Letter from A. W. Waring to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 1 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 A.W. Waring

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In this letter from A. W. Waring to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), A.W. writes enclosing the percentage of tea sales that Hanna is due. A.W. explains that the company is operating at a loss and that unless sales very sharply increase they will not be able to recover. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League and a founding member of the Irish Women Workers’ Union. She was the widow of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916. She was active during the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons. Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916), and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution emerged.

 National Library of Ireland Sheehy-Skeffington Papers, Collection List No.47; MS 33,604/13-10 https://letters1916.ie/item/3721 English A.W. Waring 1915-11-01 6 Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland Hanna Sheehy Skeffington The Irish Citizen, 12, D'oiler Street, Dublin, Ireland Industry and Public Administration

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 6 WESTLAND ROW, DUBLIN. Nov. 1st, 1915, Mrs. H. Sheehy Skeffington, The Irish Citizen, 12, D'Olier Street, Dublin, Dear Madam, Enclosed please find cheque £1-9-6, being amount of com- mission due to you on our sales of Franchise Tea up to and including Oct. 2nd, 1915. As we explained to Mrs. Hoskins when she called on us, we have been, so far, at a considerable loss from this Franchise Tea venture and we do not see any prospect of recouping ourselves if the sales do not increase at least ten fold. Both for your own sake and for ours we hope you will be able to ush them more energetically than has been done in the past. Yours faithfully per pre ANNE LYNCH & Co. A W Waring 6 Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland Letter from A. W. Waring to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 1 November 1915 The Irish Citizen, 12, D'oiler Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from A. W. Waring to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 1 November 1915 A.W. Waring Letter from A. W. Waring to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 1 November 1915