Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Anonymous ( ‘One of the Hard Pressed’)

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Herbert Louis Samuel, (1870-1963) served as Home Secretary from January to December 1916 The writer, a policeman who prefers to remain anonymous, urges the Home Secretary to do all in his power and influence to ensure a pay increase for the Police which, he says, will 'lift us out of the power of Sinn Fein'.

National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers; CSO RP/1916/5620/13240 https://letters1916.ie/item/2429 English Anonymous ( ‘One of the Hard Pressed’) 1916-07-28 Ireland Herbert Samuel Home Office, London, England Politics Industry and Public Administration

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 July 28th 16 Mr Samuel Home Secretary Sir I see by todays papers you state the Police war bonus petition is under consideration. May I beg you, in the name of fair play, if you have any power in the matter, or can use your influence in any way, pray do so & secure an increase in pay which will lift us out of the power of "Sinn Fein" grocers whom so many of us are indebted to for groceries etc. We are loyal & have been loyal so try & secure for us a living wage. Yours etc. One of the hard pressed. I.J.T. 3/8 Herbert Samuel Letter from John Condon to Herbert Samuel, 17 June 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to John P. Boland, 1 August 1916Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916Letter from Clara Moser to Herbert Samuel, 3 June 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to Edward Carson, 13 July 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to Edward Carson, 21 July 1916Letter from J.H. Morgan to Herbert Samuel, 4 August 1916 Anonymous ( ‘One of the Hard Pressed’) Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916 Ireland Letter from George A. Lyons to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin, 5 April 1916Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 12 May 1916Letter from Eoin McNeill to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 18 April 1916Letter from R. Barry O'Brien to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 12 February 1916Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916Letter from Emma Duffin to her aunts, 9 January 1916, Letter from Arthur to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 14 January 1916Letter from Fr. C. F. Maher to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 16 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 23 October 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to the Right Rev. Monsignor Denis Hallinan, 23 October 1916Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, 4 February 1916.Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 February 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 31 December 1915Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 22 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 11 February 1916Letter from MW O'Reilly to 'A Cara', 1 June 1916Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 March 1916Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 March 1916Letter from Nora Ring to Susan Daly, March 1923Letter from Douglas Campbell (later Major General Sir Douglas Campbell) to his sister Catherine Agnes Meta Campbell (later Wetherall), 28 October 1917Letter from William Upton Tyrrell to Victoria Mary Tyrrell, 19 November 1919Letter from Mary McDonagh to her daughter-in-law Annie McDonagh, early 1920 Home Office, London, England Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Sir Ernley Blackwell, 10 June 1916Letter from B.B. Cubitt to the Under-Secretary of State, Home Office, 30 March 1916Letter from the Home Office to Joseph Devlin, 26 July 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to John P. Boland, 1 August 1916Letter from Sir Edward Troup, 26 September 1916Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916Letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell to William Brace, 14 July 1916