Volume IX of the Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, containing the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of 1910, essays and papers by learned members on timely subjects within the scope of our work, and a substantial quantity of material of interest to the Society, is now presented in the hope that it will serve the purposes of its predecessors in making better known the Irish chapter in American history and disseminating valuable information, not only to the increasing number of public and private libraries, where our volumes are always most welcome, but to the public in general. The Society is to be congratulated on the large number of additions to its membership roll of persons of high standing in the country’s affairs, as well as the completion of the most prosperous year in its history. I acknowledge with deep appreciation the kind assistance rendered by the Executive Council, the several learned members who have contributed articles of great historic interest and deep research, the Chairman of the Membership Committee, and the members of the Society, through whose hearty coöperation and helpful suggestions this Volume has been made possible. THOMAS ZANSLAUR LEE, _Secretary-General_. OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. * * * * * _President-General_, FRANCIS J. QUINLAN, M. D., LL. D., 33 West 38th Street, New York City. ———— _Vice-President-General_, HON. THOMAS B. FITZPATRICK, Essex Street, Boston, Mass. ———— _Secretary-General_, THOMAS ZANSLAUR LEE, ESQ., 49 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I. ———— _Treasurer-General_, MICHAEL F. DOOLEY, ESQ., President National Exchange Bank, Providence, R. I. ———— _Librarian and Archivist_, THOMAS B. LAWLER, ESQ., 70 5th Avenue, New York City. ———— _Historiographer_, HON. JAMES F. BRENNAN, Peterborough, N. H. * * * * * EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. * * * * * The foregoing and