Letter from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (Cleve Court, Minster in Thanet, [Kent]) to WSC on: arrangements for WSC's and CSC's visit; the preparedness of Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] to leave the timing of the publication of 1st Lord Birkenhead's [earlier F E Smith] letter to Carson and WSC; Carson's knowledge of the Ulster [Ireland] boundary question; his belief that the result of the next general election will be fateful for the Empire.

Letter from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (Cleve Court, Minster in Thanet, [Kent]) to WSC on the anxiety of the Government that the Irish boundary question should not become a political issue.

Letter from Lionel Curtis (Hales Croft, Kidlington, Oxford) to WSC expressing relief that WSC has not endorsed the views of Si Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] views on the Irish boundary question and stressing the need to deal with the matter in such a way that Britain cannot be accused of going back on her pledges, the alternative being war with Ireland. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/134/98-101.

Letter from Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] (59 Pall Mall, London) to WSC (Chartwell) on the excitement caused by their forthcoming meeting in Edinburgh [Scotland] and on WSC's and Horne's respective views on Ireland.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to William Coote (Corick, Clogher, County Tyrone, [Ulster, Ireland]) declining the invitation [to be the chief speaker at a demonstration of County Tyrone loyalists against proposed legislation to coerce Ulster on the boundary question] because he is himself a signatory of the Irish treaty. He does however criticise the Government's handling of the issue and pledges himself to work for a settlement by agreement. Carbon copy.

Letter from William Coote (Corick, Clogher, County Tyrone, [Ulster, Ireland]) to WSC inviting him to be the chief speaker at a demonstration of County Tyrone loyalists against proposed legislation to coerce Ulster on the boundary question, describing WSC as "the coming leader of the Constitutional or Conservative Party" and arguing that for WSC the demonstration would be "an opportunity of a lifetime" to further his political career.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Rear-Admiral Arthur Smith-Dorrien asserting that he has always been in favour of Home Rule and Free Trade and opposed to Socialism and that the present Conservative programme differs from that adopted by Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] in 1904 only in its exclusion of the question of Protection. Carbon copy.

Speech by Kevin O'Higgins at the Irish debating society in Oxford on the recent history of Ireland and the current political and economic situation there. Sent with CHAR 2/136/30-34.

Cutting from [the "Daily Mail"]: editorial calling for an early report from the Irish Boundary Commission and supporting Ulster against the territorial claims of the Irish Free State [later Ireland]. Sent with CHAR 2/136/30-34.

Letter from 7th Lord Londonderry (Mount Stewart, Newtonards, County Down, [Ulster, Ireland] to WSC approving the appointment [? of Ronald McNeill, later Lord Cushenden, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury] and offering no opinion on the appointment [? of William Guiness as Secretary of State for Agriculture and Fisheries]. Looks forward to the imminent report of the Irish Boundary Commission.

Letter from James Craig (Prime Minister's Residence, Belfast, Ulster, [Ireland]) to WSC on the arrangements and subject matter of WSC's address to the Associated Chambers of Northern Ireland at the invitation of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce, and the friendly correspondence between Craig and William Cosgrave.

Letter from WSC to Kevin O'Higgins suggesting that he see Sir James Craig [about the idea of a united Ireland associated with Great Britain as part of a dual monarchy] when Craig comes to Dublin to see William Cosgrave. Typescript copy.

Letter from Kevin O'Higgins (Department of Justice, Dublin, [Ireland] to WSC on his wish for an informal meeting with Sir James Craig to discuss the idea of a united Ireland associated with Great Britain as part of a dual monarchy, which he believes represents the true solution to Anglo-Irish relations.

Newspaper cuttings: speeches in Ireland attacking Fianna Fail. Sent with CHAR 2/152/93.

Letter from Sir James Cosgrave (Stormont Castle, Belfast, Ulster, [Ireland]) to WSC on the electoral success of the Unionists in Ulster.

Letter from Thomas Nathan (44 Lower Beachwood Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC criticising his contention in a recent speech that Ulster should not be coerced into accepting Home Rule and referring unfavourably to another speech he made on the issue at Bradford [Yorkshire] in March 1914. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC with an instruction to his private office to find a copy of the Bradford speech.

Letter from Horace Plunkett (105 Mount Street, London) to WSC asking him to see Brigadier-General Richard Pope-Hennessy to discuss the scheme for an Irish settlement which Plunkett and Hennessy have been working on. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/106/11-12.

Letter from Lord Wimborne [earlier Ivor Guest and Lord Ashby St Ledgers] to WSC referring to the speech of Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett on the grave war situation, denying that Bolshevik Russia has any claim on Britain, expressing confidence that German power is set off by English-speaking solidarity, urging WSC to his use his influence "in the direction of sane accommodation", and referring to the Convention in Ireland.

Letter from WSC (Ministry of Munitions) to [David Lloyd George] advising him to form a regular Cabinet to ensure that the Home Rule Bill is carried through the House of Commons. Argues that the War Cabinet is too narrow a body to have responsibility for general policy matters such as the response to the letter of Emperor Charles of Austria [acknowledging the claims of France to Alsace-Lorraine]. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh. Annotated: "not sent".