{"id":4677,"date":"2015-08-26T08:18:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T08:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2018-04-10T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T14:03:48","slug":"letters-for-askletters1916-twitter-chat-1-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/letters-for-askletters1916-twitter-chat-1-september-2015","title":{"rendered":"Letters for #AskLetters1916 twitter chat | 1 September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a selection of letters relating to Business in 1916 from the Letters of 1916 collection. We will discuss these letters and more during the #AskLetters1916 twitter chat on 1 September 2015.<\/h4>\n

Letter from Charles E. Jacob to Joseph Brennan, 6 May 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1269<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This letter concerns the occupation of Jacobs Biscuit Factory, Bishop Street, Dublin, during the Easter Rising.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Sir Edward, 5 May 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1270<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This letter concerns the state of the Jacobs Biscuit Factory after the 1916 Easter Rising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from S.C. Harrison to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 February 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1803<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

S.C. Harrison is writing to Sir Matthew Nathan in connection with the working conditions of factory and mill workers in Belfast.<\/p>\n

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Letter from Christopher Cox to the Chief Secretary of Ireland, 4 June 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1640<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This letter concerns Cox’s claim for damages to his shop at 158th King Street, following the 1916 Rising.<\/p>\n

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Letter from Patrick O’Loughlin to Ellen O’Loughlin, 23 August 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

Rory O’Loughlin, private collection<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/459<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Patrick O’Loughlin (1875 – 1937) and his wife Ellen (1881- 1964) ran a small shop at 39 Lower Kevin Street in Dublin, selling second-hand clothes\/boots\/shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from Timothy Hegarty to Major J. Black, 9 March 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/751<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This letter concerns the injury of Patrick Sheehan (1879-?), a labourer who dislocated his ankle while carrying sacks at the Lee Mills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from A. P. Magill to T. J. Hanna, 4 August 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1962<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A series of correspondence consisting of four letters, concerns a claim for compensation by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSE) for damage and loss of earnings caused during the Easter Rising.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from James Duffy & Co. to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 4 August 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1966<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A letter from James Duffy & Co. Ltd., Westmoreland Street acknowledging the receipt of a \u00a340 settlement of the business\u2019 claim for compensation in respect of damages sustained during the course of the Easter Rising, 1916.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from Henry Edward Harris to the Secretary, Irish Office, 22 May 1916<\/b><\/h4>\n

National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1575<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Letter from Henry Edward Harris (b. 1879), a stock and share broker and member of the Dublin stock exchange, to the secretary of the Irish Office at Westminster. Harris writes wishing to make a claim for compensation for damages suffered during the Easter rebellion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Letter from Fr. John McCarthy (U.S.A.), 2nd May 1916, to Mrs. Sarah Kelly, Westport<\/b><\/h4>\n

Kelly Family Collection<\/span><\/h4>\n

https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/diyhistory\/items\/show\/1023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fr. John McCarthy enclosed a ‘draught for \u00a320 on account’, part-payment of a debt owed to Mrs. Kelly for goods supplied him. Mrs. Kelly was running the\u00a0business in Westport which had been founded by her late husband.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Below is a selection of letters relating to Business in 1916 from the Letters of 1916 collection. We will discuss these letters and more during the #AskLetters1916 twitter chat on 1 September 2015. Letter from Charles E. Jacob to Joseph Continue reading Letters for #AskLetters1916 twitter chat | 1 September 2015<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[115],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7999,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}