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Letterhead on righthand side of page Telephone: —
3601, — Branch 21).
Fred J. Allan,
Secretary and
Commercial Manager. Electricity Supply Committee, Dublin Corporation, Offices
and Showrooms — Cork Hill, Dublin 26 July 1916 Dear Mr.Walker The Belfast
National Aid Asso. want, as
quickly as possible, 6 doz armlets.
They can go through our account.
You might send word over to me
as (to Exchequer St) as to when
you think you can have them. What about the Pearse
job too? Yours Sincerely Fred Allan
A letter from Frederick James Allan (1861-1937), a member of the Irish National Aid
Association, to a mister Walker. The letter refers to the printing of armlets for
the Belfast branch of the fund. 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. Fred 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.