Letter from Michael Monahan to John Quinn, 21 August 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Michael Monahan

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This letter was written by Michael Monahan (1865–1933) to John Quinn (1870-1924), discussing Quinn’s article in the New York Times (13 August 1916) regarding the execution of Roger Casement. Michael Monahan was the editor and proprietor of the literary magazine The Phoenix, formerly known as The Papyrus, based in Connecticut. John Quinn was a lawyer in New York, the son of Irish immigrants who maintained close ties with Ireland during his life through his patronage of the arts. In this letter, Monahan thanks Quinn for sending him a copy of Quinn’s New York Times article titled 'Roger Casement, martyr'. Monahan agrees with Quinn’s sentiment in the article, that Casement’s execution was unjust. Monahan also believes that the executions of the 1916 leaders will negatively impact the Americans relationship with Britain.

 New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division John Quinn Memorial Collection, Box 7, f.4 https://letters1916.ie/item/6731 English Michael Monahan 1916-08-21 South Norwalk, Connecticut, US John Quinn 31 Nassau Street, New York, US Male 1933 Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 The PhoenixMichael Monahan, Editor & Proprietor(Originally founded as The Papyrus, July 1903 Subscription - One Dollar the YearTo Foreign Countries, One twenty-five ZN12 Suth Norwalk, Conn August 21, 1916. You have put me under a rare obligation by yourthoughtfulness in sending me the Casement paper whichI might otherwise have missed (I do not see the Timesregularly). It does you everlasting credit and, even more, itis a high credit to the Irish name. You must also allowme to take pride in it as an exhibition of ability andtalent such as we are rarely favored with in these dulltimes. It is at once a splendid statement of the Irishquestion, a poetical justification of Casement and hisfellows, a terrific scorching up of the Ulster Patriotsand their English backers and accomplices and a com-plete exposure of the value of German friendship forIreland. You have cleaned up the subject - there isnothing more to be said! Finally, as a piece of English this paper is not lessremarkable; there are things in it that recall theGrattans and the Currans, the noblest traditions of Irishpatriotism and its canonized utterances. I tried toread it aloud to a friend, and had to stop more than once - The PhoenixMichael Monahan, Editor & Proprietor(Originally founded as The Papyrus, July 1903 Subscription - One Dollar the YearTo Foreign Countries, One twenty-five ZN12 Suth Norwalk, Conn #2perhaps because I am Irish, but I guess even an alienwould feel the pull. That terrible picture of the doing to death ofCasement and his felon's grave will cost the English some-thing in American friendship and sympathy. Doesn'tit beat the Devil how they can't help blundering inregarding to us? - it is the heritage of centuries. Faithfully yours,Michael Monahan Michael Monahan Letter from Michael Monahan to John Quinn, 21 August 1916 John Quinn Letter from John Quinn to George Gavan Duffy, 9 September 1916Letter from Oscar Underwood to John Quinn, 14 August 1916Letter from Richard W. Hale to John Quinn, 18 August 1916Letter from Michael Monahan to John Quinn, 21 August 1916Letter from Padraic Colum to John Quinn, August 1916Letter from Alice Stopford Green to John Quinn, 27 August 1916Letter from James Joseph Walsh to John Quinn, 29 June 1923 South Norwalk, Connecticut, US Letter from Michael Monahan to John Quinn, 21 August 1916 31 Nassau Street, New York, US Letter from Oscar Underwood to John Quinn, 14 August 1916Letter from Richard W. Hale to John Quinn, 18 August 1916Letter from Michael Monahan to John Quinn, 21 August 1916Letter from Padraic Colum to John Quinn, August 1916Letter from Alice Stopford Green to John Quinn, 27 August 1916