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The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921: Unionist Aspects of the Peace*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2014

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Symposium: Ireland and British Politics, 1914-31
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Copyright © North American Conference of British Studies 1972

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Footnotes

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I am most grateful to Dr. K. W. Humphreys, Librarian of the University of Birmingham, for his permission to use extracts from the Austen Chamberlain Papers. For the use of the Bonar Law Papers and the Lloyd George Papers I wish to thank Mr. A. J. P. Taylor, Honorary Directory of the Beaverbrook Library.

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3. For extracts of speeches by prominent Conservatives see Horgan, John Joseph, The Complete Grammar of Anarchy (London, 1919)Google Scholar.

4. The literature on these negotiations is growing. See Fair, John D., “The King, the Constitution and Ulster: Interparty Negotiations of 1913-1914,” Eire-Ireland, VI (1971)Google Scholar; Savage, David W., “The Attempted Home Rule Settlement of 1916,” Eire-Ireland, II (1967)Google Scholar; and McDowell's, R. B. recent book on the Irish Convention (London, 1970)Google Scholar.

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22. Correspondence relating to the Proposals of His Majesty's Government for an Irish Settlement, July 20, 1921, in Parliamentary Papers, 1921 (Cmd. 1502).

23. University of Birmingham, Chamberlain's record of the negotiations, October 14, 1921, Austen Chamberlain Papers, AC 31/4/5.

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31. Correspondence Between His Majesty's Government and the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Relating to the Proposals for an Irish Settlement, November 10 & 11, 1921, in Parliamentary Papers, 1921 (Cmd. 1561).

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33. Ibid. See also Meeting with the Irish Representatives on December 5, 1921, Irish Conference, 1921, CAB 43/4.

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