Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916

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Letter from C. Spencer Smith to Gertrude Bannister, 31 July 1916

1 CLERK & RECEIVER'S OFFICE: 53, PALACE STREET, VICTORIA STREET, S.W. 31st July 1916 Dear Miss Bannister I am sending a formal reply to your letter, & also
a note from the Chairman which may go some way to satisfy you. There was some delay in sending my previous letter off as your address was
unknown until obtained from Miss Holmes, & I was not present here when
it was dispatched. It appears that the notice was not booked and
as it is desirable for me to have a copy it would much oblige me if
you would send me one - or return the original on promise of return. I am faithfully yours C.Spencer Smith

This is a letter from C. Spencer Smith of Queen Anne's School in London to Gertrude Bannister (later Parry), a cousin of Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916). The letter refers to arrangements to terminate Bannister's employment in the school and the writer asks that she send a copy of the notice announcing her resignation.The letter was written while Casement was imprisoned 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
1916-07-31
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__1289.html)