Letter from John Clear to Augustine Birrell, 23 February 1916
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Graiguemonagh Feby. 23rd 1916 To you, the Chief Sec. of Ireland, A Birrell & Lady Birrell, — to inform
you
and King George in Parliament, to put
at, once an end to underhand robery of
riflen = (stealing) letters that come to us,
and answering them as lies and
Statements signed in our name, by
Coroners, Drs., JP.s., sevn. Joyce J.P., —
and numerous others, holding 12 letters
and cheques for £8000 from May 14th. '08
to Feby 1916 ... money cashed in Berlin.
These people are responsible for the war. He refers to Sergt. Benson, Graigue, as
knowing all about this. There is
still £80000 of his in the Bank at
Ohio, & he believes the above names are keep 2 -ing it from him etc., etc.
He calls himself in a number
of places:— We John Clean 3 the Right hon.
A. Birrell M.P.
office Lodge Castle of
Dublin
& house of Commons
Westminster London
Chief of Ireland 4 Mr. Connolly
I should like to know 9/3
and King George in Parliament, to put
at, once an end to underhand robery of
riflen = (stealing) letters that come to us,
and answering them as lies and
Statements signed in our name, by
Coroners, Drs., JP.s., sevn. Joyce J.P., —
and numerous others, holding 12 letters
and cheques for £8000 from May 14th. '08
to Feby 1916 ... money cashed in Berlin.
These people are responsible for the war. He refers to Sergt. Benson, Graigue, as
knowing all about this. There is
still £80000 of his in the Bank at
Ohio, & he believes the above names are keep 2 -ing it from him etc., etc.
He calls himself in a number
of places:— We John Clean 3 the Right hon.
A. Birrell M.P.
office Lodge Castle of
Dublin
& house of Commons
Westminster London
Chief of Ireland 4 Mr. Connolly
I should like to know 9/3
This is a letter from John Clear (1858-?), a labourer from Killkenny, Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) the Chief Secretary for Ireland. The letter call for an end to the theft of letters by a list of people name. He claims cheques have been taken and cashed in Berlin. He goes on to state Sergeant Benson knows about this and that there is £80,000 of his in a bank in Ohio, believing the named men are keeping it from him.
- John Clear
- Augustine Birrell
- 1916-02-23
- Politics
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1659.html)
- Place
- Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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- Letter from John Clear to Augustine Birrell, 23 February 1916
- Place
- Graignamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from John Clear to Augustine Birrell, 23 February 1916
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- Letter from Brother Vincent O'Kelly to the Chief Secretary, 3 April 1916
- Letter from Patrick Joseph Brady to Augustine Birrell, 27 Mar 1916
- Letter from Thomas Gerrard to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916
- Letter from James P. Farrell et al. to Augustine Birrell, 7 April 1916
- A letter from Francis E. Meehan to Augustine Birrell, 3 April 1916
- Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916
- Letter from Edmund Loftus Wickham to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916
- Letter from Margaret May Loughren to Augustine Birrell, 26 March 1916
- Letter from Hugh O'Brien Moran to Augustine Birrell, 4 May 1916
- Letter from Lord Hugh Gough to Augustine Birrell, 28 April 1916
- Letter from Joseph Dowdall to Augustine Birrell, 18 April 1916
- Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 14 April 1916
- Letter from J. G. Swift MacNeill to Augustine Birrell, 17 April 1916
- Letter from William Johnson to the chief secretary, 14 April 1916
- Letter from Miss Helen Augusta Crofton to Augustine Birrell, 3 May 1916
- Letter from A. J. Loughborough Ball to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916
- Letter from Mr MJ Murphy to Mr Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, 10 November 1916
- Letter from James Neazor to Augustine Birrell, 6 January 1916
- Letter from William O'Brien to Augustine Birrell, 26 February 1916
- Letter from Scott Alexander to Augustine Birrell, 3 March 1916
- Letter from John Clear to Augustine Birrell, 23 February 1916
- Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916
- Letter from P. Burrowes Shiel to Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 27 March 1916.
- Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916
- Letter from Alfred Bryne to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916
- Letter from Edward W. Mooney to Augustine Birrell, 4 April 1916
- Letter from Augustine Birrell to Edward W. Mooney, 5 April 1916
- Letter from Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde to Augustine Birrell, 7 April 1916
- Letter from William Howell Davies to Augustine Birrell, 10 April 1916
- Letter from Jonathan Pim to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916
- Letter from Sir Bertram Windle to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916.
- Letter from Cecil Harmsworth to Augustine Birrell, 31 March 1916
- Letter from Jeannie Horner to Augustine Birrell, 4 April 1916
- Letter from William Seddall to Augustine Birrell, 14 April 1916
- Letter from Thomas Francis Smyth to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916
- Letter from A. Ross to Augustine Birrell, 30 April 1916
- Letter from Richard Creighton to Augustine Birrell, 25 April 1916
- Letter from Joseph Michael Stanley, 29 March 1916
- Letter from W. A. Tait to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 13 April 1916
- Letter from A. Stanford to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916
- Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 29 May 1916
- Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 23 May 1916
- Letter from William O'Brien to Augustine Birrell, 26 February 1916
- Letter from Henry T. Gallagher to Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 29 March 1916