Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 18 January 1916. Letters 1916-1923 Fr. Martin Mahoney

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Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman. Mahoney, a parish priest in Minnesota, edited the Catholic weekly 'Manifestos'. Sweetman (1844-1936) was a member of Sinn Féin and patron to Arthur Griffith. In 1915 he spoke out against conscription and was arrested in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. The letter refers mainly to political matters in the news and business.

 National Library of Ireland Sweetman Collection, Collection List 154; Ms. 47,604/8. https://letters1916.ie/item/5534 English Fr. Martin Mahoney 1916-01-18 Mendota, Minnesota, US John Sweetman Drumbaragh Estate, Kells, County Meath, Ireland Male Politics Politics Industry and Public Administration

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 Mendota Minn 1.18.16 Dear Mr Sweetman: Upturns here anenvelope addressed to you with some cuttingscut, I want to deleted text let you see howthis side learns about your side. I'llstick this in it & let it off to you. FirstI want to let you know how tickledwas my self-conceit when reading lastnight the last to hand Leader, where asI thought Moran, & says only in other wordslet us have initiative etc. what I haverepeatedly said to you, til it can beended, let go on the Govt's & Plunkett's& all the others tomfooling, and dothe the right thing without them, 2 or 3or more gather together, I may withoutirreverance say in God's name, andact as if educated & governmented inHungary, stocking rivers, testingseed, buying in sufficient quantitywrappers for butter, & so on & on. Confoundit, cannot any man with an ideaor 2, and - what no rightly sober man Todays dispatch says that at a S D R James meeting tomorrow the main addressance be byPlunkett. He's likely on another junket across the continent at public expense. can lack, a 1/2 crown to hire deleted texta typewriters' time & carbon sheets foran hour, get his thought & proposalbefore a score of the most likemindedneighbors or contemporaries? Vivida visanimi! Veritas prevalebit! That priest whose howls the Doyle book so tickled Moran,has taken 3 or 4 issues of the L. and maybe onall 3 pages to say with Irish generosityof word-flux and hullaballooingwhat I believe will effect no more thaneven I could with one Leader column inwhich to condense & put before all thepeople the boiled-down offensiveness ofthe wretched work. But with trueconstructive genius I should keep enoughof my column free to name & boast thebook that ought to replace Doyle's, thatis Cobbett's Advice to Young Men. By the wayonly this afternoon a young woman who whilestaying with me here this Summer, had read thebook, almost began, & certainly wound up hercall, by requesting me to get her Cobbett's Grammer.How often have you seen the Advice, or even the Mentoryet? Regards to Mrs S. Yours very Sincerely Martin Mahoney. Mr John SweetmanKells,Ireland Censor 586. John Sweetman Telegram to John F. Sweetman, 28 July 1916Postcard from Herbert Pim to John Sweetman, 1 October 1916Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 2 December 1915Letter from John Sweetman to Sir John Griffith, 23 October 1916Letter from Herbert Pim To John Sweetman, 16 September 1916Letter from John Sweetman to Herbert Pim, 21 September 1916Letter from Herbert Pim to John Sweetman, 28 September 1916Letter from Herbert Pim to John Sweetman, 30 September 1916Letter from Herbert Pim to John Sweetman, 12 October 1916Letter from John Sweetman to Herbert Pim, 15 September 1916Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 12 November 1915.Letter from John Sweetman to Piaras Béaslaí, 10 March 1916Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 18 January 1916.Letter from Herbert Pim to John Sweetman, 21 October 1916 Fr. Martin Mahoney Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 2 December 1915Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 12 November 1915.Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 18 January 1916. Drumbaragh Estate, Kells, County Meath, Ireland Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 18 January 1916.Letter from Honoria Sweetman to her mother, Agnes Sweetman, 16 May 1916Letter from Mary McEvoy to Agnes Sweetman, 9 May 1916Letter from Mary McEvoy to Agnes Sweetman, 13 May 1916 Mendota, Minnesota, US Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 2 December 1915Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 12 November 1915.Letter from Fr. Martin Mahoney to John Sweetman, 18 January 1916.