Handwritten copy of Wolfe Tone’s speech from the dock to be auctioned
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Wolfe Tone
A recently discovered handwritten copy of revolutionary and barrister Wolfe Tone’s famous 1798 speech from the dock is set to be auctioned for up to €70,000 (around £63,400).
The written copy of the speech, delivered by Tone before he was sentenced to death for his role in the Rebellion of 1798, has been passed down through descendants of General Sir George Hewett, then adjutant-general of the British Army in Ireland.
Sir Hewett’s papers were auctioned in London last year and the handwritten speech will now be auctioned separately in Dublin by Whyte’s Auctioneers on Saturday.
Auctioneers estimate that the speech will be sold at a price between €50,000 and €70,000, the Irish Independent reports.
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