WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

112 History 178 [1917] Thomas Ashe speech in Irish to teachers’meeting circa 1913. 7pp manuscript in Irish old script in ink. Appears to exhort his audience to promote the language and republican politics. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good, overall toning. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 178 179 1914 (8 June) and 1916 (29 May) postcards to Thomas Ashe. 1914 in Irish to Ashe in Hartford while on his fundraising tour of USA, 1916 to “Thomas Ashe Political Prisoner, Mountjoy” redirected to Dartmoor Prison. Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 179 180 1914 (7 July) letter fromThomas Ashe during his fundraising tour of the USA. The letter, in Ashe’s hand in ink and in Irish, on The Garde, Hartford notepaper, but as from New York, to “Stiophan” (Stephen) details amounts raised in US dollars from different locations including Newhaven ($1,000) and Hartford ($500), totalling $3,480. The money raised was to arm the Irish Volunteers in preparation for The Rising. Signed “Tomas Agas”. 2pp. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£450) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 180