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August 16, 2015

Unionists and nationalists write to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson coined the expression "self-determination", a catch-penny cry in Ireland. Dated August 1 1918, Edward Carson and other unionists sent a letter to the U.S. President which responded to the Nationalist Manifesto sent to Wilson in June 1918 and openly circulated. Mr Carson and his co-signatories wrote:

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August 16, 2015

Unionists and nationalists write to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

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