Letter from Nancy Campbell to Mabel FitzGerald, 23 May 1916

Foo, Bar; Bar, Foo

Letter from Nancy Campbell to Mabel FitzGerald, 23 May 1916

1 May 23 rd 1916 Dear Mrs.Fitzgerald I had called by to
find you yesterday but
of course if you had
the chance of seeing
your husband - I do hope you did? I think his sentence is monstrous - but
I am sure pressure will 2
be brought to bear from
America etc. - & even
if he is left till the
end of the war they will
all be let out then. So, though I know you
must feel wretched,
you mustn't be hopeless â€”
they simply can't keep to all those atrocious
sentences â€”so many of
them too. What will your plans be? 3
There is the farm house
(Mr.Quigley's you know)
near here which I
believe is to be 'set'
for the summer â€”
you couldn't come there,
could you? I do hope the children are
better - you don't want
any other worries! I don't know if I
can get in again
this week - unless its 4
Friday â€” let me know
if you'll be in then â€”
I'll bring some more
eggs. The heroism of the
Volunteers grows &
grows for me Yours Nancy Campbell

Letter from Nancy Campbell to Mabel FitzGerald (1884-1957). Mrs. Campbell feels sure that there will be pressure put on the British by America. She feels that all of the prisoners will be released at the end of the war and urges Mrs FitzGerald to remain hopeful. She mentions a vacant house (in her area) which she suggests Mrs. FitzGerald might take for the summer. Nancy Campbell, neé Maude, (b. 23 May 1886) was the daughter of Colonel Aubrey Maude, Cameronian Highlanders. Nancy met the poet Joseph Campbell (1879 – 1944) during a visit to Ireland in 1909 and married him in May 1910 whereupon Nancy became completely estranged from her family. Mabel Fitzgerald was the wife of Irish Volunteer Desmond Fitzgerald (1888-1947). Mabel was a former governess in London. She later vigorously canvassed her former acquaintances in London's liberal circles for support for Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878 -1916) during his hunger strike in 1915. Both Mabel and Desmond would serve in the GPO garrison during Easter Week.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1422.html)