The after-dinner exercises were of unusual interest, Judge Danaher presiding, as he had over the dinner, and the various events on the program being most enjoyable. The leading paper of the evening was by Hon. Joseph T. Lawless of Norfolk, Va., whose subject was “Gen. Daniel Morgan of the Revolution.” It was a very able production and was highly appreciated. Willis B. Dowd of New York City, read a paper on the “Early Irish Settlers of North Carolina,” showing much research on his part, and being a valuable contribution to the historical papers of the Society. There were also addresses by Hon. John F. Finerty of Chicago, Ill., and by other gentlemen. The evening’s exercises likewise included solo and chorus singing, with orchestral accompaniment, the selections including “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Killarney.” ADDRESS TO THE SOCIETY BY PRESIDENT-GENERAL McGOWAN. The following address was issued early in the year by President-General McGowan: _To the Members of the American-Irish Historical Society_: GENTLEMEN: Permit me to express my gratitude for the honor you have done me in electing me to be your president-general for the ensuing year. I accept the office, and will discharge its duties and responsibilities to the utmost of my ability. To be the official head of a society such as ours is a position any man, no matter how exalted his place in life, should be proud to hold. My distinguished predecessors in the office—Meade, Moseley, Gargan, Crimmins, McAdoo—have ably presided over the Society’s affairs in the past and have reflected honor upon the organization, as honor has been reflected upon them in virtue of their being chosen to that high station. The American-Irish Historical Society is now in its tenth year of existence. It has accomplished a vast amount of good, and the practical work it has so abundantly performed is of permanent value and utility. No organization was more needed and none has a broader or more glorious field in which to work. The Irish chapter in American history is one of the most important and interesting in our career as a nation. It was a strong and important chapter in America for even a century before we became a nation, and has gone on increasing in importance and potency, in value and interest, as generation has succeeded generation, until today it stands unsurpassed in the respects mentioned. As John Boyle O’Reilly once wrote, We slight no true devotion, steal no fame From other shrines to gild the Pilgrims’ name.