1898. Feb. 17. At this annual banquet, Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., a member of the Council of the Society, contributed a paper on “Some Ways in which American History is Falsified.” Addresses were delivered by Hon. Thomas Dunn English of Newark, N. J.; Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York city; Judge Wauhope Lynn, New York city, and other gentlemen. 1898. Feb. 18. Hon. John D. Crimmins, of New York city, gives a reception to the Society and entertains the latter at lunch at his residence, 40 East 68th St. 1898. Feb. 24. John Goodwin, New York city, forwards check for $50 in payment of life membership fee. 1898. Feb. 25. The navy department, Washington, D. C., acknowledges receipt of the resolutions of condolence on the loss of the battleship _Maine_, adopted by the Society on the 17th instant, and returns thanks “in the name of the officers and men of the navy.” 1898. March 3. Hon. Robert T. Davis, Fall River, Mass., ex-mayor of Fall River, and ex-member of congress, becomes a member of the Society. 1898. March 5. Andrew Athy, Worcester, Mass., joins the Society as a life member. 1898. March 13. Edward Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., a member of the Society, contributes an article to the _Louisville_ (Ky.) _Courier-Journal_, on “The Lost State of Clark.” He mentions Thomas Connolly, who was a fifer in Clark’s regiment. 1898. March 14. Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, mayor of Newport, R. I., admitted to the Society. 1898. March 17. Secretary-General Murray and Treasurer-General Linehan are guests at a banquet of the Irish Society of Lowell, Mass. Joseph Smith of that city presides. 1898. March 27. Thomas J. Gargan, of the Society’s Council, and Thomas Hamilton Murray, secretary-general of the Society, contribute to a symposium in the _Boston Sunday Globe_ on the subject of an Anglo-American alliance. Both strongly oppose the idea. 1898. April 18. President Andrews of Brown University writes, accepting invitation to attend the meeting in Providence, R. I., on the 21st instant. 1898. April 19. Letter written by Harvey Wheeler, chairman of the selectmen of historic Concord, Mass., sending hearty greetings to the participants in the meeting under the auspices of the Society on the 21st instant.