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37/38, Mark Lane,
London, E.C. May 19th., 1916. Dear Sir., I beg to notify you I crossed from
Ireland last
evening but when leaving Mullingar notified the authorities
that I would register on arrival in London ,at Highgate .I
was informed that it would be necessary to present myself again
at Rathmines but in view of your intimation that it would be in
order to travel through to London from Mullingar acted on your
advice. There may now be a difficulty as regards advice coming form
Dublin to Highgate ,as the authorites at Mullingar may not
deem it necessary to send forward the usual notification to
London. I have to thank you for the consideration shown to me in explaini
-ing the necessary procedure & trust that when I am next in Dublin
I will be in possession of an Identity Book which will obviate
considerable trouble., Yours faithfully., Francis. G. Kitts Mr
Alien Officer.
Rathmines. Dublin.
This is a letter from Frank G. Kitts to the Alien Officer at Rathmines updating him
of his passage from Mullingar to London and thanking him for explaining the proper
procedure to gain an identity book which will make his future journeys much easier.
As an American citizen traveling while the Great War was going on, Kitts was required
to comply with strict travel regulations which applied to all 'aliens'.