Patrick pearse letter to his mother mary

My dear Mother, You will I know have been longing to hear from me.

Patrick pearse letter to his mother mary: I just received Holy

I do not know how much you have heard since the last note I sent you from the G. We dashed into Moore Street and remained in the houses in Moore St. We then found that we were surrounded by troops and that we had practically no food. He replied that he would receive me only if I surrendered unconditionally and this I did. I was taken to the Headquarters of the British Command in Ireland and there I wrote and signed an order to our men to lay down their arms.

All this I did in accordance with the decision of our Provisional Government who were with us in Moore St. My own opinion was in favour of one more desperate sally before opening negotiations, but I yielded to the majority, and I think now the majority was right, as the sally would have resulted only in losing the lives of perhaps 50 or of our men, and we should have had to surrender in the long run as we were without food.

I was brought in here on Saturday evening and later all the men with us in Moore St. Those in the other parts of the City have, I understand, been taken to other barracks and prisons. All here are safe and well.