Letter from Dora Shorter to Gertrude Bannister, 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Dora Shorter

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A letter from Dora Shorter (née Sigerson) to Gertrude Parry (née Bannister), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter refers to arrangements for a meeting between the two. It was written while Casement was imprisoned in Pentonville Prison. Casement had been had been arrested after landing at Banna Strand, County Kerry, on the eve of the Easter Rising.Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support for Casement during his trial for treason. Dora, wife of literary critic Clement Shorter, was a friend of Casement.

 National Library of Ireland Roger Casement Papers, Collection List A15, Ms. 10,075/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/1280 English Dora Shorter 1916 Knockmaroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK Gertrude Bannister Female Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Politics

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 Telephone No. P.O.9. Cnoch mo Rúin Knockmaroon, Great Missinden, Buckinghamshire Tuesday. Dear Miss Bannister I shall be in town on Friday, and shall be glad to call upon you about 4.30. I shall be in your direction so do not bother writing if you have an engagement. I know you are very busy and will chance finding you in. Yours sincerely Dora Shorter Letter from Dora Shorter Dora Shorter Letter from Dora Shorter to Gertrude Bannister, 1916 Gertrude Bannister Letter from Gertrude Bannister to Colonel Maurice Moore, 22 July 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from Dora Shorter to Gertrude Bannister, 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 29 July 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Telegram from Brixton Prison to Gertrude Bannister, 20 May 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 10 July 1916Letter from Henry W. Nevinson to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from J.S. Northcote to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916Letter from E. Blackwell to Gertrude Bannister, 2 August 1916Telegram from Sidney Parry to Gertrude Bannister, 29 August 1916Letter from A. Holmes to Gertrude Bannister, 23 July 1916Letter from Gertrude Bannister to C. Spencer Smith, 29 July 1916 Knockmaroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK Letter from Dora Shorter to Gertrude Bannister, 1916