Hon. Hugh Hastings, State Historian of New York, Albany, N. Y. Rev. James J. Baxter, D. D., Boston, Mass. Mr. T. Vincent Butler, New York City. Mr. Michael J. Morkan, Hartford, Conn. Mr. Edward R. Carroll, New York City. Mr. John Jay Joyce, New York City. Mr. D. H. McBride, New York City. Mr. P. H. Garrity, Waterbury, Conn. Mr. G. W. Lembeck, Jersey City, N. J. Mr. T. F. Donnelly, New York City. Mr. Patrick Murray, New York City. Mr. Arthur McAleenan, New York City. Hon. Lawrence O. Murray, Washington, D. C. Mr. Thomas Kenney, Worcester, Mass. Thomas F. Kenney, M. D., Vienna, Austria. M. X. Sullivan, Ph. D., Providence, R. I. THE ANNUAL DINNER. Upon the adjournment of the business meeting, the Society and guests proceeded to the banquet room for the annual dinner. One hundred and forty-five gentlemen participated. Among those seated at the head table with Hon. Morgan J. O’Brien, the presiding officer, were: Rev. Henry A. Brann, D. D., New York City; Hon. Joseph F. Daly, New York City; Mr. Osborne Howes, Boston, Mass.; Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.; Hon. Hugh Hastings, Albany, N. Y.; Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., New York City; Mr. M. F. Dooley, Providence, R. I.; Mr. John F. Doyle, New York City; Mr. Stephen Farrelly, New York City, and Mr. Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York City. After grace had been said the company devoted itself to the fine menu. During the repast music was furnished by an orchestra. There was also singing by the entire company, in chorus, and solo singing by Mr. John W. Donovan of New York; Mr. Joseph M. Byrne of Newark, N. J., and Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord, N. H. At an interval during the dinner, Mr. Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., alluding to the approaching departure of James Jeffrey Roche, LL. D., for Genoa, Italy, as United States Consul, moved that the Society bid him God-speed on his journey and wish him a brilliant career in his new sphere of duty. The motion was adopted. While the post-prandial exercises were in progress, Hon. William McAdoo arrived and the chair was yielded him by Judge O’Brien. The paper of the evening was by Hon. Hugh Hastings, State Historian of New York, who took for his subject: “Thomas Dongan and the Earl of Bellomont, Governors of New York.” The paper was one of great merit and was frequently applauded. Several brief addresses were made during the evening, having a bearing on the Society’s line of work. While the dinner was under way, a toast to President Roosevelt, “one of our members,” was proposed by Hon. Thomas Z. Lee of Providence, R. I., and drank amid great enthusiasm. The following letter written by President Roosevelt to Mr. William M. Sweeny of Astoria, L. I., N. Y., a member of the Society, was read to the company by Judge O’Brien: