Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) [Illustration: HON. JOHN D. CRIMMINS, NEW YORK CITY, PRESIDENT-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY, 1901. ] THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY _Secretary-General_ VOLUME III BOSTON, MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTORY TO THIRD VOLUME. I here present the third annual volume of the JOURNAL to the Society. The work records the proceedings of the organization for the year 1900, gives the historical papers contributed during the year for publication, and sets forth much other matter of interest. The Society continues on its useful and progressive career, happily performing the great mission for which it was instituted. T. H. M. BOSTON, MASS., Dec. 31, 1900. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY TO THIRD VOLUME. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, A. D. 1900. REVIEW OF THE YEAR. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1900. CELEBRATION OF THE LEXINGTON BATTLE ANNIVERSARY. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. THE BATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND. REV. JAMES MAC SPARRAN, IRISHMAN, SCHOLAR, PREACHER AND PHILOSOPHER, 1680‒1757. MEN OF IRISH BLOOD WHO HAVE ATTAINED DISTINCTION IN AMERICAN JOURNALISM. IRISH PIONEERS AND BUILDERS OF KENTUCKY. REV2. JAMES CALDWELL, A PATRIOT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE IRISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA AND TENNESSEE. HUGH CARGILL, A FRIEND OF LIBERTY. THE IRISH SETTLERS OF PELHAM, MASS. THOMAS FAWCETT, IRISH QUAKER, AMERICAN PIONEER. EARLY NEW HAMPSHIRE IRISH; SOME PRE-REVOLUTIONARY DENNISES, CORNELIUSES, PATRICKS AND MICHAELS. MATTHEW WATSON, AN IRISH SETTLER OF BARRINGTON, R. I., 1722. THE FIELD, SCOPE AND OPPORTUNITY OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE UNITED STATES TORPEDO-BOAT O’BRIEN. THE SOCIETY’S FIELD IN CALIFORNIA. THE HISTORICAL PLACE OF IRISHMEN IN CALIFORNIA. PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. CHRONOLOGY OF THE SOCIETY. NECROLOGY OF THE SOCIETY. MEMBERSHIP ROLL, AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GOOD WORDS FOR VOLUME II OF THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY. GENERAL INDEX. ANALYTICAL INDEX. Letter from Hon. John D. Crimmins, President-General of the Society. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, A. D. 1900.