manuscript / Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Ireland, 1919

The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Ireland, handwritten by Eamon de Valera on the stationary of the American Delegation of the Elected Government of the Republic of Ireland, Washington DC, dated January 21st, 1919. Signed by de Valera. 2 pages 'Wheras the Irish people is by right a free people; And whereas for seven hundred years the Irish people has never ceased to repudiate and has repeatedly protested in arms against foreign usurpation; And whereas English rule in this country is, and always has been, based upon force and fraud and maintained by military occupation against the declared will of the people......';