Abstract: Holograph letter from journalist and unionist Robert John Lynn, The Northern Whig Office, Belfast to Maxwell. Marked 'Very confidential'. Writes that he has heard a rumour 'that the Guards intends to seize the arms of the Ulster Volunteer Force', an act he regards as 'fraught with grave danger to the public peace. Our people have behaved splendidly during the past critical week and it would be a grave pity if anything was done now that would influence public opinion'. It is his opinion that 'the seizure of the arms ... would be looked upon as an act of treachery'.

• De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975 [Former owner]

• Maxwell, John Grenfell, Sir, 1859-1929 [Addressee]

• Lynn, Robert John, 1873–1945 [Author]

In collection  Éamon de Valera Papers : British documents relating to 1916