The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. I, 1898Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. I, 1898
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
Invitations to attend the dinner have been extended Rear-Admiral
Belknap, U. S. N.; Dr. John Sullivan, a descendant of Gen. John
Sullivan of the Revolution; and President Andrews, of Brown
University. President Andrews’s work on American history is well
known, and his patriotic address recently, before the Twentieth
Century Club, will not soon be forgotten.
It is earnestly desired that every member of the society who can
possibly be present at the coming meeting will attend and help make
the event the great success it so richly deserves.
Fraternally, and in behalf of the Executive Council of the Society,
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY,
Secretary-General.
The third general meeting of the American-Irish Historical Society was
held at Young’s Hotel, Boston, on the evening of November 16, about
seventy members being in attendance. Gen. James R. O’Beirne,
Vice-President for New York, presided at the business session.
Secretary-General Thomas Hamilton Murray made his official report,
saying:
The society is steadily growing in membership, and is receiving an
excellent class of active workers. Many of these new accessions are
gentlemen of national reputation. Before the year closes it is
expected that between five and six hundred members will have been
enrolled. Since the founding of the organization last January, three
members have died. They were Postmaster Coveney, of Boston;
Rear-Admiral Meade, who was the first President-General of the
society; and Lawrence J. Smith, of Lowell, Mass.
Twenty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and two foreign
countries are now represented in the society’s membership. Since the
last gathering of the organization the council of the society has
held a number of meetings, and has materially furthered the
movement.
The organization has enlisted widespread attention, and requests for
genealogical information, historical data and facts relating to
early Irish settlers in this country have been received almost
daily. Several of the society’s members are of Revolutionary stock,
and some are descendants of officers who served under Washington.
Some of the members, too, trace their American ancestry back to a
period anterior to King Philip’s War.
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