Letter to Miss M. Cox, Secretary of the Irish Volunteer Prisoners Aid Society, 2 September 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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Letter to Miss Cox detailing the provision of the requirements of the prisoners of Frongoch such as tobacco, clothing and fruit. The author suggests that individual Committees take responsibility for specific supplies. The letter details the cost of providing provisions to Wandsworth, Woking, Lewes, Stafford, Wakefield and Knutsford prisons. The letter also refers to an enclosed copy of a letter sent to Mr. Henry Dixon at Frongoch.

National Library of Ireland MS8434:16-12 https://letters1916.ie/item/4020 English 1916-09-02 M Cox 252 Lower Broughton Road, Manchester, United Kingdom Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 2nd sept 1916 31. VIII. ’16 Miss. M. Cox,(Hon. Secretary Irish Volunteer Prisoners Aid Society),252, Lower Broughton Road, Manchester. Dear Miss. Cox, Further to previous correspondence for the in-formation of your Committee I enclose copy of a letterwhich we have just sent to Mr. Henry Dixon at Frongoch.I think we are now on the road to being able to deal withthe requirements of the Camp in a systematic manner.Our Committee is rather of the opinion that the bestway to attain this end is for each outside Committeeto make itself responsible for some one particular re-quirement. You will see that the Cork Committee havemade themselves responsible for the tobacco supply. Weare willing, as you will see by the enclosed letter, tomake ourselves responsible for part, or if necessary forthe whole of the remainder. There are the questions ofclothing, periodicals and books, some few luxuries suchas fruit etc., about which we hope to hear more bothfrom Mr. Dixon and the Censor shortly, when I willcommunicate with you again. In the meantime wouldyou please place the matter before your Committee andlet me know if they agree with our suggestions, or ifthey would propose any modification. In one of your letters you informed me of what yourCommittee had sent to the Camp and I am afraid that inreplying the rush of the work at the time caused me tooverlook the courtesy of your reciprocating, for whichI hope you will excuse me. Up to the present we haveexpended £ 146 on the prisoners, of this amount £ 53, has gone to Frongoch (£40 in cash, the balance in suppliesthe remainder having been expended on Wandsworth, Woking,Lewes, Stafford & Wakefield, and Knutsford. Yours truly, 252 Lower Broughton Road, Manchester, United Kingdom Letter to Miss M. Cox, Secretary of the Irish Volunteer Prisoners Aid Society, 2 September 1916