=Travers, Vincent P.=, treasurer of the Travers Brothers Co., 41 Worth Street, New York city. =Vail, Roger=, associate editor of the _Irish Standard_, Minneapolis, Minn. =Ver Planck, William Gordon=, 149 Broadway, New York city; of the law firm Young, Ver Planck & Prince. =Vincent, John=, lawyer, 45 Cedar Street, New York city; was first assistant district attorney under the late Hon. John McKeon for two years, and on his death was appointed by the court as his successor ad interim. =Vredenburgh, Watson, Jr.=, civil engineer, 32 Broadway, New York city. =Waldron, E. M.=, builder, Newark, N. J. =Walker, William O’Brien=, 90 Wall Street, New York city; a descendant of the Revolutionary O’Briens of Machias, Me. =Wallace, Rev. T. H.=, Lewiston, Me. =Waller, Hon. Thomas M.=, ex-governor of Connecticut, 15 Wall Street, New York city. =Walsh, James A.=, Lewiston, Me.; agent Lewiston Bleachery. =Walsh, Philip C.=, 260 Washington Street, Newark, N. J.; of Walsh’s Sons & Co., dealers in irons and metals. =Walsh, Philip C.=, Jr., 260 Washington Street, Newark, N. J. =Walsh, P. J.=, 503 Fifth Avenue, New York city. =Walsh, Wm. P.=, 247 Water Street, Augusta, Me. =Ward, Edward=, Kennebunk, Me. =Ward, John T.=, Kennebunk, Me. =Ward, Michael J.=, Brookline, Mass. =Wilson, Hon. Thomas= (LL. D.), general counsel for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co., St. Paul, Minn.; was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1864-9; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1880; member of the Minnesota Senate, 1883; member of Congress, 1887-9. =Woods, John J.=, 54 Federal Street, Newburyport, Mass. =Wright, Henry=, 584 East 148th Street, New York city. =Zabriskie, George A.=, 123 Produce Exchange, New York city. GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Society was organized on January 20, 1897, and now has members in twenty-seven states, the District of Columbia, two territories and two foreign countries. The first president-general was the late Rear-Admiral R. W. Meade, U. S. N. (retired). Briefly stated, the object of the organization is to make better known the Irish chapter in American history. There are two classes of members in the organization,—Life and Annual. The life membership fee is $50 (paid once). The fee for annual members is $5, paid yearly. In the case of new annual members, the initiation fee, $5, also pays the membership dues for the first year. The board of government comprises a president-general, a vice-president-general, a secretary-general, a treasurer-general, a librarian and archivist, and an executive council. There are also state vice-presidents.