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1p
86
14 August 1914
Letter from C.M. Pursell, Downpatrick, to Captain Berkeley. Mentions letter shown to the County Committee an that the Committee ‘…meant no reflection on you…we were very much indebted to you and were sorry you could not manage to work the County yourself…’.
4pp
87
17 August 1914
Letter, from J.R. White, Captain, Irish Volunteers, Omagh. Concerns the training and selection of officers for the Irish Volunteers. ‘The…only guarantee we have that the Irish Volunteers become efficient and remain distinctly Irish and a genuine National force, is that they should be trained and officered by Irishmen…’.
1p
88
17 August 1914
Letter, from Alec Wilson, Belvoir Park, Newtownbreda, Co. Down , to ‘Dear Berkeley’. He admits that ‘my neighbours are hopeless. The only thing is that I fancy Redmond & the I.V. have gone far to “cook the goose” in England of late…Carson & Co are…within measurable distance of high treason next week…Use me for the welfare of the I.V. henceforth in whatever way you can’.
1p
89
31 August 1914
Letter, from M. Russell County Club, Downpatrick, to ‘Dear Captain Berkeley’. Encloses a map with information on East Down Regiment. Concerns organisation of the Regiment.
7pp
90
6 September 1914
Letter from George Taaffe, Smarmone Castle, Ar dee (County Louth) to ‘Dear Berkeley’. Concerns meeting at Newcastle Co. Down. He is very sorry Berkeley is thinking of giving up Belfast.
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