Irish 1916 Easter uprising interest; belonging to Thomas Cla...

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£1,600

Irish 1916 Easter uprising interest; belonging to Thomas Clarke, a silver plated calling card tray along with a personal letter, Thomas Clarke leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood took part in the Post Office siege and was later executed after his involvement with the uprising, the tray inscribed IRB Presented to Thomas Clarke September 1898, the letter from 8 Granby PL Dublin to Joseph from your brother John

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The vendor got this item from a House Clearance he did in Richmond Surrey around about 8 years ago.
The black box which housed the letter he told me had more documents which had gone when he went to clear the property.
He also tells me in the house he managed to find another item from Éamon de Valera the American Citizen who escaped being executed due to his nationality.
He tells me he will put this item into our next sale
I do not have access to census records so i was unable to do any research on the letter which is from Granby Place, although it says 'kangaroo court' we know that they where still hold up in the Post Office on that date and i can only assume it means the fact that the British had sent troops to stop the Uprising