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& talks much of revenge. I suggested E's idea that
faults are always
copied in times
of war — yr mother Tangridge House
Near Bath (3 miiles) Oct 12.16 Dearest D. I sent you yesterday
as usual in a great hurry
& I fear insufficiently
addressed — so send this
today. Edward Carpenter's
letter which I enclose is
good & might interest
the Storkleys. The Chronicle
seems the most enlightened
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of the London papers. I see
the I.T. is at it again — so am
glad I wrote & hope others
will — Tell me how they
feel. How have you got on
in work — & have you done
any for Lord Monteagle? —
& I was much interested
in the Storkleys & Glengarriff
was Tiny there? First
she would come to us on
her way over — I've not seen her
for so long — we spent
yesterday at North Stoke —
lunched in the Gibbs & tead with groups, an awfully
nice village & church tho'
not up to the lovely little
church here. where the monument is dated 1300, or rather towards
the end of that century &
is a beautifully proportioned
building with rich carvings
all over it —
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I am writing to T.P. Gill today
& say that I have asked you
to send on E Carpenters letter.
So do. It is very good to
circulate it. & it will please
T.P. to hear from you & make
him remember his promises
re. her work — If you think the
other worth send it too — I think
the Storkleys wd like E.C.'s I am
sure he wd say more but hardly
does in present war feelings
over here. I made E & H read it as
they are pretty uncompromising
This letter was written by Jane Coffey, née L'Estrange (1857-1921), to her son, Hugh
Diarmid Coffey (1888 - 1964).
Diarmid joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and became secretary of the Irish National
Volunteers after the organisation split in 1915. Although not involved in the 1916
Rising, he feared he would be arrested for his involvement with the Irish Volunteers
and his known Sinn Féin sympathies.
In this letter Jane asks Diarmid about work and tells him of her activities from the
previous day in North Stoke.