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reproduction / Sheares Brother, execution, 1798
Photographic copy, in negative, of the execution order of John and Henry Sheares, 1798 (HH:L.1365a)
legal document / Sheares Brother, execution, 1798
County of the City of Dublin (Illegible) Stamp of the Clerk of The Crown By the Rt. Honble and Honble the Commissioners of Cyer (illegible) and Terminer (illegible) for the County of the City of Dublin at a Commission of Cyer (illegible) and Terminer (illegible) held...
execution order / Sheares Brothers, execution
Letter to Sheriff Archer, from Dublin Castle, July 13, 1798, confirming execution date of Sheares Brothers. Dear Sir It is the Wish of Government that the Execution Comission (?) should take place as usual at Margate, and that you apply to General (illegible) for a Guard of Yeomanry. I have the...
photograph / John Sheares's Last Letter
Photographic copy of the last letter of John Sheares, Kilmainham, July 1798.
last letter / John Sheares, 1798
Letter written by John Sheares, dated Kilmainham Prison July 10th 1798, addresed to 'my ever dear Julia' and 'a beloved and affectionate Family', mentions his brothers, Robert, Richard and Christopher whom he will shortly join. The trial is stated to be the day after the next. Also mentioned is...