Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Edward Carson, 8 March 1916

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Letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford to Edward Carson, 8 March 1916

1 8 - 3 - 16 Dear Sir Edward Enclosed please find copy of the
a/c of a meeting held in Cork by the Sinn
Fein (womens) party. These ought not to be forgotten
even this a cowardly Govmt. are afraid to
tackle them now. Hoping you will soon be
yourself again Yours sincerely F H Crawford P.S.
Cutting is out of the northern whig of 7 - 3 - 16 issue

This is a letter from Frederick Hugh Crawford (1862-1952) to Edward Carson (1854–1935). Frederick Hugh Crawford was born in Belfast to a strong Methodist family. He was a soldier, gun-runner and electrical engineer. In 1914 he smuggled guns for the Ulster Volunteer Force into Larne, Bangor and Donaghadee, County Down. He was also appointed OC Royal Army Service Corps for Northern Ireland during the First World War. Edward Carson was born in Harcourt Street, County Dublin and went to Trinity College. He qualified as a barrister and later became a Unionist politician. In this letter Crawford is writing to Carson in connection with a Sinn Fein meeting.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2313.html)