Three letters related to the loss of Maurice O'Connor in the Titanic disaster, consisting of an ALS by solicitor Robert Cussen, a TLS from the White Star Line, and a carbon copy of their law firm's response. The ALS from Robert Cussen, dated December 28, 1915, headed, "'Titanic,' Maurice O'Connor Dec'd," in part: "I wrote to you on a former occasion the 1st June 1912 on behalf of Mr. John O'Connor of Ballinloughane and another brother. I now write again to you on behalf of his brother Mr. John O'Connor and expect, if a further amount is to be distributed, that, he will not be forgotten. The deceased when he came to Ireland from New York, on more than one occasion, always stopped with his brother John." The White Star Line forwards the letter to their law firm, Messrs. Hill, Dickinson & Co., in a TLS of December 30th, headed "'Titanic,'" in full: "We enclose letter from Mr. R. Cussen, written on behalf of Mr. John O'Connor, with which we leave you to deal." Last is the law firm's retained carbon of their letter to Cussen, dated December 31st, in part: "The distribution referred to by you is a distribution in America under a settlement arrived at of the proceedings in that country. We have no information whether your client has lodged a claim in America but if he has he will no doubt participate in the settlement funds." In overall fine condition. Maurice O'Connor boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger on April 11, 1912, bound for New York City to visit his other brother Michael. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
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