1902. Oct. 19. Hon. John C. Linehan, treasurer-general of the Society, has a communication in to-day’s _Sunday News_ of Charleston, S. C., on “Irish Soldiers in the Union and Confederate Services during the Civil War.” 1902. Nov. 10. Rev. D. H. Scanlon, pastor of the Berryville Presbyterian church, Berryville, Va., writes for information relative to the Society. 1902. Nov. 15. Hon. John C. Linehan, treasurer-general of the Society, has an article in the Boston _Pilot_ of this date, entitled, “New England Prejudice in 1752–1855. Was it Racial or Religious?” He contends that it was largely racial. 1902. Nov. 22. Thomas O’Hagan, Ph. D., of Toronto, Canada, a member of the Society, has a communication in the Boston _Pilot_ of this date, on “How History is Taught in Secular Universities.” 1902. Nov. 29. Death of Rev. Thomas Shahan, Malden, Mass., a member of the Society. 1902. Dec. 4. Meeting of the executive council of the Society at the residence of President-General John D. Crimmins, New York City. 1902. Dec. 7. At a meeting in New York City to-night, in aid of the projected Hibernian Institute building, addresses were delivered by several members of our Society, including Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.; Hon. T. A. E. Weadock, Detroit, Mich., and Hon. Morgan J. O’Brien and Hon. William McAdoo, of New York City. 1902. Dec. 7. At the Hibernian Institute meeting just mentioned, Hon Thomas J. Gargan spoke on “The Irish in America Before the Revolution.” He told of the settlements they had formed, and of the many who had come here to add their blood to the tide that made the Revolution successful, the Irish pioneers who labored and built and then fought for their possessions and for the right of liberty and religious freedom. He said that modern research proved that the Irish had discovered America long before the advent of Columbus. 1902. Dec. 7. Hon. T. A. E. Weadock, at the Hibernian Institute meeting, New York, this evening, spoke on “The Irish Influence on American Polity.” He said that a splendid influence of the Irish was that they took their part in the government, keeping it near to its first principle: that it was to be government by the people. If there was any great danger, it was that the people grew too busy with their affairs to partake of their right to the franchise and exercise their influence in government affairs. The Irish were too patriotic to neglect that duty, he said. 1902. Dec. 13. Death of Patrick Dempsey, Lowell, Mass., a member of the Society. He was for many years a director of the First National bank of Lowell.