1902. Jan. 14. Meeting of the executive council of the Society at the Hotel Manhattan, New York City. 1902. Jan. 14. Annual meeting and dinner at the Hotel Manhattan, Forty-second St. and Madison Ave., New York City. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York, was reëlected president-general. During the evening the following telegram was received from the president of the United States: “White House, Washington, D. C., Jan. 14th, 1902. To Hon. John D. Crimmins, 40 East 68th St., New York: I thank you for your telegram. Please express at the banquet this evening my interest in the work of the American-Irish Historical Society, and assure its members and their guests of my hearty good wishes. Theodore Roosevelt.” 1902. Jan. 18. The New York _Herald_ of this date has a review of a volume by J. B. Spillane, New York City, a member of the Society. Mr. Spillane’s volume is entitled _Minor Chords_ and is in memory of his deceased brother, Daniel Spillane. It comprises a collection of prose, poetical, and musical writings by the latter. 1902. Jan. 19. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, of Boston, Mass., contributes to a symposium in to-day’s Boston _Globe_ on the subject: “Does the Preservation of Historic Landmarks Help or Hinder the City’s Growth?” He contends that such preservation helps. Mr. Gargan is an ex-president-general of the society. 1902. Jan. 23. W. H. Mahony, New York City, becomes a life member of the Society. 1902. Jan. 25. Death of Rev. J. J. McNulty, rector of St. Cecilia’s church, Boston, Mass., a member of the Society. 1902. Jan. 28. A dispatch from Sioux City, Ia., states that news has been received there that Very Rev. Philip J. Garrigan, D. D., of the Catholic University, Washington, D. C., has been appointed bishop of the new see of Sioux City. He is a member of our Society. 1902. February. In the _North American Review_ for this month is an article by Hon. William McAdoo, of the Society, on “Launching a Battleship from the Congressional Ways.” Mr. McAdoo was formerly assistant secretary of the navy. 1902. Feb. 1. Death of Patrick E. Riddle, of Roxbury (Boston), Mass., a member of the Society. 1902. Feb. 3. President Roosevelt to-day sent to the U. S. senate the name of Gen. St. Clair A. Mulholland, of the Society, for reappointment as U. S. pension agent at Philadelphia, Pa. 1902. March 6. Letter received to-day from John Lavelle, Cleveland, O., a member of the Society, urging the extension of the organization throughout the West. 1902. March 6. Hon. Patrick A. Collins, mayor of Boston and member of the Society, presides to-night at a banquet, in Boston, to Prince Henry of Prussia.