Context: Statement by [Bulmer Hobson] regarding Roger Casement's 'Black Diaries' with an explanation for their existence,

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Hobson, Bulmer
Summary:	In this statement Bulmer Hobson suggests the diaries were transcripts made by Casement of a diary belonging to the natives in South America. This diary, according to Hobson, was sent to the English Foreign Office as evidence in an official investigation against the "recorded acts of sexual perversion", and in 1916, when English war propagandists sought to discredit Casement, they were falsely represented as Casement's own diaries.
In collection:	Joseph McGarrity Papers, 1789-1971
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Casement, Roger, > 1864-1916 > Diaries Nationalists > Ireland > Diaries. Ireland > History > 20th century
Notes:	Signed "B.H.". Inscribed on headed embossed paper: "Saorstát Éireann". Physical description: 1 item (3 pages). more
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Joseph McGarrity Papers, 1789-1971
Description:	In this statement Bulmer Hobson suggests the diaries were transcripts made by Casement of a diary belonging to the natives in South America. This diary, according to Hobson, was sent to the English Foreign Office as evidence in an official investigation against the "recorded acts of sexual perversion", and in 1916, when English war propagandists sought to discredit Casement, they were falsely represented as Casement's own diaries.
Main Creator:	Hobson, Bulmer
Language:	English
Extent:	1 item (3 pages).
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 17,604/9/8 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.