To the men of Leitrim. Fellow countrymen. In addition to the nine and a half millions you are paying this year to the British government to keep up the armed and unarmed forces that keep you down, you are paying six and a half million pounds... /

Sinn Fein.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Sinn Féin
Contributors: Griffith, Arthur, 1872-1922
Summary:Handbill refers to Irish taxation under the British Government. Text continues: "...for under what is called "Free Trade" the British government taxes your child's piece of sugarstick, your wife's cup of tea, your pint of porter and pipe of tobacco having previously swept under the name "Free Trade" your native food supplies out of existence, and enthroned the bullock as lord of the soil". At foot of sheet is printed: "Arthur Griffith [,] Sinn Fein Office, Dublin, August 17, 1907".
Format: Book
Language:English
Text printed in English with sign off printed in Cló Gaelach at bottom right of sheet.
Published / Created: Dublin : Sinn Fein, August 17, 1907.
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Notes:This item is held in the Department of Ephemera.

Physical description: 1 sheet ; 25 x 24 cm.

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