Letter from Franz H. J. Zerhusen to Roger Casement, 31 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Franz H. J. Zerhusen

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Letter from Franz H. J. Zerhusen to Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) thanking him for his letter. Zerhusen was an officer in the German army who worked with Casement's Irish Brigade made up of Irishmen held as prisoners in German prisoner of war camps. He writes that he is delighted to hear that Casement has been feeling better and that he would be 'quite willing to go with you anywhere, but of course I am not my own master'. He would go with Casement if Casement could arrange it with the authorities. The letter is taken from a collection of letters, poems, articles and other documents of Roger Casement and his family. Covering his career in the British Diplomatic Service and activities in the Irish Revolutionary movement, 1889-1945.

National Library of Ireland Sir Roger Casement Papers, Collection List No. A15; Ms. 13,085/28 https://letters1916.ie/item/5520 English Franz H. J. Zerhusen 1916-01-31 Roger Casement Male Politics Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 FRANZ H.J. ZERHAUSEN R. at M. 3 Feb. 1916 31 st January 1916 Dear Sir Roger, I beg to thank you for your kind letter, and I am very glad to hear that you are feeling better and sincerely hope that you will soon be quite better. I am quite willing to go with you anywhere, but of course I am not my own master, and it would therefore depend if you could arrange this with the authorities. I am, dear Sir, Very respectfully yours F. Zerhusen Franz H. J. Zerhusen Letter from Franz H. J. Zerhusen to Roger Casement, 31 January 1916 Roger Casement Letter from Count Georg von Wedel to Roger Casement, 1 December 1915Letter from Franz H. J. Zerhusen to Roger Casement, 31 January 1916