Summary: | Papers relating to the financing of Sinn Féin, the National Purposes Fund of Dáil Éireann and Oglaigh na h-Éireann, compiled by newspaper editor and author Edmund Downey of Waterford. Contained are lists of Co. Waterford based subscribers to the Sinn Féin Election Fund, with some related correspondence, dated 1918 (folders 1-2), a receipt acknowledging Downey's donation to the National Purposes Fund, dated 1919 (folder 3) and a printed circular letter from the Commandant of the Waterford Brigade of Oglaigh na h-Éireann, requesting money to assist with arming the Volunteers in the area, dated 7 Oct. 1921 (folder 3).
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