Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 4 January 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Denis O'Driscoll

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This letter is part of a collection of letters which Denis O' Driscoll (d. 1920) wrote to his daughters Elizabeth (Bessie) and Susanna (Sue) who had earlier emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts. Denis thanks Bessie for ten dollars sent on behalf of Sue. He refers to their two brothers who were in the British army at the time and that he is forwarding originals of letters sent by one of the brothers to her.

 Denis McGrath Private Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/5918 English Denis O'Driscoll 1916-01-04 1 St. Mura's Terrace, Church Road, Dublin, Ireland Elizabeth O'Driscoll Boston, Massachusetts, US Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 1, St. Mura's Tce Church Rd. Dublin 4th January 1916 My dear Bessie Your letter containing 10 dols on Sue's behalf has just reached me, and I hasten to thank you and to assure you that the Kindness of both yourself & Sue have made our home brighter and both Mamma &Barbara are as grateful as I am. I am well pleased with the opinion you have formed of Finneen, and to show you that you do not stand alone in your opinion I enclose a letter from Gerald on the same subject which speaks for itself. It is not alone for the purpose of show ing to you the coincidence of your opinion with that of Gerald's but that his letters to me may furnish you with a proof of the affectionate regard in which one member of the family bears towards the others. There is just another consideration which impels me to send Gerald's letter to you. I know of old that you are an admirer of the sublime and beautiful and Gerald's letters to me are of that character; and I send the originals to you from time to time in order that you may be in a position to frame your own judgement from the data which I send you. forwarded to Finnie - the value and more than the value of your kindly present, and I sent on your letter to him in order that he may learn from first hand the kindly interest of his sisters in his behalf. I have not heard from him during the past ten days but that is no neglect on his part, but that the exigencies of the service does not give him an opportunity. I had a letter from Sue last night, and I replied by return. I owe you a letter on the war a kind of leading article, and I shall send it in a few days. A suggestion thrown out by you shall be attended to — and I am my dear Bessie Your loving father Denis O'Driscol 1 St. Mura's Terrace, Church Road, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 4 January 1916 Boston, Massachusetts, US Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 4 January 1916 Denis O'Driscoll Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 12 July 1916Letter from Denis O'Driscoll to his daughter Bessie, 4 January 1916