Letter from Frank P. Walsh to William Bourke Cockran, 19 December 1919 Letters 1916-1923 Frank P. Walsh

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Frank P. 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). William Burke Cockran (1854-1922) was born in Sligo. He completed his education in Summerhill college, Sligo and the Marist College in Lille, France. In 1871 Cockran immigrated to America. While working as a teacher he studied law at night. In 1876 he passed the bar; he practiced in Mount Vernon for two years before moving to New York to practice law. His legal career was constrained by an interest in politics. In 1903, Cockran returned to Ireland and was made a freeman of the borough of Sligo, at this time he was a vigorous supporter of Home Rule. Cockran protested against the execution of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, and also condemned the introduction of martial law in Ireland in 1919. In December 1919, while working on the Dail Eireann Bond Certificates and Bond Drive he called for formal American recognition of the Irish Republican Government. In this letter, Walsh was sending 500 printed copies of deValera's instructions regarding the bond drive to Cockran. This material was to be distributed to city chairmen, treasurer and other officers as well as campaign workers. These manuals were to be used for both reference and guidance in the selling of bond certificates.

 New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division William Bourke Cockran Papers, Box 13, Folder 2 https://letters1916.ie/item/6706 English Frank P. Walsh 1919-12-19 New York William Bourke Cockran New York Male 1939 Politics Industry and Public Administration

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 American Commission on Irish IndependenceFrank P. Walsh Chairman 411 Fifth AvenueNew York December EighteenthNineteen Nineteen Hon. W. Bourke Cockran,100 BroadwayNew York, N.Y. Dear Mr. Cockran:- I am sending you 500 printed copies ofPresident De Valera's Manual of Instructions for the use ofyour City Chairmen, Treasurer, and other officers and, wheredesired, campaign workers. It is probable that each campaignworker who is interested would feel complimented by having oneof these manuals for his own reference and guidance. I hardly need add that the sooner these documentsare in the hands of those, for whose use they are intended, thebetter, especially in view of the shortness of the campaign. Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, I am Yours very truly, Frank P WalshChairman 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 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