Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Humphrey Haines Pearson

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Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Sir Robert Chalmers regarding the payment of expenses to the witness in a court case. The witness does not feel that the expenses sufficiently cover the inconvenience and the out of pocket expenses that their attendance at court caused. In 1916 Humphrey Haines Pearson was serving as rector in St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork. Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938) was appointed under-secretary of Ireland in 1916, replacing Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the aftermath of the Easter Rising.

National Archives of Ireland NAI-CSO-RP-1916-10511 https://letters1916.ie/item/4410 English Humphrey Haines Pearson 1916-06-21 Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland. Robert Chalmers Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Male Country and City Life Industry and Public Administration

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 June 21st 1916 To The Under Secretary for Ireland Dublin Castle Knight & Atkinson Dublin Commission Dear Sir I have this day received an order for £12.10.0 expenses as witness in case. I have to say that I feel the Treasure Scale does not at all compensate me for the great inconvenience & expense I was put to in attending twice within a fortnight in Dublin first at the Police Court & then at Green St. I had to travel on each occasion nearly 400 miles & to make provision for duty in this important parish, on the last occasion I had to provide a substitute for Sunday duty £2.12.6 including Ring family. I trust that you will see your way to give my case special consideration & to make a grant that will cover this out of pocket expense & the great inconvenience I was put to. I may say I put another day & on the 25 April when I attempted to go up on first occasion to Police Court. Faithfully Yours H.W. Pearson Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Letter from Max S. Green to Sir Matthew Nathan, 6 May 1916Letter from Blake & Kenny to Sir Matthew Nathan, 29 April 1916Letter from H.S. Hunter to Sir Matthew Nathan, 26 April 1916Letter from John Robert O'Brien to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from C.H. Hunter to Sir Robert Chalmers, 6 June 1916.Letter from John Condon to The Under Secretary, 17 June, 1916Letter from Valentine Dunn to Robert Chalmers Esq., 19 June, 1916Letter from Thomas M. Gerrard to the Under Secretary of State for Ireland, 19 June, 1916Letter from John J. Ham to the Under-Secretary, 19 June 1916Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 19 June 1916.Letter from Dermot MacDermot to Edward O'Farrell, 21 June 1916Letter from George F. Montgomery to the Under-Secretary, 20 June 1916Letter from Robert Elder to the Under Secretary, 30 June, 1916Letter from Henry J. Walker to the Lord Lieutenant, 30 June, 1916Letter from Thomas Bodkin and Arnold F. Graves to the Under Secretary, 1 August, 1916Letter from W. P. Henry to L. T. Silvester, 4 August, 1916Letter from the Secretary, Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police, to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, 26 October 1916Letter from Philip C. P. MacDermot to Sir Henry Arthur Wynne, 11 May 1916Letter from Jasper Travers Wolfe to Sir Robert Chalmers, 15 May 1916Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916Circular letter from Edward O'Farrell to Crown and Sessional Crown Solicitors, 20 June 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary of Ireland, 9 June 1916Letter from George M. Marshall to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from J. Houlihan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916Letter from William John Kingston to Sir Robert Chalmers, 8 June 1916.Letter from Ernest G. Moggridge to the Under-Secretary, Dublin Castle, 9 June 1916Letter from John Condon to the Under-Secretary, 23 June 1916Letter to the Chairman of the General Prisons Board, 3 June 1916Letter from Dublin Castle to Rev. James Moody, 2 June 1916Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916 Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland. Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916Letter from A.J. Digan to Miss Murray, 12 September, 1916. Humphrey Haines Pearson Letter from Humphrey Pearson to Robert Chalmers, 21 June 1916