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Aug 24, 1916 107 Waverley Place,
City,
Spring 5490. 2N15 Dear Mr Quinn, I wanted to write to you for some time past
about your article
on Casement. Believe me that I was very much moved and very much impress-
ed by it - it is written with the fervour of friendship, and it is good
to know that Casement could inspire such loyalty. I know your article will
have the best effect on people who would be disposed to question his
character and his motives. More than any other article connected with the
insurrection I am glad that yours was written. I send you some verses I wrote about
his end. I have given them
to Frank Harris for Pearson's With all good wishes, Very sincerely yours
Padraic Colum
This letter was written by Padraic Colum (1881–1972) to John Quinn (1870-1924), discussing
Quinn’s article in the New York Times, 13 August 1916. Colum was renowned playwright,
poet, and novelist from County Longford, who had immigrated to America in 1914. 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 the letter, Colum
commends Quinn’s loyalty to the Irish nationalist movement and in return he sends
Quinn a couple of verses of a poem describing Casement’s execution.