1902. July 9. The Boston _Transcript_ states that John E. Milholland, a member of the Society, “is trying to get the federal government to purchase, for $30,000, the ruins of old Fort Ticonderoga and restore it to the exact status it bore when Ethan Allen demanded its surrender.” 1902. July 11. Corner-stone laid at Newport, R. I., of a monument to be erected in honor of the French who landed there during the American Revolution. Several members of our Society, including Mayor Patrick J. Boyle of Newport, participated in the exercises. 1902. July 20. The Boston _Sunday Globe_ to-day contains a sketch of the First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers in the war with Mexico. In the course of the article the writer states that the entire ten companies comprising the regiment were raised in Boston and Charlestown, though not a few of the recruits came from more or less distant points about New England. Recruiting was in progress for four or five months at least, during the fall of 1846 and the winter of 1847. Edward Webster, a son of Daniel Webster, was captain of A company, and John B. Barry was captain of B company, which was composed entirely of men of Irish birth or antecedents. The regiment was at the front for 18 months, first with the army of Gen. Zachary Taylor and later with Gen. Scott. 1902. August. Ginn & Company, publishers, issued this month a volume on _Essentials of American History_. The author is Thomas B. Lawler, a member of the Society. 1902. August. The Society issued this month a volume on _The Irish Scots and the “Scotch-Irish.”_ 1902. August. The Society issued this month a pamphlet on _Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island_.