ENPages That Mention Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916
Letter from Roger Casement (Hammam Hotel, O'Connell Street) to [Robert] Donovan, inviting him to the Irish plays in the Oireachtas and informing him that Mrs. [Alice Stopford] Green and E. A. Stopford will be there. etc. ✔
{written on opposing sides of a single folded leaf; in the left panel formed by the fold:}
Hammam Hotel O'Connell Street. {printed: Marine Station Hotel. Bray Saturday 12th Augt {printed: 190}5
Dear Mr Donovan,
I am going to the OREACTAS on Monday night to the plays in Irish. Will you not come and join us at dinner here at 6.30. then to them -- and we could kill two birds with one stone -- perhaps several.
M"rs Green, and her brother E.A. Stopford and, I hope,
{in the right panel:}
The French Consul will be at the little dinner and the plays afterward.
I shall hope to see you then.
Thanks for your efforts with the "Irish Times": I have not much hope of it!
It is part? praying for an Irish times.
Yours sincerely
Letter from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham, Bucks., England) to [Robert] Donovan, concerning the prosecution of Alderman Cole, 'for having his name on his cart in Irish'.
Road, so send this to The Office. R C
Card from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham, Uxbridge) to [Robert] Donovan, requesting a quotation from the 'Freeman's Journal' on the number of Irish in the British Navy in 1797, compared with [1905?]. ✔
p. 2
year - some 125000! Can you get me the exact quotation? I've torn up my copy of "Freeman" with it I find I am so sorry to trouble you.
Yours sincerely,
Fragment of a letter from Roger Casement to [Robert Donovan ?], discussing the Liberals; Home Rule; Balfour's proposals; and redistribution. ✔
The battle of Redistribution will have to be fought in Ireland & the right course for us is to try and get the North of Ireland men to join the national protest and to point out to them that Redistribution within Ireland, giving the North a gain of several seats, will not be opposed by Irish Nationalism.
Believe me,
Yours very truly,