Letter from Joseph O'Byrne to Frank P. Walsh, 1 December 1919 Letters 1916-1923 Joseph O'Byrne

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Joseph O’Byrne was born in 1875 in Queens County (Laois). By 1911 he was living in Fairview Avenue in Dublin. According to records from the Bureau of Military History he took part in the 1916 Easter Rising. During the period that the letters were written, O’Byrne lived on 24th Street, New York. He can be found on the 1930 census showing his residence as Manhattan. O’Byrne although in America held a keen interest in Irish politics. Francis (Frank) Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), was an American lawyer and political reformer. He was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labour partisan and staunch New Dealer. Walsh was a member of the Irish-American delegation (along with Michael J. Ryan and Edward F. Dunne) who were appointed to represent Ireland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. On 10 April 1919 the delegation arrived in Paris. The men returned to America in July 1919 where Walsh began working with the Dail External Loan (Bond Drive). This letter references a letter sent on 19 November 1919, and asks for a reply to same. O'Byrne informs Walsh that a bond rally will be held at Halagon Hall. Walsh is asked for ‘official sanction’ on committees organised to collect money at church gates and other such community areas. O'Byrne also requests literature and states that no deductions will be taken from the money collected by the committees mentioned earlier in the letter.

 New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division William Burke Cockran Papers, Box 13, Folder 2 https://letters1916.ie/item/6703 English Joseph O'Byrne 1919-12-01 New York Frank P. Walsh New York Male Politics Industry and Public Administration

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 AMERICAN COMMISSION ON IRISH INDEPENDANCEFRANK P, WALSH, CHAIRMAN411 FIFTH AVENUENEW YORK December 1st, 1919 COPY Hon. Frank P. Walsh.New York City. Dear Sir:- Our Society is holding a Bond RallyTuesday night at Halagon Hall. I will thank youfor a reply to my letter of November 19th. We have Committees formed to collect atChurches, Theatres, etc., and desire your officialsanction and co-operation in this direction. Mr. Burke informs me he has referred myletter to your department. We need literature. Allmonies collected will be handed in without making anydeduction whatever. Please reply to Joseph O'Byrne.265 West 24th St.,New York City. per/EMW New York Letter from Éamon de Valera to his mother, 18 September 1916.Letter from Harry Boland to William Bourke Cockran, 20 November 1919Letter from Joseph O'Byrne to Frank P. Walsh, 1 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen, 12 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to William Bourke Cockran, 19 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen and City Chairmen, 26 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen and City Chairmen, 30 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to William Bourke Cockran, 29 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to the American Public, 1 October 1919 Joseph O'Byrne Letter from Joseph O'Byrne to Frank P. Walsh, 1 December 1919 Frank P. Walsh Letter from Joseph O'Byrne to Frank P. Walsh, 1 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen, 12 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen, 18 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to William Bourke Cockran, 19 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen and City Chairmen, 26 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to all State Chairmen and City Chairmen, 30 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to William Bourke Cockran, 29 December 1919Letter from Frank P. Walsh to the American Public, 1 October 1919