from Fred Allan (1861-1937), a member of the Irish National Aid Association.
The letter refers to the printing of a card with an image of Patrick and William Pearse,
executed after the Easter Rising. The card would be sold to raise funds. Allen also
asks about a piece of music that would be printed in pamphlet form for the same reason.The
association was founded after the Rising to provide relief to the dependents of those
who were executed, killed in the fighting or had lost their employment. It later merged
with the Irish Volunteer Dependents' Fund to form the Irish National Aid and Volunteer
Dependents' Fund. Frederick James Allen was an Irish Nationalist and republican. During
the Parnell era, Allan was one of the most influential and powerful men in the IRB.
He later resigned from the organisation in 1912. Allan opposed the 1916 Rising, viewing
it as a futile gesture, yet he would go on to be heavily involved in the politics
of the Irish War of Independence.