Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 29 July 1916

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Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 29 July 1916

1 CLERK & RECEIVER'S OFFICE, 53, Palace Street, Victoria Street, S.W. 29th July 1916 Queen Anne's School Dear Madam, I am directed to forward the enclosed cheque for Â£40 together with
copy of a Resolution come to by the Board at their meeting this morning, which
will explain itself. I also enclose your Thrift Fund Securities viz. P.O.I.B. Certificate B37710 for
Â£100 41/2 per cent War Stock 1925-1945 dated 13 Aug. 1915 and Post Office Savings Bank
Certificate 713254 for Â£125.3.11 21/2 per cent Consolidated Stock dated 27 January 1911. The control exercised by the Governors over your deposits in the P.O. Savings
Bank now ceases. Will you be good enough to acknowledge the receipt of these Certificates
& also to send us a formal receipt for Â£40 Salary. I am dear Madam
Yours faithfully C.Spencer Smith Miss G.A.Bannister, 36 Grosvenor Road, Westminster 2 May I
add an unofficial
P.S. to express my
regret at such an ending
of a long period of good service.

The letter is from C. Spenser Smith of Queen Anne's school in London to Gertrude Bannister (d.1950), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter enclosed £40, some documentation and certificates and a resolution passed by the board of the school in relation to the ending of Bannister's contract of employment there. The writer also adds a personal note on the back of the letter expressing 'regret at the ending of such a long period of service.'The letter was written while Casement was imprisoned in London after he had been arrested while landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine on the eve of the Easter Rising. Bannister was heavily involved in raising public support for Casement during his trial for treason.

C. Spencer Smith
Gertrude Bannister
1916-07-29
Industry and Public Administration Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1288.html)