MICHAEL COLLINS Two ALS to his sister Hannie dated 3.2.16 and 29.2.16 (each 2 pp, single sheet), one with related envelope, the first acknowledging a letter probably from a former employer, he has...

MICHAEL COLLINS Two ALS to his sister Hannie dated 3.2.16 and 29.2.16 (each 2 pp, single sheet), one with related envelope, the first acknowledging a letter probably from a former employer, he has had a frightful cold, 'nearly pegged out in fact, was told by my medical adviser to go to a sanatorium', still has a 'coff', still here [at his aunt Hanna's] but doesn't intend staying, asks about any washing that came for him. The second letter thanks her for sending on the washing; yes, he had heard about Lily Lynam [a former girlfriend?] - 'in fact I was very near of making a fine old mess of things - that is to say I almost called there on the eve of her wedding - wouldn't I have been up the pole, what?' He asks her to send a few of his books including Dineen's Irish Dictionary; says he was interested to hear about the children. 'I 'd like to see them just once again - I do be often thinking of you so I do, but perhaps we may meet again', still looking for digs, nothing doing yet. [The children are not Johanna's, for she never married]. (2) Provenance: Collins family, by descent.

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