Letters to Frank K. Polk, Chief of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, from Ó Ceallaigh,
1919 November.
Stating that ‘all American ships approaching Queenstown and other Irish ports are being held up by British torpedo boats and searched’. He also encloses a secret British document which quotes Chief Commissioner W. Edgeworth Johnstone as saying ‘the sailors on all American ships are now suspect, and all their belongings must be searched and a report made in each case’. Also includes a report made by Ó Ceallaigh whereby at a meeting with Polk, the latter stated that any complaint should be made by the aggrieved parties and that there was ‘nothing unusual in customs officials searching sailors entering a foreign port’.
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Language: | English |
Notes: | Physical description: 2 items. |
Arrangement: | Sub-fonds. |
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Letters to Frank K. Polk, Chief of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, at the Crillon Hotel in Paris, from Ó Ceallaigh,
1919 November.
In Collection: | Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh and the Ryans of Tomcoole papers, 1854-1983. |
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Description: | Stating that ‘all American ships approaching Queenstown and other Irish ports are being held up by British torpedo boats and searched’. He also encloses a secret British document which quotes Chief Commissioner W. Edgeworth Johnstone as saying ‘the sailors on all American ships are now suspect, and all their belongings must be searched and a report made in each case’. Also includes a report made by Ó Ceallaigh whereby at a meeting with Polk, the latter stated that any complaint should be made by the aggrieved parties and that there was ‘nothing unusual in customs officials searching sailors entering a foreign port’. |
Language: | English |
Extent: | 2 items. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 48,464/13
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |