The Society, therefore, desires to begin its investigations at once and to extend them to every part of the community, placing them under the conduct of names that, assuring painstaking research and impartial and discriminating judgment, will certainly present the results of their labor in attractive literary form; so that the work, commanding the respect and attention of the community, may have a definite and permanent historical value. The work of investigation is to be influenced neither by political nor religious divisions. The race is paramount. Whether it came from this part of Ireland or that; whether it worshiped at this shrine or that, is but a qualifying incident. We seek the life and labors of the race; to record its arrival, its participation in the civil, political, and military activities of the state, “to try truthfully and fearlessly to record its achievements.” To this end, we invite and request your coöperation in procuring facts bearing upon our subject. You may possess original information or know from whom or where it may be obtained, the location or character of relics that would be of interest or value. You may be able to suggest a line of inquiry that would aid our purpose. Historical information flows from a thousand sources. A reminiscence, a relic, an old newspaper clipping, a letter, a bit of unwritten biography, may be a clew to important evidence or the prolific source of many unsuspected facts. In a word, we ask for any light, however small, that may assist in illuminating an important subject. Above all, we ask you not to carelessly cast aside these words. It is the earnest request of earnest men, seeking truth for its own sake and wisely providing for the historic vindication of their race and name from the possible aspersions of future ignorance and prejudice. The Society will, of course, bear any expense that may be entailed in the collection, transmission or publication of information proper to our purpose. Address all correspondence and any requests for further information, which we will be pleased to give, to R. C. O’CONNOR, President, Knights of St. Patrick, Hibernia Bank, San Francisco. JAMES A. EMERY, Secretary, Historical Committee, 1101 Pine Street, San Francisco. _San Francisco, Cal., 1900._ PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. The following is a list of publications thus far issued by the Society: (1.) THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT ITS PURPOSES ARE. Boston, Mass., 1897.