Copy of typescript report from Belfast concerning the terms of the surrender of arms in Belfast. Reports that 'Campbell knows nothing about the North of Ireland, and although he may not be able to do anything for the moment so long as martial law is in force, he might, for the sake of making peace with the Nationalists, take subsequent steps. ... if James Campbell acts in the way he apparently proposes to do, he will have the blood of hundreds, if not thousands, of people upon his head'.

Typescript copy of despatch from General Maxwell to Maurice Bonham Carter, Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, on extending the time for the operation of martial law, proclaiming Sinn Féin and the Citizen Army illegal, and the question of Coroner's Inquests and the King's Street cases. Includes typescript copy of the opinions of [James H. Campbell] the Attorney General [Ireland] on the matter.

A collection of British documents and letters relating to 1916 which form a file within the Papers of Éamon de Valera. The documents include intelligence reports, despatches, and correspondence between Irish Command, Home Forces, the War Office, M.I.5.G., and the Royal Irish Constabulary. The documents cover the immediate aftermath of the 1916 Rising, the executions of the leaders, and the general political situation in Ireland at the time.