| ID | 2416 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Alice Stopford Green Papers |
| Reference | Ms10465(1-7) |
| Description | A diary, letters, photographs and press-clippings relating to Alice Stopford Green's visit to Boer prisoners of war on St Helena, 1901, includes, for example: 'A man ... was brought to me - from De Beer's force - had got a fortnight's leave to go home ... While there English surprised the town. He was taken. Of all taken there - 79 of them - only 16 bore arms, men like him home on leave. The rest children of 12, old men of 70, 32 women & children. Ten of the women were mothers. He was put in prison. Five troopers looted his wife's home ... took every particle of food from it & œ5, all the money she had'. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1901 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
| Email Address 2 | info@nli.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |