[Illustration: THE HONORABLE THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States. An Active Member of the Society. ] THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BY THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General_. VOLUME VI. BOSTON, MASS., PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, 1906. [Illustration: AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW. FOUNDED, A.D. 1897] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, A. D. 1906. THE ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER, A. D. 1906. ADDRESS TO THE SOCIETY BY PRESIDENT-GENERAL McGOWAN. RECEPTION TO THE PRESIDENT-GENERAL. SOME HISTORICAL PAPERS. REVIEW OF THE YEAR. NECROLOGY. MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PRESIDENTS-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY. GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. GOOD WORDS FOR VOL. V OF THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY. GENERAL INDEX. AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE. This is the sixth volume of the JOURNAL of the Society. It continues the series so auspiciously begun years ago and which has been added to annually. These six volumes represent a great amount of work and contain a vast deal of historical material relative to the Irish element in the composition of the American people. As we progress with our researches, even we ourselves are quite astonished at the facts brought to light, facts showing in a far greater degree than anticipated, how tremendously important was the part taken by the Irish element in American colonial life and in the early and subsequent career of the republic itself. The present volume sets forth much matter of interest and value in this regard, and is in every way a worthy companion for the volumes of the JOURNAL that have preceded it. BOSTON, MASS., December 31, 1906. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, A. D. 1906. _President-General_, =Rear Admiral John McGowan, U. S. N.= (retired), Washington, D. C. _Vice-President-General_, =Hon. Franklin M. Danaher=, Albany, N. Y. _Secretary General_, =Thomas Hamilton Murray=, 36 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. _Treasurer-General_, =Michael F. Dooley=, Of the Union Trust Co., Providence, R. I.