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               <p>This letter was written by William Stewart Collis (1860-1947) a solicitor from the firm Collis &amp; Ward. The letter is addressed to Attorney General John Gordon (1849-1922). Gordon had been appointed attorney general in 1915 but vacated the position a year later. His successor, James Campbell (1851-1931), took over on Monday 24 April, the first day of the Easter Rising.
The letter contains Collis' bid to apply for the position of chief crown solicitor following the death of Malachy Kelly (1851-1916). With this letter Collis has included thirteen testimonials from 1889 when he was applying for the position of solicitor to the Irish Land Commission.</p>
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             13, Clare Street,<lb/>Dublin,   28<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> March 1916 <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr Attorney General,   I beg to apply for<lb/>the appointment of Chief Crown<lb/>Solicitor for Ireland which has<lb/>become vacant by the death of<lb/>Sir Malachy Kelly.  I enclose a few of<lb/>the testimonials I received<lb/>in 1889, when I was applying<lb/>for the position of Solicitor<lb/>to the Irish Law Commission.  Since that, 26 years ago, I<lb/>have had a large practice<lb/>in almost every branch of<lb/>the profession.  I am a Justice of the<lb/>Peace &amp; have some knowledge<lb/>of Criminal Law.   I am<lb/>Yours truly <lb/> WS Collis <lb/><lb/> The Rt Hon.<lb/>The Attorney General<lb/>Dublin Castle.  
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             From the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Madden, then Attorney<lb/>General for Ireland, M.P<lb/>Law Room,<lb/>Dublin Castle,   October 29, 1899. <lb/><lb/> My Dear Mr. Collins,   I willingly comply with your request that I should<lb/>state your professional ability and character.  I have had many opportunities of observing the manner<lb/>in which you conduct your professional business, and I have<lb/>formed a high opinion of your legal knowledge and capacity.<lb/>I have always found you devote yourself most zealously to the<lb/>interests of your clients.   Yours faithfully, <lb/> D.H Madden       W.Stewart Collins, Esq.  
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             20 Hatch Street, Dublin,    31st October , 1889.   I have great pleasure in testifying to my knowledge of Mr.<lb/>Wm. S. Collis, B.A, who is a candidate for the post of Solicitor<lb/>to the Land Commission. He was admitted a Solicitor in 1882,<lb/>after a most distinguished examination, in which he won Gold<lb/>Medal and Findlater Scholarship. Since that date he has been<lb/>in excellent practice and has a considerable experience in nearly every<lb/>branch of his profession. He is able, energetic and prudent, and is<lb/>a gentleman of the highest honour and integrity. I have no doubt<lb/>that if appointed he would give the Land Commission and those<lb/>with whom he had to do business every satisfaction.   T.G. Overend, Q.C  
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             From the Solicitor for the Church Representative Body,<lb/>Trinity College, Dublin Metropolitan Police, etc.<lb/>18 Stephens Green, North,<lb/>Dublin,   29th October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> My Dear Collis,   I have very great pleasure indeed in saying that<lb/>I believe your appointment to the office of solicitor to the<lb/>Land Commission would give general satisfaction to the pro-<lb/>fession, and send to the Commissioners an officer whose<lb/>capabilities and knowledge of his business would enable him<lb/>to discharge efficiently the duties of his office, and to the<lb/>public one with whom they could communicate with confidence<lb/>and pleasure.   Believe me,<lb/>Very faithfully yours, <lb/> John Maunsell <lb/><lb/> W.S. Collis, Esq, 3 Westmoreland Street.  
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             20, Fitzwilliam Square,<lb/>Dublin,   October 30th, <lb/> My Dear Collis,   Having heard that you area a candidate for the vacant<lb/>office of Solicitor to the Irish Land Commission, it gives me<lb/>great pleasure to state my opinion of your fitness for the office.  I have been associated with you professionally in a very<lb/>large number of cases of every nature--many of them of a<lb/>very heavy and responsible character, and have had constant<lb/>opportunities of testing your ability and character as a Solicitor.<lb/>You are one of the few Solicitors whom I know who can<lb/>grapple with heavy business of a complicated nature, and I<lb/>am satisfied that your sound judgement and practical common-<lb/>sense, added to your legal knowledge and high sense of honour,<lb/>make you in every way qualified to fill the responsible position<lb/>of Solicitor to the Irish Land Commission.   Faithfully yours <lb/> Charles L. Matheson. <lb/> W.S. Collis Esq.  
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             Ulster Club, Belfast.  I have known Mr W Stewart Collis for several years,<lb/>and have had frequent opportunities of observing the way in<lb/>which he conducts the legal proceedings entrusted to him. In<lb/>my opinion he is possessed of very high attainments and<lb/>qualifications for his profession.  His knowledge is extensive, and he is most painstaking<lb/>and accurate in the management of his cases. I have observed<lb/>that he is invariably guided in his practice by the principals which<lb/>regulate the conduct of a man of honour and a gentleman.   Henry Fitzgibbon.  <lb/> October 29th, 1889.  
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             From the Right Hon. Sir Edward Carson, Q.C., M.P.<lb/>80, Merrion Square,<lb/>Dublin,   October 30th, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Collis,   I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to your<lb/>fitness for the appointment of Solicitor to the Land<lb/>Commission.  I have had the opportunity at the profession of judging of<lb/>your ability and zeal, and I cannot speak too highly of your<lb/>qualification.  I wish you every good luck.   Yours truly, <lb/> EDWARD CARSON.  
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             Graves C. Colles, of the firm of Meade, Colles and Co.<lb/>31, Kildare Street, Dublin,   30th October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Collis,   In accordance with your request I can confidently<lb/>testify as to your capability and energy in carrying out business<lb/>matters entrusted to you, having had ample opportunity for<lb/>forming such an opinion during the time you served your<lb/>apprenticeship in this office. Your character during the time<lb/>I have had the pleasure of knowing you has always been that<lb/>of an honest upright gentleman.   Yours faithfully.   GRAVES C. COLLES. <lb/><lb/> W.S. Collis, Esq.  
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             From Sir. Benjamin Whitney,<lb/>46, Kildare Street Dublin,   29th, October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr. Collis,   I am very glad to learn that you are a candidate<lb/>for the post of Solicitor to the Land Commission. Know-<lb/>ing you as I do, I have much pleasure in stating that I believe<lb/>you to be exceedingly well qualified for the post. What is<lb/>wanted is, I believe, a clever, steady, hard working and<lb/>energetic man, and in these respects I feel confident that you<lb/>are suitable.  I trust you may be successful and feel sure that your<lb/>appointment would give great satisfaction to the members of<lb/>our profession, who desire to see the post filled by the man<lb/>best qualified to do the work.   Yours very truly, <lb/> BENJAMIN WHITNEY. <lb/><lb/> William S. Collis, Esq., B.A.,<lb/>Westmoreland St.  
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             From Mr. Serjeant Campion , K.C.<lb/>13, Hatch Street,   October 30th, 1889.   I have had the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr. W.<lb/>STEWART COLLIS for several years.  He is a gentleman of high character, and, in my opinion,<lb/>of considerable ability. In the discharge of his professional<lb/>duties, I have always found him most competent and zealous,<lb/>and I have no doubt he would prove worthy of confidence in<lb/>any position in which he might be placed.   W. BENNETT CAMPION.  
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             65. Merrion Square, Dublin.   29th October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr. Collis,   I understand you are a candidate for the office of<lb/>solicitor to the Land Commissioners.  From my experience of you in several heavy cares, as a<lb/>solicitor, I am satisfied with your professional capacity, and of<lb/>your fitness for any office requiring intelligence and knowledge<lb/>of your business. Hoping to hear of your appointment.   I am,<lb/>Yours very truly, <lb/> C.H. HEMPHILL. <lb/> W.Stewart Collis, Esq.  
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             25 Clare Street, Dublin,   31st October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr. Collis,   In reference to your Candidature for the office of Solicitor<lb/>to the Irish Land Commission, I have no hesitation in bearing<lb/>my testimony to your fitness to fill the post with credit to your-<lb/>self, and satisfaction to the public. My firm has been engaged<lb/>in important legal matters with you, and always found that they<lb/>were conducted with ability and despatch.   I am ,<lb/>Yours very truly, <lb/> Robert O. Longfield. <lb/> W.S. Collis, Esq.  
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             66 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin,   31st October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr. Collis,   I have much pleasure in stating that in my opinion you are<lb/>well qualified in every respect to fill the post of Solicitor to the<lb/>Land Commission. Having experienced your energy, accuracy,<lb/>and ability in the discharge of your ordinary professional duties,<lb/>I consider that your selection to fill the vacancy caused by the<lb/>death of the late Mr. Browning, ought to give much satisfaction<lb/>to all those who are brought into business relations with the<lb/>Commissioners.  I hope that you will get the post.   Believe me,<lb/>Yours faithfully, <lb/> David Colquhoun. <lb/><lb/> W.S.Collis, Esq.,<lb/>3 Westmoreland-street  
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             51, Merrion Square,<lb/>Dublin,   29th October, 1889. <lb/><lb/> Dear Mr.Collis,   Without respect to the high honours you gained when<lb/>entering our profession, I have much pleasure in certifying ,<lb/>from the knowledge I have had of you in business, that you<lb/>are well qualified to fill the post of Solicitor to the Land<lb/>Commission.   Yours faithfully, <lb/> RICHARD S. REEVES. <lb/> W. S. Collis, Esq.  
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Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 August 1918</note><note target="item__1181.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Alfred E. West to Matthew Nathan, 3 January 1916</note><note target="item__1196.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 9 March 1918</note><note target="item__1201.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 September 1918</note><note target="item__1209.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Frank Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 6 November 1918</note><note target="item__1210.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 19 November 1918</note><note target="item__1211.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Frank Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 29 November 1918</note><note target="item__1217.xml" type="mentions">Letter from W. Black to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915</note><note target="item__1223.xml" type="mentions">A letter from J.J. Purdon to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915</note><note target="item__1229.xml" type="mentions">Letter from J.W. Russell to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1916</note><note target="item__1230.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Hugh Crawford Cochrane to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915 </note><note target="item__1231.xml" type="mentions">Letter from David Roche Browning to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915</note><note target="item__1232.xml" type="mentions">A letter from J.A. Frith to sir Matthew Nathan, 20 December 1915</note><note target="item__1270.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Colonel Maurice Moore to Herbert Henry Asquith, 29 July 1916</note><note target="item__1271.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Gertrude Bannister to Colonel Maurice Moore, 22 July 1916</note><note target="item__1272.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Francis Caldwell, Head Constable, Liverpool, to the Officer Commanding the Irish National Volunteers, Dublin, 31 March 1916</note><note target="item__1285.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Susan Fitzgerald to Michael Gorman, 10 November 1915</note><note target="item__1337.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Patrick O Callaghan to Miss M. Dixon, 11 July 1916</note><note target="item__1349.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Mabel C. Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 4 April 1916</note><note target="item__1350.xml" type="mentions">Letter from John Sweetman to Sir John Griffith, 23 October 1916</note><note target="item__1351.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Lord French to Sir John Maxwell, 3 May 1916</note><note target="item__1370.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Major General Francis Shaw to General John Maxwell, 30 May 1916</note><note target="item__1393.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Sir John Maxwell to Herbert Henry Asquith, 12 May 1916.</note><note target="item__1394.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Lord French to Sir John Maxwell, 19 May 1916</note><note target="item__1395.xml" type="mentions">Letter from 'R.H.' to William Henry Brayden, 14 May 1916.</note><note target="item__1397.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Sir John Maxwell to Lord French, 16 May 1916</note><note target="item__1414.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Edward H. Andrews to Lord Stamfordham, 5 May 1916</note><note target="item__1416.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Marie Martin to her mother, Mary Martin, 12 November 1915</note><note target="item__1421.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to Brigadier General, Richmond Barracks, 22 May 1916</note><note target="item__1458.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Eoin MacNeill to Éamon de Valera, 23 April 1916</note><note target="item__1484.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Kathleen Hogan to Nancy O'Rahilly, 31 July 1916.</note><note target="item__1487.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Kathleen Lynn to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 November 1916.</note><note target="item__1488.xml" type="mentions">Letter from M.B. McDonough to Mabel FitzGerald, 16 June 1916.</note><note target="item__1494.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Eiblín Ní Sheaghda to Nancy O'Rahilly, c. May 1916</note><note target="item__1499.xml" type="mentions">Postcard from Tom Dolan to Dolly Dolan, 11 May 1916</note><note target="item__1500.xml" type="mentions">Postcard from Tom Dolan to his father, 11 May 1916</note><note target="item__1695.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Henry Lawson to Director General, Army Veterinary Service, 18 January 1916</note><note target="item__1716.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Peter Burrowes Shiel, 29 March 1916</note><note target="item__1754.xml" type="mentions">Letter from William Stewart Collis to John Gordon, 28 March 1916</note><note target="item__1772.xml" type="mentions">Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916</note><note target="item__1779.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Sir John Robert O'Connell, 28 March 1916</note><note target="item__1781.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Sir John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 27 March 1916.</note><note target="item__1789.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Sir John Robert O'Connell, 5 April 1916</note><note target="item__1791.xml" type="mentions">Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 4 April 1916</note><note target="item__1792.xml" type="mentions">Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 April 1916</note><note target="item__1844.xml" type="mentions">Letter from S. M. O'Meara to Anna O'Rahilly</note><note target="item__1971.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Charles E. Rogers, 15 April 1916</note><note target="item__2161.xml" type="mentions">Telegram from Richard and Eulalia Berridge to  Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916</note><note target="item__2379.xml" type="mentions">Letter from David Augustin Quaid to the Lords Justices (Ireland), 24 June 1916</note><note target="item__2441.xml" type="mentions">Letter From John Miley in France to Diarmid Coffey on the Ulster Home Defence Force</note><note target="item__2484.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Diarmid Coffey from Dermod O’Brien about the Irish Question</note><note target="item__2513.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Philip C. MacDermot, 27 July 1916</note><note target="item__2516.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 24 July 1916</note><note target="item__2525.xml" type="mentions">Letter from John P. Boland to Inspector General R.I.C., 11 July 1916</note><note target="item__2709.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Edward O'Farrell to A.A. Hargrave, 28 June 1916</note><note target="item__2910.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras on his article on the Irish Language.</note><note target="item__2921.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Patrick Langford Beazley to Piaras Béaslaí, 8 April 1916</note><note target="item__3113.xml" type="mentions">A Letter from Alice Katherine Wynne to Veronica Wynne, 8 Dec 1916</note><note target="item__3154.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, April 1916</note><note target="item__3348.xml" type="mentions">St. Patrick's Day 1916 Postcard from Máire in Rathmore/Killarney to Piaras Béaslaí</note><note target="item__3398.xml" type="mentions">Postcard from Tomás Ó hÓgáin to Piaras Béaslaí, March 1916</note><note target="item__3456.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Maria Coyle to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 20 February 1916</note><note target="item__3485.xml" type="mentions">Letter from A. MacSwiney to Tomás Mac Curtain, 27 May 1916</note><note target="item__3503.xml" type="mentions">Postcard from Tomás Ó hÓgáin to Piaras Béaslaí in February 1916</note><note target="item__3530.xml" type="mentions">Note from Dubhglas Ó Maoláin to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 7 March 1916</note><note target="item__3535.xml" type="mentions">Card to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 March 1916</note><note target="item__3540.xml" type="mentions">Letter from B.J. Goff and J.E. Lyons to the editor, 6 March 1916</note><note target="item__3570.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Mary Rose Grant to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 May 1916</note><note target="item__3571.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Moya Healy to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 May 1916</note><note target="item__3573.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 May 1916</note><note target="item__3597.xml" type="mentions">Letter from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to Alfred Miller, 3 June 1916</note><note target="item__3598.xml" type="mentions">Letter from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to Alfred Miller, 3 May 1916</note><note target="item__3600.xml" type="mentions">Letter from E.M. Hanon to Eileen Corrigan, 10 May 1916</note><note target="item__3627.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 11 April 1916</note><note target="item__3628.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Gill to John Redmond, 12 April 1916</note><note target="item__3656.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to Ethel Benson, Dublin, 7 October 1916</note><note target="item__3691.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 12 January 1916 </note><note target="item__3692.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 19 February 1916 </note><note target="item__3693.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond 2 March 1916 </note><note target="item__3696.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 15 June 1916</note><note target="item__3697.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis Johnston to John Redmond, 4 September 1916 </note><note target="item__3698.xml" type="mentions">Letter acknowledging receipt of letter from the Earl of Meath recommending the appointment of W.T. Stewart of Dep. Lieutenant of Dublin</note><note target="item__3702.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to T.J. Hanna, 17 December 1915</note><note target="item__3785.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Basil Blackwood, secretary to Lord Wimbourne, to Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916</note><note target="item__3796.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Matthew Nathan to Basil Blackwood, 26 February 1916</note><note target="item__3807.xml" type="mentions">Letter from the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Matthew Nathan, 28 July 1916</note><note target="item__3918.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Theobald Kane to Byrne, 8 February 1916</note><note target="item__4198.xml" type="mentions">Letter from J. des Longchamps to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916</note><note target="item__4297.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Monsieur J. des Longchamps to Sir Neville Chamberlain, 23 December 1915</note><note target="item__4375.xml" type="mentions">Letter from MJ Murphy to Sir Edward O'Farrell, assistant under-secretary for Ireland, [November 1916?]</note><note target="item__4403.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Annie MacDonald to Officer of Estates, 1 June 1916</note><note target="item__4407.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Richard Power, Mayor of Waterford, to Matthew Nathan, 22 November 1915</note><note target="item__4422.xml" type="mentions">Letter to John Moorhead, 29 May 1916</note><note target="item__4462.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Henry Campbell to Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916</note><note target="item__4477.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 March 1916</note><note target="item__4498.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 March 1918</note><note target="item__4523.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 24 July 1916</note><note target="item__4552.xml" type="mentions">Letter from P.F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 October 1918</note><note target="item__4573.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Committee of Management, January 1917</note><note target="item__4577.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Committee of Management, 3 February 1917</note><note target="item__4578.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 3 February 1917</note><note target="item__4582.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alexander Richard Barlas, 5 February 1917</note><note target="item__4586.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 2 March 1917</note><note target="item__4589.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 3 March 1917</note><note target="item__4590.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretaries, Irish Medical Committee, 4 March 1918</note><note target="item__4598.xml" type="mentions">Letter from J. Studdert to Matthew Nathan, 11 December 1915</note><note target="item__4600.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 14 April 1917</note><note target="item__4601.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to James Wilson Tullo, 14 April 1917</note><note target="item__4604.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Thomas Kirkpatrick to Robert Ambrose MacLaverty, 14 April 1917</note><note target="item__4608.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Thomas William Kinahan, 20 April 1917</note><note target="item__4612.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Registrar of the Branch Medical Council, 5 May 1917</note><note target="item__4617.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Registrar of the Branch Medical Council, 2 July 1917</note><note target="item__4620.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 2 July 1917</note><note target="item__4622.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 2 July 1917.</note><note target="item__4626.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Mrs M. Farquharson, 9 July 1917</note><note target="item__4629.xml" type="mentions">Letter from the Under Sheriff to Matthew Nathan, 31 December 1915</note><note target="item__4634.xml" type="mentions">Letter to Sir Arthur Chance, 7 December 1918</note><note target="item__4636.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 1 July 1917</note><note target="item__4638.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Alfred Miller, 7 December 1918</note><note target="item__4639.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to John Edward Healy, 5 October 1917</note><note target="item__4640.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Daily Express, 5 October 1917</note><note target="item__4641.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Edward Culverwell, 7 December 1918</note><note target="item__4648.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Irish Branch of the Medico-Psychological Association, 8 February 1919</note><note target="item__4649.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Registrar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, 8 October 1917</note><note target="item__4655.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Dr Thomas Kirkpatrick to Dr Charles Burland, 15 March 1919</note><note target="item__4659.xml" type="mentions">Letter from J.B.Donnelly to Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916</note><note target="item__4666.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Nurses Association, 28 November 1917</note><note target="item__4668.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the National Union of Women Workers, 28 November 1917</note><note target="item__4669.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Women's Civic Union, 28 November 1917</note><note target="item__4671.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Irish Matron's Association, 28 November 1917</note><note target="item__4672.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Herbert Eldon Roaf, 14 March 1919</note><note target="item__4673.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Sir John Mahaffy, circa 1919</note><note target="item__4674.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to William Boxwell, 8 December 1917</note><note target="item__4675.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Richard John Roe, 27 March 1919</note><note target="item__4676.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Charles St. George Orpen, 10 December 1917</note><note target="item__4677.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Secretary of the Classical Association of Ireland, 10 December 1917</note><note target="item__4678.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Ian Macpherson, 27 March 1919</note><note target="item__4690.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to William Draper Sainsbury, 3 May 1919</note><note target="item__4697.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Registrar of the Branch Medical Council, 17 December 1917</note><note target="item__4699.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to the Registrar of the Branch Medical Council, 3 January 1917</note><note target="item__4707.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Henry White,11 June 1919</note><note target="item__4708.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Captain J.C. O'Farrell, 11 June 1919</note><note target="item__4711.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Mrs. R.J. Quin, 30 September 1919</note><note target="item__4720.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Richard Atkinson Hayes, 20 October 1919</note><note target="item__4826.xml" type="mentions">Letter to James Craig, 5 March 1921</note><note target="item__5041.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Lily to Charlie Daly, 24 January 1923</note><note target="item__5246.xml" type="mentions">Letter from 'Kit' to 'Billy', [1923]</note><note target="item__5651.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Marie Martin to her mother, Mary Martin, 9 April 1916</note><note target="item__5652.xml" type="mentions">Letter from the Area Administrative Officer, Royal Hospital Dublin to the Chief Crown Solicitor, Dublin Castle, 26 March 1916.</note><note target="item__5667.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Administrative Area Officer, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 10 March 1916</note><note target="item__5725.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Marie Martin to her mother, Mary Martin, 18 November 1915</note><note target="item__5726.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Marie Martin to her mother, Mary Martin, [November'] 1915</note><note target="item__5760.xml" type="mentions">Letter from M.C Wright to Lady Clonbrock, 18 April 1916</note><note target="item__5862.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Paddy Guinness to Cesca Chenevix Trench, 6 June 1916</note><note target="item__5908.xml" type="mentions">Letter from J.W. Rainey to the General Officer, 19 January 1916</note><note target="item__5909.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Henry Lawson to Reginald H. Brade, 11 February 1916</note><note target="item__5910.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Henry T. Gallagher to Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 29 March 1916</note><note target="item__5914.xml" type="mentions">Pass from Sgt J Byrne for Thomas Delaney, 5 May 1916</note><note target="item__5917.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 12 July 1916</note><note target="item__5922.xml" type="mentions">Letter from Joseph E. Devlin, Assistant Secretary of the Local Government Board, to Matthew Nathan, 25 February 1916</note></noteGrp></place>
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