Holograph letter from Lord Lieutenant Viscount Wimborne to General Maxwell on the Proclamation extending martial law to all Ireland.

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.

Typescript copy of 'Rough Preliminary Draft' of a 'Proclamation under Martial Law' (2 p.). Includes covering letter from General Maxwell to Lord French explaining 'the object of the enclosed is to enable the National Volunteers (Redmondites) and Ulster Volunteers (Carsonites) to be recognised as part of the Forces of the Crown' (1 p.).