WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

65 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 156 1917 (6 March) letter from Arthur Griffith relating to Lord Decies, Chief Press Censor. The letter, probably to the printers of Nationality, says that Griffith gave proofs of a forthcoming issue of the publication, to which Lord Decies appended a note ‘stating they had not been censored’. All in Griffith’s hand in black ink. 7.50 by 5.25in. (19.1 by 13.3cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927), who was business manager of Nationality. Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 156 157 1918 (11 June and 4 July). Addresses to the President of the United States of America. The first by Laurence O’Neill, Lord Mayor of Dublin, ‘To The President of the United States of America’, on behalf of ‘representative Irishmen’ including John Dillon, Joseph Devlin, Tim Healy, Eamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith etc., 12 foolscap pages including cover; the second ‘The Case for Ireland Re-stated To To The President of the United States of America’, well illustrated including de Valera Griffith and other delegates to the 1918 Conference in Dublin, oblong folio, colour printed wrappers, 36 pages, with pullout print of the Declaration of American Independence. Scarce. Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 157 158 1918 (July-August) letters to Arthur Griffith in Gloucester Prison concerning Nationality. (6) The letters written by Charles Murphy, business manager of Griffith’s publication Nationality concerning business but also accounts of what was happening in politics, interesting content. Also a letter from Patrick Mahon, printer, 9 March 1917, concerning printing of Nationality. Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Slight paper loss at edge of a couple of pages, else very good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 158