Shortly before twelve o’clock, the hour of dedication, the Society and guests will go in a body to the State House, a short distance from the hotel, where provision has been made for ample and comfortable seating of all. After the exercises, which are planned to last probably an hour and half, we will return to the Narragansett Hotel, where luncheon will be served, at which there will be several interesting addresses. Price of tickets, $1.50, which may be obtained from the Secretary-General or the Entertainment Committee. This is an affair of great importance to the American Irish Historical Society, and we earnestly hope every member will be present. Send back enclosed postal if you intend to be present so we will know how many to provide for. COMMITTEE ON THE SULLIVAN MEMORIAL OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THOMAS Z. LEE, _Chairman_. PATRICK J. McCARTHY, _Secretary_. RECORDS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 16, 1909, AND OF THE RECEPTION TO THE SOCIETY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. It having been voted at the annual meeting at New York January 29, 1908, to hold the next annual meeting at Washington, D. C.; the Executive Council at a well-attended meeting thereof held at the residence of the President-General, December 5, 1908, considered the necessary arrangements, and resolved to make this event a notable one in the Society’s history. A committee previously appointed by the President-General to confer with Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and ascertain his pleasure as to a reception to the Society and attendance later at the dinner, reported that owing to pressure of official business President Roosevelt would be unable to attend the Society’s dinner, but would be pleased to meet his fellow-members at the White House and there make a short address. In accordance with the instruction of the Executive Council the Secretary-General opened correspondence with Mr. William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to President Roosevelt, and the details of the reception were promptly arranged. President-General Quinlan thereupon appointed a Reception Committee to officiate at the White House and afterwards be on duty at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, and a Dinner Committee to arrange all the details of the annual banquet. The appointees on these committees appear in the circular letter which follows. The Dinner Committee carefully looked over the available places in Washington suitable for the annual banquet, and decided upon the Hotel Raleigh as most desirable, not only for this purpose but also for the headquarters of the Society.