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CASEMENT, SIR ROGER D. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("YOUR AFFEC'T COUSIN ROGER CASEMENT"), TO "COUSIN FANNY," EXTENDING HOLIDAY GREETINGS. BALLY CASTLE, 31 DECEMBER 1905. 2 PAGES, SMALL 8VO, WRITTEN ON RECTO AND VERSO, INTEGRAL LEAF BLANK. "...I HAVE NOT BEEN WELL FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS...I EXPECT TO BE GOING ABROAD AGAIN VERY SHORTLY AND SHALL NOT, I FEAR, BE IN BALLYMENA BEFORE LEAVING..."
SIR ROGER DAVID CASEMENT (1864-1916) WAS AN ANGLO-IRISH REBEL WHO SOUGHT ASSISTANCE FROM GERMANY IN 1914 TO GAIN IRISH INDEPENDENCE. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH, AFTER LANDING FROM A GERMAN SUBMARINE NEAR TRALEE IN 1916, AND HANGED AS A TRAITOR.
SIR ROGER DAVID CASEMENT (1864-1916) WAS AN ANGLO-IRISH REBEL WHO SOUGHT ASSISTANCE FROM GERMANY IN 1914 TO GAIN IRISH INDEPENDENCE. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH, AFTER LANDING FROM A GERMAN SUBMARINE NEAR TRALEE IN 1916, AND HANGED AS A TRAITOR.