9 LETTERS 3 TO JAMES CONNOLLY IRISH REPUBLICAN 1900 - 1908 IRISH SOCIALIST PARTY

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9 LETTERS 3 TO JAMES CONNOLLY IRISH REPUBLICAN 1900 - 1908 IRISH SOCIALIST PARTY:
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FOR SALE IS A LOT OF NINE LETTERS TO AND FROM VARIOUS SOCIALISTS AROUND TH EARLY PART OF THE 20th CENTURY. THREE OF THESE ARE LETTERS FROM CARSTAIRS MATHESON TO JAMES CONNOLLY, 2 FROM THOMAS DRUMMOND TO THE A OF I.U. , 3 FROM CARSTAIRS MATHESON TO JOHN LYNG AND ONE FROM WILLIAM HARRISON OF BELFAST TO A LILY GAIR AITKEN OF SCOTLAND. THIS LETTER IS VERY INTERESTING AS IN IT HE GOES \"BEING BROUGHT UP MYSELF IN A MAD ORANGE ATMOSPHERE AND HAVING SHAKEN MYSELF FREE FROM THE SHACKLES THAT BOUND ME, I AM NOW ABLE TO TAKE A SANE VIEW OF THE SITUATION. I HAVE TRAVELLED A GOOD DEAL THROUGH IRELAND AND AM CONVINCED THAT WE MUST THROW ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT SAVOURS OF PREJUDICE OR BIGOTRY AMONG THE MASSES AND PREACH THE CLASS STRUGGLE. IRELAND IS NOW RIPE FOR SUCH PROPAGANDA. STRAIGHT SOCIALISM OR NOTHING\". THE OTHER LETTERS ALSO MAKE FOR INTERESTING READING. THESE WERE GIVEN TO MY FATHER IN THE LATE 1960sWHEN WHAT WAS THE OLD COMMUNIST PARTY HQ WAS CLOSING OR MOVING. THEY ARE OF THE PERIOD AND I WOULD THINK WERE COPIES OF ORIGINAL LETTERS AND CIRCULARS WHICH WERE PUT ON FILE. I WOULD THINK THE CONNOLLY LETTERS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED? BUT I AM NOT SURE. THE OTHERS I WOULD THINK HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED? I DONT RELLY KNOW. ANYHOW A FINE LOT AND A NICE PIECE OF SOCIALIST AND IRISH HISTORY.
THE LETTERS HAVE WEAR AND TEAR WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM AGE AND HANDLING. SOME HAVE MORE WEAR THAN OTHERS. THE PINS AND CLIPS HAVE LONG SINCE RUSTED AWAY AND THIS HAS LEFT RUST MARKS ON THE PAPER. THERE ARE CORNER BENDS AND CREASES BUT OVERALL STILL A NICE LOT. SEE THE PHOTOS AND EMAIL WITH ANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.POST AND PACKAGE TO THE UK WILL BE £4.70 WITH ROYAL MAILNEXT DAYDELIVERY.
POST AND PACKAGE WITHIN IRELAND WILL BE 4.50 EUROS WITHREGULAR MAIL.
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