Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 27 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Fred J. Allan

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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.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Joseph Michael Stanley Collection, BMH CD/4/3/6 https://letters1916.ie/item/1256 English Fred J. Allan 1916-10-27 Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents' Fund Offices, Exchequer Street, Dublin Mr Walker Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Comhlucht Coganta na nGaodhal agus SPLEÁDHACH OGLACH NA hÉIREANN Longphort: 10 SRÁID AN cHISTE, ÁTH 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 Letters from Fred J. Allen June - Dec 1916 Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents' Fund Offices, Exchequer Street, Dublin Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 7 September 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 27 October 1916 Fred J. Allan Letter from William P. Triston to Fred J. Allan, 18 September 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 2 August 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 28 June 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 26 July 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 7 September 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 27 October 1916