Letter from Thomas J. Cullen, 8 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Thomas J Cullen

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The letter is from Thomas J. Cullen, honorary secretary of the Irish National Aid Association. The letter refers to the printing of postcards that would be sold to raise funds. It also requests strong envelopes and copies of a photograph of Patrick and William Pearse, executed after the Rising.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.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Joseph Michael Stanley Collection, BMH CD/4/3/6 https://letters1916.ie/item/1257 English Thomas J Cullen 1916-07-08 Irish National Aid Association Offices, Exchequer Street, Dublin Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 COMHLUCHT CONGANTA NA nGAODHAL IRISH NATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION Offices — GRAND CENTRAL HALLS, 10 EXCHEQUER STREET, DUBLIN, 8 July 1916 Dear Sirs, Please print 2000 x receipt postcards according to instructions given to your representative here today. Please let me have a hundred or so at least by 5 oc on Monday afternoon. The remainder during the week, on Tuesday if possible. Also 500 strong envelopes to hold each, 12 copies of the Pearse Brothers photo. 100 of these to be delivered on Monday. Yours truly, Thomas J. Cullen Hon. Sec The Gaelic Press 30 Liffey St Letter from Thomas J. Culllen Irish National Aid Association. 8 th July 1916 Thomas J Cullen Letter from Thomas J. Cullen, 8 July 1916 Irish National Aid Association Offices, Exchequer Street, Dublin Letter from Thomas J. Cullen, 8 July 1916