Letter from Thomas Maguire to Henry Arthur Wynne, 19 May 1916
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The Chief Crown Solicitor
Chief Secretary's office
DUBLIN CASTLE 19th May 1916.
Re Miss Helena Doyle Deceased. Dear Sir, The above, who I understand was a Spinster and lived at
Brookfield Street Belfast, died at the Mater Hospital, Belfast, on 11th
January 1916, Intestate So far as I can see from the papers handed to me the whole
estate, consisting of Policies of Assurance and small balance in Savings
Bank, amounts to about £18. 10. 0, and the claims against the estate,
Funeral expenses, Hospital charges, and incidental expenses after death,
come to about £19. 0. 0. Up to the present I have not been able to trace and next of kin. I shall be glad to have your instruction touching the
administration of the estate. Yours faithfully, Tho.Maguire
Chief Secretary's office
DUBLIN CASTLE 19th May 1916.
Re Miss Helena Doyle Deceased. Dear Sir, The above, who I understand was a Spinster and lived at
Brookfield Street Belfast, died at the Mater Hospital, Belfast, on 11th
January 1916, Intestate So far as I can see from the papers handed to me the whole
estate, consisting of Policies of Assurance and small balance in Savings
Bank, amounts to about £18. 10. 0, and the claims against the estate,
Funeral expenses, Hospital charges, and incidental expenses after death,
come to about £19. 0. 0. Up to the present I have not been able to trace and next of kin. I shall be glad to have your instruction touching the
administration of the estate. Yours faithfully, Tho.Maguire
This is a letter from Thomas Maguire (b.1863), solicitor to Henry Arthur Wynne (1867-1943), the chief crown solicitor for Ireland. The letter regards the death of Helena Doyle (1866-1916). He states that Doyle was a spinster and that, as far as he knows her estate comes to £18. 10. 0, however her funeral and hospital costs have come to £19. Maguire wishes to inform Wynne about his inability to find any next of kin, requesting instruction regarding the issue.
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2117.html)
- Place
- Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
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- Place
- 22 Donegall Place, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
- Mentioned in
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