Letter from J. B. Fitzpatrick to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 7 March 1917 Letters 1916-1923 J. B. Fitzpatrick

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In this letter, J. B. Fitzpatrick lets Joseph Cyrillus Walsh know about his regret that Walsh will no longer be able to edit the daily newspaper "Ireland". He stresses that the Irish need such a paper in order to properly express their demand for representative government.

 New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division Joseph C. Walsh Papers. Letters Earls - Foy https://letters1916.ie/item/6670 English J. B. Fitzpatrick 1917-03-07 104 Kingston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Joseph Cyrillus Walsh Male The Rising Tide (1917-1919) Politics

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 BROWN DURRELL CO IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, HEANDKERCHIEFS & FURNISHINGS BOSTON104 Kingston Street NEW YORK11 West 19th Street CHICAGO506 Textile bldg. Adams & 5th Ave. Officers and Directors Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Prest. and TreasHugh Mullen Vice Prest. and Asst TreasWilliam H. StalkerPaul E. FitzpatrickJames P LynchFrank S. AdamsThomas M Fitzpatrick Mar. 7, 1917 Cable Address DURRELL Liebers Code Used Dear Mr Walsh: I have been home sick for some days, andtherefore my correspondence, and other obligations, havebeen neglected. I have recovered enough, however, to bein a few hours today, and tomorrow I am going away totake a rest for two or three weeks. It is needless to say that I regretextremely to learn that conditions are such that youcannon continue the good work you have been doing inconducting and editing Ireland. You will recallthat when the proposition was originally made, I wasnot free to recommend it on account of what I believedmight be the financial difficulties, for I appreciatedthe fact, and gave utterance to it at the time, that Ibelived it was no trifling matter to establish a news-paper. I felt sure that it required moneyed backing thatI could see no guarantee of at the time, but still, ifothers thought it wise, I would do my humble share incontributing at the outset. I feel sure you have done your share tomake the paper a success, and if you had the necessarysupport I am confident it would become a great power forgood in the land. We need such a paper, not only to giveproper representation to the best claims of Ireland forrepresentative government, but for the vital interestsof the Irish race in the United States. To do this,however, will require adequate means in the way of moneyand equipment, and I would be glad to see a disposition onthe part of our well-to-do men of the Irish race to furnishaid for such an enterprise. It certainly would be too muchto ask of you, or of any single individual, to bear theburden alone. I feel confident that you have done moreof this already than most men would be willing to do, andwhile the readers of Ireland will regret any interruptionin its publication, no one can blame your good self fortaking the position outlined in your letter. I remain, Respectfully yours J B Fitzpatrick 104 Kingston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Letter from J. B. Fitzpatrick to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 7 March 1917 Joseph Cyrillus Walsh Letter from Arthur Griffith to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 24 May 1919Letter from George Gavin Duffy to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 6 July 1920 Letter from Joseph Cyrillus Walsh to John N. Milholland, 13 June 1921Letter from Richard Hazleton to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 14 March 1918Letter from George Gavan Duffy to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 6 July 1920Letter from H. J. Kavanagh to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 23 February 1920Letter from Francis Fletcher-Vane to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 23 June 1917Letter from Michael Harkin to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 5 February 1920Letter from Michael Harkin to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 3 February 1921Letter from M. Figgis and Maude Gonne MacBride to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 24 March 1922Letter from Charles J. Foy to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 16 February 1917Letter from J. B. Fitzpatrick to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 7 March 1917 J. B. Fitzpatrick Letter from J. B. Fitzpatrick to Joseph Cyrillus Walsh, 7 March 1917