Irish poet, journalist, author, and activist (1844-1890) who was transported to Western Australia for his association with the Irish Republican Brotherhood (the 'Fenians'); he escaped the colony in 1869 and settled in Boston, where he found work as a poet and reported for The Pilot. ALS, two pages, 5.5 x 9, The Pilot Editorial Rooms letterhead, February 4, 1888. Handwritten letter to "Mrs. Porter," in part: "You will be displeased with me, I fear, for having come to the conclusion not to read in public this winter; indeed, I think I may say, never to read. This has been brought about, first, by a keen sense of my inability to read well, and second, by my having to refuse several invitations, all for worthy objects, the none for so dear an object to me as the benefit of the blind children. I saw only one way, quiet way out—to follow my humble sense and not to read at all." The pages have been hinged together with tape and inlaid into a slightly larger sheet, otherwise in fine condition.
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