De Valera in Lewes Prison De Valera (Eamon & Sinead) ALS. from Sinead de Valera to ? Chailini Dilas'(Misses Carden, Fitzgerald and Eardly, St. Vincent de Paul School in Limerick), 14.2.1917 with associated envelope, thanking them for a gift of books to Eamon de Valera, then a prisoner in Lewes Jail; and enclosing an autograph signed note from Eamon de Valera, on a very small narrow slip of paper, thanking the girls profusely for their Xmas gift and for ' having made such an appropriate and tasteful selection, and recalling his days as a teacher at Careysfort.' I have only to close my eyes here and I can see you all, a hundred strong, just as if I were mounting the platform and the old study clock showing a few minutes past nine... I am told that some of the girls said it was a just fate sent me to a convict prison seeing that I tried to make a conflict settlement of Careysfort! You do not agree I hope!' Dev's note is folded into a cover sheet, apparently smuggled out of the jail (no censor's marks). Sinead de Valera's letter on mourning paper, also refers to the birth of her son Ruaidhri and the death of her mother. * A charming collection, with the big fellow displaying the hint of a sense of humour.Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death after the 1916 Rising, commuted to imprisonment for life. He was released from Lewes in June 1917. He taught Mathematics at Carysfort College from 1906. (1) De Valera in Lewes Prison De Valera (Eamon & Sinead) ALS. from Sinead de Valera to ? Chailini Dilas'(Misses Carden, Fitzgerald and Eardly, St. Vincent de Paul School in Limerick), 14.2.1917 with associated envelope, thanking them for a gift of books to Eamon de Valera, then a prisoner in Lewes Jail; and enclosing an autograph signed note from Eamon de Valera, on a very small narrow slip of paper, thanking the girls profusely for their Xmas gift and for ' having made such an appropriate and tasteful selection, and recalling his days as a teacher at Careysfort.' I have only to close my eyes here and I can see you all, a hundred strong, just as if I were mounting the platform and the old study clock showing a few minutes past nine... I am told that some of the girls said it was a just fate sent me to a convict prison seeing that I tried to make a conflict settlement of Careysfort! You do not agree I hope!' Dev's note is folded into a cover sheet, apparently smuggled out of the jail (no censor's marks). Sinead de Valera's letter on mourning paper, also refers to the birth of her son Ruaidhri and the death of her mother. * A charming collection, with the big fellow displaying the hint of a sense of humour.Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death after the 1916 Rising, commuted to imprisonment for life. He was released from Lewes in June 1917. He taught Mathematics at Carysfort College from 1906. (1)
De Valera in Lewes Prison De Valera (Eamon & Sinead) ALS. from Sinead de Valera to ? Chailini Dilas'(Misses Carden, Fitzgerald and Eardly, St. Vincent de Paul School in Limerick), 14.2.1917 with associated envelope, thanking them for a gift of books to Eamon de Valera, then a prisoner in Lewes Jail; and enclosing an autograph signed note from Eamon de Valera, on a very small narrow slip of paper, thanking the girls profusely for their Xmas gift and for ' having made such an appropriate and tasteful selection, and recalling his days as a teacher at Careysfort.' I have only to close my eyes here and I can see you all, a hundred strong, just as if I were mounting the platform and the old study clock showing a few minutes past nine... I am told that some of the girls said it was a just fate sent me to a convict prison seeing that I tried to make a conflict settlement of Careysfort! You do not agree I hope!' Dev's note is folded into a cover sheet, apparently smuggled out of the jail (no censor's marks). Sinead de Valera's letter on mourning paper, also refers to the birth of her son Ruaidhri and the death of her mother. * A charming collection, with the big fellow displaying the hint of a sense of humour.Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death after the 1916 Rising, commuted to imprisonment for life. He was released from Lewes in June 1917. He taught Mathematics at Carysfort College from 1906. (1) De Valera in Lewes Prison De Valera (Eamon & Sinead) ALS. from Sinead de Valera to ? Chailini Dilas'(Misses Carden, Fitzgerald and Eardly, St. Vincent de Paul School in Limerick), 14.2.1917 with associated envelope, thanking them for a gift of books to Eamon de Valera, then a prisoner in Lewes Jail; and enclosing an autograph signed note from Eamon de Valera, on a very small narrow slip of paper, thanking the girls profusely for their Xmas gift and for ' having made such an appropriate and tasteful selection, and recalling his days as a teacher at Careysfort.' I have only to close my eyes here and I can see you all, a hundred strong, just as if I were mounting the platform and the old study clock showing a few minutes past nine... I am told that some of the girls said it was a just fate sent me to a convict prison seeing that I tried to make a conflict settlement of Careysfort! You do not agree I hope!' Dev's note is folded into a cover sheet, apparently smuggled out of the jail (no censor's marks). Sinead de Valera's letter on mourning paper, also refers to the birth of her son Ruaidhri and the death of her mother. * A charming collection, with the big fellow displaying the hint of a sense of humour.Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death after the 1916 Rising, commuted to imprisonment for life. He was released from Lewes in June 1917. He taught Mathematics at Carysfort College from 1906. (1)
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