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Comhlucht Coganta na nGaodhal agus SPLEÃDHACH OGLACH NA hÉIREANN Longphort: 10 SRÃID AN cHISTE, ÃTH CLIATH. IRISH NATIONAL AID AND VOLUNTEER DEPENDENT'S FUND Offices: 10 EXCHEQUER ST.,
DUBLIN. 2 nd Octr Dear Mr. Walker Can you rush
a job of handbills for us?
Any number you can get done
of enclosed up to 20,000 by
tomorrow afternoon. I'll
be glad if you will ring me
up at the Electric Lighting countries
offices as soon after 10 o'c
as possible & let me know
what number you can manage. Yours sincerely, Fred Allan
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Letters from Fred J. Allen June - Dec 1916
The letter is from Fred Allan (1861-1937), a member of the Irish National Aid Association
and Volunteer Dependents’ Fund. In the letter, Allan asks if Walker can 'rush' a print
job of about 20,000 handbills for distribution, or as many as can be managed.The fund
was the result of a merger between the Irish National Aid Association and the Irish
Volunteers Depedents’ Fund, both of which were founded after the Rising to provide
relief to the dependents of those who were executed, killed in the fighting or had
lost their employment. 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.