Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Anderson

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This letter was written by Robert Anderson (b. 1860), the honorary secretary of the Irish Association of Volunteer Training Corps, to Sir Matthew Nathan. Nathan (1862-1939) was the under-secretary for Ireland from 1914 to 1916. In 1916 Nathan offered his resignation following the outbreak of the Easter Rising. The IAVTC were a corps consisting of men who were over age or engaged in important occupations and therefore could not enlist for wartime service when war broke out in 1914. This was a volunteering training militia that came to be known by the nickname 'Gorgeous Wrecks' due to the G.R. armbands they wore symbolizing Georgius Rex. This letter and its enclosures concerns the passing of five resolutions adopted by various volunteer training corps around the country. The resolutions arise out of the committee's concern that corps will be forced to shut down due to a lack of duties to perform and therefore to hold their members together. Its states that Every member is willing to take the oath of allegiance and to conform to military law and discipline and details activities that the corps have already partaken in, such as assisting at railway stations. The author also suggests forms of employments for the volunteers to undertake such as the guarding of munitions factories.

National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers; CSO RP/1916/7964/8 https://letters1916.ie/item/1996 English Robert Anderson 1916-04-15 18 South Frederick Street, Dublin, Ireland Matthew Nathan Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918) Industry and Public Administration

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 IRISH ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS. (Authorised by the Government as the recognised Central Body of all affiliated Volunteer Training Corps in Ireland.) Telephone -Dublin 4772 18 South Frederick Street,Dublin. 15th April, 1916. Sir, I am directed by the Executive Committee of this Association to transmit herewith for the information of His Majesty's Government in Ireland copies of five resolutions which have been unanimously adopted by the undermentioned affiliated Volunteer Training Corps and forwarded to the Association, accompanied, in each case, by an urgent letter requesting that prompt action in the direction indicated should be taken. The Corps referred to are: - (1) Belfast Volunteer Defence Corps. (2) City of Cork Volunteer Training Corps. (3) Irish Rugby Football Union Volunteer Corps. (4) Queen's University (Belfast) 'Veterans' Volunteer Corps. (5) Rathmines Volunteer Training Corps. 2. While the resolutions of a similar character have not, so far, been received from the other affiliated Corps the Committee are aware that the accompanying resolutions reflect accurately and without exception the views of the entire body of affiliated Corps. As a matter of fact one Corps - The Howth & Sutton Volunteer Training Corps, quite an excellent and efficient unit raised shortly after the outbreak of the War — has actually disbanded in consequence of the failure to obtain any duty for its members. The Committee are apprehensive that other Corps, finding themselves in a similar position and being unable to hold their members together, may also disband. 3. The Committee are fully aware that, under the existing law, it is impossible, at the present time, to hope for or expect the same full measure of recognition for Irish Volunteer Training Corps as has been accorded to kindred bodies in Great Britain. Their earnest desire is to help and not hinder the Authorities, and their sole plea is for such a measure of recognition as would entitle the affiliated Corps to discharge such functions and duties as may be preformed by such bodies of men and to do so not merely on sufferance but with the express sanction and authority of the Military Authorities. the Committee desire me to state that, where these duties require the members of the affiliated Corps to act under military discipline, every member so employed is prepared not only to take the Oath of Allegiance but also to conform in every respect to military law and discipline which it has been one of the principal aims of the Affiliated Corps to inculcate. 4. It may be of interest to state that all the affiliated Corps in and around Dublin have, for some time back, been under taking a duty which has earned the approval of the General Officer Commanding the Troops in Ireland. This duty consists in detailing parties of picked men to attend at the North Wall and other Railway termini in Dublin, there to assist the various civilian organisations which have been created to deal with the needs of, and lend assistance to, wounded soldiers and sailors and those going on, or returning from furlough. Parties are furnished daily to meet boats and trains and the reports received encourage the Committee to believe that the services rendered by the Corps in this connection are much appreciated alike by the organisations referred to and the men whom it is designed to help. This duty, which involves the meeting of long distance boats and trains at early hours in the morning and also late at night and, in some instances, providing means of transport by motor car, are most cheerfully and enthusiastically carried out by our men. In no case does their work conflict in any way with that of the Transport Officers and their men. 5. So far, this is the only employment which has been entrusted to the affiliated Corps, and it has been undertaken at the request of civilian organisations and not of the Military Authorities, although it has earned the approval of the latter. It is obvious that this duty can only engage the services of a very limited number of men, preferably, those who have by experience familiarised themselves with all its details and are specially qualified for it as it demands more than ordinary tact, discretion and good temper. 6. The Committee feel sure that, in a city like Dublin, there must be other duties in which the Volunteer Training Corps could take a useful part. Their members are only too anxious to be employed by the Authorities. The guarding of munition factories, for example, might be delegated to them. The Committee are also assured that the members of the affiliated Corps would, almost to a man, be prepared to act as Special Constables if so required, and they submit that a force of several hundred experienced and disciplined citizens might be of the greatest utility in case of emergency. 7. It will be seen, however, that, in order to keep such a force in readiness, it is absolutely necessary to maintain in the various Corps a certain degree of cohesion, efficiency and discipline and, if no hopes that such employment under the properly controlled Authority can be held out there is a serious danger that the Corps may grow weary and disperse by degrees. 8. There is, further, a reason which the Committee think in itself justifies the existence and maintenance of these Corps in a state of effectiveness. They have partially trained and have sent to the Army and Navy almost every eligible member who was on their rolls at their inception and they have stimulated, both actively and by example, recruiting in Dublin. 9. The Corps affiliated to the Association have, through it, bee recognised by the Irish Government as bodies entitled to wear the uniform prescribed for Volunteer Training Corps in Great Britain, and are authorised to wear the "G.R." brassard which is issued by the War Office. They have been given authority to bear arms. They have been afforded the use of military barracks as headquarters and as drill and parade grounds. They enjoy the services of a Military Advisor appointed by the Lord Lieutenant. They have been inspected and highly complimented by the G.O. Commanding Troops in Ireland. They have been reviewed by His Excellency Lord Wimborne who has also done the Association the honour to become its President. 10. Neither the Association nor any of its constituent bodies have any political affiliations or aims. The Corps are open to member ship to any man who is prepared to comply with the nine conditions laid down by the Irish Government. The sole aim of every member is to serve the State according to his ability and in any capacity that may be assigned to him and, in order to do so efficiently, every man has made considerable sacrifices in time, in work and in money. The Committee, therefore venture to express the hope that the Irish Government may speedily find some way of utilising the services of the Volunteer Training Corps in such a manner as will not only encourage the present members to persevere but also to increase their numbers and improve their present high standard of efficiency. Even if it be not possible at present to use the Corps in any of the ways indicated, the Committee would respectfully suggest to the Irish Government that a statement might be made that, in the event of any emergency arising, the claims of the Corps to be actively employed would be considered. I have the honour to be Sir, Your obedient servant, R. Anderson Hon. Secretary. Lt. Colonel, The Right Honourable Sir Matthew Nathan, G.C.M.G., Under Secretary for Ireland, Dublin Castle. IRISH ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS. Resolutions adopted by affiliated Corp s with regard to recognition. 1. Belfast Volunteer Defence Corps: - "That this Council approach the Central Association and other affiliated Corps, to ask them to join us in a deputation to the Victory of Irelaand to ask for recognition by the Government." 2. City of Cork Volunteer Training Corps: - "That the City of Cork Volunteer Training Corps, as an affiliated unit of the Irish Association of Volunteer Training Corps, most earnestly requests the central organisation to use every possible means to impress upon the Government our claim to receive the same recognition and status as has been accorded to similar bodies in England and Scotland. We feel that our Corps is capable of doing good and useful work in the service of our Country. We have striven patiently and loyally to fit ourselves for the discharge of such duties as may be entrusted to us, in full confidence of receiving such recognition and encouragement as would justify the expenditure of valuable time and money in training our members. We feel that the matter is now urgent and that the efforts which we have made deserve the encouragement or some assurance that our services will be practically utilised should occasion arise. We feel deeply the importance at the present moment of fostering, particularly in this country, the spirit which has animated the members of our Corps, and we respectfully suggest that some means be found to grant us a status similar to that accorded to cognate bodies in other parts of the United Kingdom." 3. Irish Rugby Football Union Volunteer Corps; - "That the Committee of the Irish Rugby Football Union Volunteer Corps desire to call the attention of the Executive Committee of the Irish Association Volunteer Training Corps to the fact that this Corps has now been in existence since August 1914 and has attained an admitted efficiency for military duties in the nature of home defence; That they desire to urge upon the Executive Committee of the Irish Association Volunteer Training Corps the necessity of pressing upon the Government that a definite statement should be made as to whether there is any likelihood of any such duties being assigned to them, otherwise the Committee fears that the existence of the Corps will be endangered." 4. Queen's University (Belfast) Veteran's Volunteer Training Corps; - " That the I.A.V.T.C., be requested to ascertain from the Government whether there is any prospect of this Corps being recognised in the same way as the Central Association in England, and of its being utilised on the lines originally suggested, vix; - For the performance of such military duties in Ireland as would set free for Active Service as equivalent force of regular soldiers." 5. Rathmines Volunteer Training Corps; - "That the Irish Association of Volunteer Training Corps be asked to ascertain from the Irish Government whether there is any prospect of this Corps being utilised on the lines originally suggested, viz: - For the performance of such military duties in Ireland as would set free for active service an equivalent force of regular soldiers." 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Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from James Langan to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Thomas Patrick Gill to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, 1 May 1916Letter from Alexander Crawford to Matthew Nathan, 17 March 1916Letter from Alexander Crawford to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 March 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to John Gordon, 30 March 1916Letter from William Edward Thrift to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 March 1916Letter from Hastings Dare Draper to Matthew Nathan, 29 March 1916Letter from William Edward Thrift to Sir Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from Basil Home Thomson, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 7 March 1916Letter from Maurice de Bunsen to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916Letter from Blake & Kenny to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 April 1916Letter from Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone to Sir Mathew Nathan, 22 April 1916Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone, 22 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 21 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 20 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 April 1916Letter from C. J. Hyder to Sir Matthew Nathan, 8 May 1916Letter from John Bay to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 April 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Andrew Philip Magill, 19 April 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Stanislaus Murphy, 18 April 1916Letter from H.S. Hunter to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to J. G. Swift Mac Neill, 20 April 1916.Letter from R. Hutchinson to Sir Matthew Nathan, under-secretary for Ireland, 2 May 1916Letter from Bertram Cubitt to Matthew Nathan, 23 May 1916Letter from Patrick Clarke to Matthew Nathan, 21 May 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 17 January 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Sir Matthew Nathan, 22 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 19 January 1916Letter from Thomas J. O'Connell to Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Thomas J. O'Connell to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to Matthew Nathan, 13 April 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to Matthew Nathan, 14 April 1916Letter from Henry Williams to Matthew Nathan, 14 April 1916Letter from F. A. Downing, County Solicitor, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 16 November 1915Letter from B. B. Cubitt, War Office, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 December 1915Letter from John R. Moorhead to Sir Matthew Nathan, 8 December, 1915Letter from S.C. Harrison to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 February 1916Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Alexander McDowell, 3 November 1915Letter from P. A. Murphy to Sir Matthew Nathan, 5 February 1916Letter from Thomas Parr to the Under-Secretary, 22 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Connell to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 22 April 1916Letter from Maurice McCartie to the Under Secretary, 25 March 1916Letter from A.R. Barlas to Matthew Nathan, 18 February 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to the Treasury, 3 March 1916Letter from T.H. Milroy to the under-secretary, 8 March 1916Letter from John Pedder to Matthew Nathan, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, 6 April 1916Letter from John Garvey to the under-secretary, 16 April 1916Letter from John Pedder to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 27 March, 1916Letter from W.A.F. Barry to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 June 1916Letter from James D Mitchell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 20 June 1916Letter from Paul Biggane to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 3 May 1916Letter from the War Office to the Under Secretary, 31 December 1915Letter from William J. Thompson to the Under Secretary, 31 March 1916Letter from M.C. Seton to the Under Secretary, 1 December 1915Letter from the Controller, Foreign Trade Department, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 19 February 1916Letter from the Earl of Shaftesbury to Matthew Nathan, 15 February 1916Letter from Patrick Higgins to sir Matthew Nathan, 10 January 1916Letter from Under Secretary of State for the Home Office to the Under Secretary for Ireland, 10 January 1916Letter from Alfred E. West to Matthew Nathan, 3 January 1916Letter from Alfred E. West to sir Matthew Nathan, 29 December 1915Letter from Colfer & Son, solicitors, to sir Matthew Nathan, 22 December 1915Letter from Thomas W. Delaney to Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Letter from Charles Daly to sir Matthew Nathan, 16 December 1915Letter from Thomas W. Kilpatrick to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from Thomas W. Delaney to Sir Matthew Nathan, 11 April 1916Letter from W. Black to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Note from the Chief Crown Solicitor to Sir Matthew Nathan, 16 February 1916A letter from J.J. Purdon to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from William R. Fetherstonhaugh to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from J.W. Russell to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1916Letter from Hugh Crawford Cochrane to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915 Letter from David Roche Browning to sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915A letter from J.A. Frith to sir Matthew Nathan, 20 December 1915Letter from William French to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from Frank Shawe-Taylor to Matthew Nathan, 18 December 1915A letter from John Furlong to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from William Dawson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916Letter from William Dawson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 25 February 1916Letter from Major Luscombe to Sir Matthew Nathan, 30 January 1916Letter from William J. Thompson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 21 January 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Little Heath to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 February 1916Letter from the Alexander Richard Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 February 1916Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916Letter from the Louis C.P. Smith to Sir Matthew Nathan, 3 March 1916Letter from Henry Doran to Matthew Nathan, 14 April 1916Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Sir William Graham Greene, 20 April 1916Letter from Charles P. O'Neill to Matthew Nathan, 30 Mar 1916Letter from Arthur Hamilton Norway to Matthew Nathan, 31 March 1916Letter from Robert Lonsdale to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 March 1916Letter from Charles P. O'Neill to Sir Matthew Nathan, 3 April 1916Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Sir John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 27 March 1916.Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 4 April 1916Letter from John Robert O'Connell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 April 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Matthew Nathan, 31 March 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from John Pedder to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Andrew M. Harper to Matthew Nathan, 1 November 1915Letter from Andrew M. Harper to Matthew Nathan, 21 November 1915Letter from J. F. Henderson to Matthew Nathan, 28 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Telegraph from Matthew Nathan to Andrew Philip Magill, 23 March 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Andrew Philip Magill, 22 March 1916Letter from John R. Moorhead to Robert Brown, 18 January 1916Letter from Graham Roger to Matthew Nathan, 20 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Connor to Matthew Nathan, 25 April 1916Letter from C. A. Hunter, Regimental Paymaster, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 11 December 1915Letter from S.C Harrison to Sir Matthew Nathan, 5 March 1916Letter from W. A. Tait to the Under-Secretary, 21 April 1916Letter from J. T. Roche to the Under-Secretary for Ireland, 15 April 1916Letter from John Peddar to Matthew Nathan, 22 January 1916Letter from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 5 February 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Basil Blackwood, 26 February 1916Letter from J. des Longchamps to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to James MacMahon, 10 January 1916Letter from Richard Power, Mayor of Waterford, to Matthew Nathan, 22 November 1915Letter from Henry Campbell to Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916Letter from J. Studdert to Matthew Nathan, 11 December 1915Letter from the Under Sheriff to Matthew Nathan, 31 December 1915Letter from J.B.Donnelly to Matthew Nathan, 6 January 1916Letter from Major John Johnstone (Commandant Prisoners of War) to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916Letter from the Crown Solicitor, Cavan, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916Letter from William Dawson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 February 1916Letter from William J. Thompson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916 Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Thomas Gerrard to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from James P. Farrell et al. to Augustine Birrell, 7 April 1916A letter from Thomas W. Delany to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 March 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Francis E. Meehan, 4 April 1916.Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to James Patrick Farrell, 29 March 1916Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916Letter from W. Burrows to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 April 1916Telegram from W. Burrows to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 April 1916Letter from Charles E. Jacob to Joseph Brennan, 6 May 1916Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Lord Wimborne, 27 March 1916Letter from Henry Arthur Wynne to Andrew Philip Magill, 29 March 1916Letter from Max S. Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from James Langan to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Thomas Patrick Gill to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from W. O. Henry to Mr Kerford, 8 May 1916Letter from Alexander Crawford to Matthew Nathan, 17 March 1916Letter from Alexander Crawford to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 March 1916Letter from William Edward Thrift to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 March 1916Letter from Hastings Dare Draper to Matthew Nathan, 29 March 1916Letter from John Brennan to Robert Chalmers, 27 May 1916Letter from William Sheehan to Lord Wimborne, 26 May 1916Letter from Andrew Bonaparte-Wise to Robert Chalmers, 29 May 1916Letter from H. G. Brabazon to Robert Chalmers, 26 May 1916Letter from Lancelot Worthy Horne to Robert Chalmers 31, May 1916Letter from Daulat Ram Kalia, March 1916Letter from B. N. Mahaul, 28 March 1916Letter from Thomas B. Garvey to Robert Chalmers, 31 May 1916Letter from William Edward Thrift to Sir Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from Daulat Ram Kalia, 10 April 1916Letter from Thomas B. Garvey to Robert Chalmers, 3 June 1916Letter from Margaret May Loughren to Augustine Birrell, 26 March 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Patrick O'Donoghue, 2 June 1916.Letter from James H. Hampton to Robert Chamers, 2 June 1916.Letter from Patrick Joseph Brady to Edward O'Farrell, 3 June 1916.Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Patrick Joseph Brady, 9 June 1916.Letter from James R. Martin to Robert Chalmers, 9 May 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Little Heath to Robert Chalmers, 19 May 1916Letter from V. Coffey to the Inspectors of Lunatics, 18 May 1916Letter from D. H. Kennedy to Robert Chalmers, 23 May 1916Letter from Clerk of the Crown and Peace, County Down, to Robert Chalmers, 26 May 1916Letter from Hugh O'Brien Moran to Augustine Birrell, 4 May 1916Letter from Basil Home Thomson, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 7 March 1916Letter from David G. Curtin to Lord Wimborne, 25 March 1916Telegram from Basil Home Thomson, Assistant Commissioner at New Scotland Yard, to Sir Neville Chamberlain, 9 April 1916Letter from the Advertising Manager of the Belfast Telegraph to Sir Matthew Nathan, 19 April 1916A letter from Edward O'Farrell to Edward Joseph McWeeney, 10 March 1916Letter from Edward H. Andrews to Lewis Harcourt, 5 May 1916.Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 20 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 April 1916Letter from Lord Hugh Gough to Augustine Birrell, 28 April 1916Letter from C. J. Hyder to Sir Matthew Nathan, 8 May 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Edward O'Farrell, 9 May 1916.Letter from Matthew Nathan to Andrew Philip Magill, 19 April 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to Stanislaus Murphy, 18 April 1916Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 14 April 1916Letter from John J. Farrell et al. to Robert Chalmers, 18 May 1916Telegraph from Richard Barry to Henry Arthur Wynne, 4 May 1916Letter to the Commanding Officer, Dublin Castle, 15 May 1916Letter from R. Hutchinson to Sir Matthew Nathan, under-secretary for Ireland, 2 May 1916Letter from F. W. Lamb to Sir Edward O'Farrell, 11 April 1916Letter from Joseph Brennan to John J. Farrell, 18 May 1916Letter from Private C. Mumford to the Secretary, Dublin Castle, 22 May 1916Letter from Arthur John Eagleston to the Lord Justices, 23 May 1916. Letter from Patrick Clarke to Matthew Nathan, 21 May 1916Letter from Arthur Megaw to Sir Robert Chalmers, 18 May 1916Letter from Thomas Wallace Russell to Robert Chalmers, 18 May 1916Letter from John R. Moorhead to Sir Robert Chalmers, 2 June 1916Letter from Samuel Alex Wray to the Henry Arthur Wynne, 19 May 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Sir Robert Chalmers, 2 June 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 17 January 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Sir Matthew Nathan, 22 April 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Matthew Nathan, 19 January 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Robert Chalmers, 12 May 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Robert Chalmers, 18 May 1916Letter from Robert Brown to Robert Chalmers, 26 May 1916Letter from Sir Henry A Robinson to Robert Chalmers, 29 May 1916Letter from Thomas J. O'Connell to Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Thomas J. O'Connell to Matthew Nathan, 10 April 1916Letter from Campbell to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 26 May 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to Matthew Nathan, 13 April 1916Letter from Thomas Ireton to Robert Chalmers, 30 May 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to Matthew Nathan, 14 April 1916Letter from Henry Williams to Matthew Nathan, 14 April 1916Letter from Arnold Graves and Thomas Bodkin to Edward O'Farrell, 29 May 1916Letter from Patrick J. Sullivan to Robert Chalmers, 10 June 1916Letter from J Williams to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 June 1916Letter from F. A. Downing, County Solicitor, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 16 November 1915Letter from B. B. Cubitt, War Office, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 2 December 1915Letter from J. Simpson to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 20 April 1916Letter from Mr. McDonagh to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 22 April 1916Letter from Stephen St. Lawrence Burke to the Chief Secretary’s Office, 19 June, 1916Letter from Patrick H. O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from Charles E. Fair to the acting Chief Secretary for Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 24 June 1916Letter from Pat S. Higgins to the Under-Secretary, 13 July 1916Letter from D. Mullally to the Under-Secretary, 21 July 1916Letter from D. Mullally to the Under-Secretary, 21 July 1916Letter from Fergus Quinn to the Under Secretary, 6 August 1916Telegram from R.M. Wynne to the Under-Secretary, 29 July 1916Telegram from Joseph Alexander Hardy to the Under-Secretary, 31 July 1916Letter from Fergus Quinn to the Under Secretary for Ireland, 31 July 1916Letter from Anthony Carroll to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 20 July 1916Letter from Robert Henderson Todd to J. M.Campbell, 28 July 1916Letter from Denis Mullally to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 2 August 1916Letter from M. Farrelly to the Chief Secretary’s Office, 2 August, 1916Letter from Maurice McCartie to the Under Secretary, 25 March 1916Telegram from Power, Irish Office, London, to the Under Secretary, 4 May, 1916Letter from R.F. Tobin to the Under Secretary, 3 August, 1916Letter from Jeremiah Ryan to the Under Secretary, 3 August, 1916Letter from Edward D. Stone to the Under Secretary, 3 August, 1916Telegram from Andrew Philip Magill to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 July 1916Letter from C. O'Connell Fitzsimon to Henry Arthur Wynne, 4 July 1916Letter from J. Geoff Green to Sir Robert Chalmers, 28 June 1916Letter from Lord Newton to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 19 July 1916Letter from Captain Fairbairn Downie to Sir Robert Chalmers, 28 July 1916Letter from C. O'Connell Fitzsimon to Sir Robert Chalmers, 28 July 1916Letter from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 27 July 1916Letter from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 27 July 1916Letter from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 29 July 1916Telegram from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 24 July 1916Letter from Herbert Wood to Sir Robert Chalmers, 29 July 1916Letter from Thomas Delany to Henry Arthur Wynne, 30 July 1916Letter from A. Welby to Sir Robert Chalmers, 31 July 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Little Heath to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 29 July 1916Letter from Edward Marsh to Lord Wimborne, 13 May 1916Letter from R. Taylor to the Under-Secretary, 4 August 1916Telegrams from Andrew Philip Magill to Henry, 4 August 1916Letter from John Pedder to the Under-Secretary, 2 August 1916Letter from James Duffy & Co. to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 4 August 1916Letter from Kerin & Hickman to the Under-Secretary, 5 August 1916Letter from F. J. Cribb, 6 August 1916Letter from John Fitzpatrick, 9 August 1916Letter from Alexander Gartlan to Henry Wynne, 8 August 1916Letter from Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone to Robert Chalmers, 18 July 1916Letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office to Francis Caldwell, 3 August 1916Letter from J. E. Devlin to Robert Chalmers, 9 August 1916Letter from John R. Moorhead to Robert Chalmers, 10 August 1916Letter from J. E. Devlin to Robert Chalmers, 10 August 1916Letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office to George K. Sherlock, 10 August 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Peter Quinn, 10 August 1916Letter from B. Abraham to General Prisons Board to the General Secretary's Office, 25 January 1916Letter from M. Kelly to the North Circular Laundry Ltd., 13 January 1916Letter from Edward O’Farrell to V.J. McAllister, 22 February 1916Letter from Foreman of Works to Charles Arthur Munro, 13 November 1915Letter from A.R. Barlas to Matthew Nathan, 18 February 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to the Treasury, 3 March 1916Letter from T.H. Milroy to the under-secretary, 8 March 1916Letter from W.D. O’Kelly to E. O’Farrell, 9 March 1916Letter from E. O’Farrell to A.E. Moore, 8 March 1916Letter from John Pedder to Matthew Nathan, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, 6 April 1916Letter from William Johnson to the chief secretary, 14 April 1916Letter from John Garvey to the under-secretary, 16 April 1916Letter from B. Abraham to the Chairman, General Prisons Board, 19 April 1916Letter from Robert Carson to Ivor Guest, 22 April 1916Letter from J.F. William to Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, the Inspector General of the RIC May 26, 1916Letter from John Pedder to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 27 March, 1916Letter from W.A.F. Barry to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 June 1916Letter from Thomas Chambers to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 22 June 1916Letter from James D Mitchell to Sir Matthew Nathan, 20 June 1916Letter from Alured Rolleston to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from Henry Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, June 22, 1916Letter from Patrick Loughrey to the Under Secretary for Ireland, June 29, 1916Letter from Abraham Hargrave to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 29 June 1916Letter from the Resident Medical Superintendent to the Inspectors of Lunatics, 15 June 1916Letter from John Quinan to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 30 June 1916Letter to Sir Robert Chalmers, 1 July 1916Letter from M.J. Burke to Sir Robert Chalmers, 1 July 1916Letter from Edward McHugh to Sir Robert Chalmers, 3 July 1916Letter from Francis Oswald Lindley to Sir Edward Grey, 13 April 1916Letter from A. J. Loughborough Ball to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from Paul Biggane to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 3 May 1916Letter from Anthony Carroll to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 15 July 1916Letter from Arthur Eagleston to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 13 July 1916Letter from Arthur Eagleston to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 4 July 1916Letter from S. A. Arthur to Sir Robert Chalmers, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, 13 July 1916Letter from John Bernard Connolly to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 14 July 1916Letter from Gerald Horan to the Assistant Under Secretary of Ireland, 10 July 1916Letter from Thomas H. Kenny to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 22 July 1916Letter from William Bunn to Thomas Kerford, 18 May 1916Letter from Thomas Heath to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 20 July 1916Letter from the War Office to the Under Secretary, 31 December 1915Letter from William J. Thompson to the Under Secretary, 31 March 1916Letter from Ms Esther Dickson, circa June 1916Letter from Arnold Graves and Thomas Bodkin to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 3 July 1916Letter from Sir Thomas Heath to Sir Robert Chalmers, 10 July 1916Letter from Patrick O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from Mr Houlihan to the Under Secretary, 10 May 1916Letter from Henry Caddell to the Urban District Council, 1 June 1916Letter from J.E. Devlin to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 23 June 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary's Office from Richard Cronin, 22 June 1916Letter from M.C. Seton to the Under Secretary, 1 December 1915Letter from John Moorhead to the Under Secretary of Ireland, 24 July 1916Letter from Anthony Carroll to Robert Chalmers, 13 May 1916Letter from Alfred E. West to sir Matthew Nathan, 29 December 1915Letter from Thomas W. Kilpatrick to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from William R. Fetherstonhaugh to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from A.D. Donald to Henry Arthur Wynne, 25 April 1916.Letter from W.M. Connolly to the Magistrates, Petty Sessions, Templemore, 22 April 1916Letter from William French to Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from Frank Shawe-Taylor to Matthew Nathan, 18 December 1915A letter from John Furlong to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1915Letter from William Dawson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916Letter from William Dawson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 25 February 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Mary Anne Curley, 19 February 1916Letter from Dr. Edward Griffin to James Smith, 26 February 1916Letter from the Administrative Area Officer, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, to the Chief Crown Solicitor, 26 March 1916Letter from the Chief Crown Solicitor to the Chief Administrative Officer, Royal Hospital Dublin, 16 March 1916Letter from James Brown to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 5 July 1916Letter from James Brown to Sir Malachy Kelly, 29 February 1916Letter from James Brown to Sir Malachy Kelly, 10 March 1916Letter from Major Luscombe to Sir Matthew Nathan, 30 January 1916Letter from Louis C.P. Smith to Sir Malachy Kelly, 15 December 1915Letter from William J. Thompson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 21 January 1916Letter from the Alexander Richard Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 February 1916Letter from A R Barlas to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916Letter from Thomas Francis Smyth to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Matthew Bourke, 6 May 1916Letter from A. Ross to Augustine Birrell, 30 April 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Lord Wimborne, 13 March 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Alexander Black, 30 May 1916Letter from J. K. Sheehan to the Secretary of the Information Bureau, 9 May 1916Letter from William Ernest Chapman to Robert Chalmers, 30 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Matthew Nathan, 31 March 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Matthew Nathan, 7 April 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Robert Chalmers, 2 June 1916Letter from Barry C. Galvin to Sir Robert Chalmers, 10 May 1916Letter from Julia Conroy to Lord Wimborne, c. 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O'Connell to Robert Chalmers, 13 May 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to Clerk of the Council, 22 May 1916Letter from Francis Henry Downing to the Clerk of the Council, 3 March 1916Letter from C. A. Hunter, Regimental Paymaster, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 11 December 1915Letter from Edwin E. Mason to the Under-Secretary, 23 June 1916Letter from P. J. Mallon to the Secretary, Irish Government, 24 June 1916Letter from W. L. B. Cochrane to the Under-Secretary, 26 June 1916Letter from Charles E. Fair to the Under-Secretary, 26 June 1916Letter from J. T. Roche to the Under-Secretary for Ireland, 15 April 1916Letter from Lord Courtown to the Chief Secretary’s Office, 21 July 1916Letter from Edward O’Farrell to Edward F. Casey, 9 August 1916Letter from M. J. Heverin to the under-secretary, 3 August 1916 Letter from Philip C. MacDermot to Henry Arthur Wynne, 28 July 1916Letter from Henry Arthur Wynne to Henry F. 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Thompson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 28 February 1916Letter from Arthur John Eagleston to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 4 April 1916Letter from Arthur Eagleston to the Under Secretary for Ireland, 8 June 1916 18 South Frederick Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 20 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 18 April 1916Letter to Robert Anderson, 17 April 1916Letter to Robert Anderson from John Bristow, 19 April 1916Letter from Robert Anderson to Sir Matthew Nathan, 15 April 1916