Letter from Julian Haslem (New Barracks, Fermoy, County Cork, [Ireland]) to WSC reporting that the officers of several infantry regiments intend to resign rather than fight in Ulster.

Letter from F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] (Royal Courts of Justice) to WSC referring to events of the previous night in the House of Commons [? relating to the Home Rule Bill].

Draft memorandum in WSC's hand on the Irish question.

Part of a speech by WSC in the House of Commons accusing the opposition of not wishing to see the Irish question settled. Typescript.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to WSC to John Redmond asserting that Irish nationalists should support him [in the North-West Manchester by election] rather than his "ultra Unionist" opponent, [William Joynson-Hicks]. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from John Redmond (18 Wynnstay Gardens, [London]) to WSC expressing the belief that WSC will be unable to secure the Irish vote in North-West Manchester.

Letter from John Morley [later Lord Morley] (Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, [London]) to WSC commenting on WSC's letter to John Redmond on the Irish vote in North-West Manchester [see CHAR 2/34/4] and advising him about his new role at the Board of Trade and in the Cabinet.

Letter from Elizabeth, Lady Kenmare (66 Cadogan Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on Sir Alexander Henderson's plan for the financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act and related newspaper cuttings [see CHAR 2/36/9-11].

Memorandum by Sir Alexander Henderson on the financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7.

Cutting: correspondence between 5th Lord Kenmare [earlier Lord Castlerosse], chairman of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Land Purchase Association, and George Wyndham on the rate of progress under the Irish Land Purchase Act of 1903. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7.

Cutting on Sir Alexander Henderson's scheme for financing of the Irish Land Purchase Act. Sent with CHAR 2/36/7 2 papers.

Letter from WSC ("in the train") to "Alick" [Alexander Murray, the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] stating that as a result of a conversation with Robert Harcourt he has decided not to address any meetings on Home Rule before Parliament meets again. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from G Wallace Carter, general secretary of the Home Rule Council (Parliament Chambers, Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) reporting that the Master of Elibank [Alexander Murray, later Lord Murray of Elibank] agrees with the Council's "secret plan of campaign". Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC: "I agree generally with the cogent reasons by wh. he supports his proposals.".

Letter from Jeremiah MacVeagh (Bansha, 2 Upper Montague Street, Russell Square, London) to WSC reporting that the Daily Chronicle has asked for permission to republish "Home Rule in a nutshell" for distribution to every elector and asking to use WSC's comments as an introduction to subsequent editions.

Letter from Alexander Murray [the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] (12 Downing Street) to WSC on the use to be made of James Caird's donation towards the work of the Home Rule Council.

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to "Alick" [Alexander Murray, the Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] warning that the Government (and with it the cause of Home Rule) will fall if it tries to push through women's suffrage and expressing incomprehension at David Lloyd George's opposition to a referendum on the issue. Copy in WSC's hand.

Letter from Stephen Gwynn MP (Irish Press Agency, 2 Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a leaflet issued by the Agency on books about Ireland [see CHAR 2/46/30]. Note paper printed with quotation by Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] on self-government for the colonies.

Propagandist literature on the Home Rule Question: bibliography issued by the Irish Press Agency. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/46/29. 4p.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (Hopeman Lodge, Hopeman, Morayshire, [Scotland]) to WSC warning of the obsessive and volatile state of the King [George V] and reporting that he has sent the King a memorandum about the legislative role of a constitutional sovereign. Believes that "an ungovernable Ireland is much more serious than rioting in 4 counties" [Ulster] and approves the idea of round table talks, provided they proceed on some definite basis.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (Hopeman Lodge, Hopeman, Morayshire, [Scotland]) to WSC on: WSC's report of his conversation with Andrew Bonar Law about Home Rule; the probable need to make a bargain about Ulster as the price for Home Rule; the need for John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] to be fully included in consultations; the crudity of Tory threats over the issue.

Letter from William Bourke Cockran (Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London) to WSC criticising the plan of the Ulster Unionists to establish a provisional government if the Home Rule Bill is passed and describing the economic and administrative dislocation which he believes would follow the establishment of such a government.

Cutting from the "Freeman's Journal" [Ireland]: speech in favour of Home Rule by Joseph Devlin at Dundalk [County Louth, Ireland]. Sent with CHAR 2/62/66-68.

Letter from Henry Massingham (The Nation, 10 Adelphi Terrace, London) to WSC praising his speeches on Irish Home Rule.