Letter from Travers R. Blackley to Edward Carson, 13 July 1916
Cavan. 13th July 1916 Dear Sir Edward Carson. There has been a meeting of the Cavan
Delegates to the Ulster Unionist Council held today.
They consider that inasmuch as they came to the
decision, which they embodied in the joint resolution,
of the three counties, owing to the fact that they
were under the impression that the Unionist
party in England had thrown them over& will
no longer stand by them and that the Cabinet were
unanimous on the subject — which as it now appears
from later developments is not the case. The same remark applies to the American question
of supplies of munitions. Under the circumstances, they think the three
counties should now have an opportunity to
reconsider their position, as had the Cavan delegates
known all the facts, as they now appear they would
probably not have agreed to the resolution and
they request me to communicate with you &
ask your views on the subject. Ysfaithfully Travers R. Blackley Sec of Co Cavan Delegates
Letter from Travers R. Blackley to Edward Carson (1854-1935). Carson was a prominent Unionist Politician. Originally a practicing solicitor from Dublin, Carson's opposition to the proposed third Home Rule bill made him the figure head of Unionism throughout the island. He was the centerpiece of the speaking tour that culminated in Ulster Day (28 September 1912), when just under half a million signed Ulster's solemn league and covenant pledging to use ‘all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a home rule parliament in Dublin’. Carson inaugurated the Larne gunrunning in 1914 which armed the UVF, many of whom Carson would encourage to join the British Army throughout the First World War.
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__4354.html)
- Place
- Drumbar, Co. Cavan, Ireland
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- Letter from Travers R. Blackley to Edward Carson, 13 July 1916
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