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council members be discreetly employed for their loyalty to the Irish Republic as well as their merit and asks for a safe covering address for MacSwiney. 28 April 1920 3pp 12 Annotated copy letter from MacSwiney to C. Ó’hUigín (Kevin O'Higgins), Substitute Minister for Local Government assuring him that all his instructions have been carried out and that he is nominating a 'locum tenens' to ensure continuity of the Lord Mayor's office in republican hands. Asks for J.J. Walsh's undated letter of resignation. 30 April 1920 2pp 13 Letter to MacSwiney from Diarmuid Ó’hEigceartuigh (Diarmuid O'Hegarty), Secretary Dáil Éireann, advising MacSwiney to have copies of Cork Corporation's resolution on the result of the late Lord Mayor's (Tomás MacCurtain) inquest authenticated by seal and enclosing a letter from Arthur Griffith, Acting President Dáil Éireann, confirming that he will bring the attention of the 'Governments of the civilised world' to this resolution. 30 April 1920 2pp 14 Letter to MacSwiney from C.Ó’hUigín (Kevin O'Higgins), Substitute Minister for Local Government, noting that his suggestion of appointing a 'locum tenens' has been adopted and that J.J. Walsh has been asked to send in his resignation. Also includes his hope that MacSwiney will attend the forthcoming Local Government
Conference. 5 May 1920
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15 Letter to MacSwiney from Diarmuid Ó’hEigceartuigh (Diarmuid O'Hegarty), Secretary Dáil Éireann, refunding expenses of £2 to him in connection with the Local Government Conference. 29 May 1920 1p 16 Circular to MacSwiney from C.Ó’hUigín (Kevin O'Higgins), Substitute Minister for Local Government, requesting that a copy of instructions (not enclosed) be delivered to a leading republican member of each County Council, Rural District Council and Board of Guardians in MacSwiney's constituency, that a meeting be called to discuss these instructions and that a report be sent to the Local Government Department. 1 June 1920 1p 17 Letter to MacSwiney from Michael Collins, Minister for Finance, noting a
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