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Michael Collins Original Irish Republican Army Correspondence Letter Signed 1921 For Sale

Michael Collins War of Independence Letter - 15.6.1921A letter such as this is the stuff, which ties our history together.
It helps make sense of a traumatic and history changing time in
the march of the Irish Nation.
At a critical time in the Irish War Of Independence Michael Collins
took the time to write a letter of comfort to a concerned relative of an
Irish war prisoner in an English jail.
It is an interesting letter to Miss (Dulcibella) Barton, dated 15.6.1921
(some three weeks before The Truce), thanking her for a copy of Canon Kiely's letter.
'Yes, the thing should certainly be rubbed in now. This fellow, Supple,
won't be so anxious to ill treat some Irish prisoner in Nottingham now.'
'I am sorry I did not see you after the last visit.
It has been more and more difficult for me to keep a breast of things,
as matters have been rather hard.'With a fine signature, 'Yours Sincerely/ Michael Collins'.Supple, an English prison warden had been accused of ill-treating Irish prisoners.
'Rather hard' is an understatement of Collins' position in the last few weeks
before the Truce, when the British were straining every nerve to smash the Volunteers.
It is impressive that under such circumstances, he still had time for a note
to Dulcibella Barton, who was a good friend and supporter but had no immediate
relevance to his problems of day-to-day survival.Robert Barton was released from Portsmouth Jail a few weeks later,
and took part in the negotiation of the Truce.A true insight to the thoughts of an Irish Revolutionary. Superb piece of Irish History. Accompanied by Letter of Authenticity.

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