I find in the mail two tickets to the banquet and not appreciating the situation fully I am enclosing them to you, thinking that you may be able to make some use of them as long as the Mayor can not go, but if these are sent out and charged to the persons to whom they are sent, you will please advise the Mayor and he will send you the cost of the same. Yours very respectfully, JOS. B. SAUNDERS, _Secretary to the Mayor_. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, January 8, 1909. Hon. THOMAS Z. LEE, Providence, R. I. _My dear Sir_: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of a ticket to the annual banquet of the American Irish Historical Society, to be held at Hotel Raleigh January 16, 1909, at 7 p. m., and sincerely thank you for the favor. Will endeavor to be present, but on account of business appointments that I have about that time that will take me away from Washington and probably will not allow my return in time, would suggest that you do not figure on my making any remarks at the meeting. With best wishes for the Society’s success, Very truly yours, BIRD S. MCGUIRE. [Illustration: MR. BERNARD J. JOYCE. Of Boston, Mass. One of our most earnest and learned members. ] January 12, 1909. MR. THOMAS ZANSLAUR LEE, _Acting Secretary-General_, 49 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I. _My dear Judge Lee_: I have deferred writing you on the subject of attending the forthcoming banquet of the American Irish Historical Society in the hope that I might find it possible to be present. However, I am doomed to disappointment. I cannot, much as I regret it, find a way to be with you and our friends to share in the festivities. That you will have an edifying and jolly good time goes without saying and I regret exceedingly my inability to share in it. With cordial best wishes, Sincerely yours, A. C. EUSTACE. January 7, 1909. MR. THOMAS ZANSLAUR LEE, Providence, Rhode Island. _My dear Mr. Lee_: It is with sincere regret that I am compelled to advise you of my inability to participate in the annual exercises of the American Irish Historical Society in Washington, D. C., January 16. I assure you it is a grievous disappointment to me, but conditions are such that it will be impossible for me to leave Utah at the present time.