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Letter - Decline to convene a Public Meeting expressing sympathy for Daniel O'Connell, 1844

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Unique IDA-00505453SeriesLetters Sent by the MayorDate21st November 1844Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter number 102: Letter from George Allen (Mayor, Office of the Mayor) to D J Tierney MD, and other Signatories of the Requisition: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your Requisition, requesting me to "convene a Public Meeting of the Citizens for the purpose of affording them an opportunity of expressing their sympathy with Daniel O'Connell Esquire MP, and the other Defendants, who have been sentenced to imprisonment, and the payment of large fines, for advocating the righs of mankind, without distinction of creed, class or country". In reply, I beg to assure you that, though it would be exceedingly gratifying, to my feelings as an individual, to comply with the request of so numerous a body of my fellow Citizens, after most anxious and impartial consideration, I deem it my duty to deny myself that gratification, the object of the proposed Meeting not being of a Civic or local character..LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Page number46Volume number1

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Letter - Decline to convene a Public Meeting expressing sympathy for Daniel O'Connell, 1844