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=Quinlan, Francis J.= (M. D., LL. D.), 33 West 38th Street, New York City; was for a number of years surgeon in the U. S. Indian service; recently president of the New York Celtic Medical Society; president of the County Medical Association of New York; member of the State Medical Association, of the American Medical Association, and of the Academy of Medicine. Besides holding these positions of honor and responsibility, he is visiting surgeon to St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York City, to the New York City Hospital, to the Foundling Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers, N. Y. He is professor of Laryngology and Rhinology in New York Polyclinic and Laryngologist and Otologist to St. John’s Hospital, Long Island City.
=Quinn, John=, lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City.
=Quinn, W. Johnson=, manager of the Hotel Empire, New York City.
=Ramsey, Clarence J.=, 132 West 12th Street, New York City; public appraiser.
=Reardon, Edmund=, manufacturer, Cambridge, Mass.
=Regan, John H.=, lawyer, 422 55th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
=Regan, W. P.=, architect, Lawrence, Mass.
=Richardson, Stephen J.=, 1785 Madison Avenue, New York City.
=Roach, James F.=, 5822 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
=Rogan, John H.=, lawyer, 145 Nassau Street, New York City.
=Rohan, John D.=, 49 Wall Street, New York City.
=Rooney, John Jerome=, of Rooney & Spence, customs and insurance brokers, forwarding agents, 66, 68 and 70 Beaver Street, New York City.
=Roosevelt, Hon. Theodore=, president of the United States, White House, Washington, D. C.
=Rorke, James=, 40 Barclay Street, New York City.
=Ryan, Charles V.=, Springfield, Mass.
=Ryan, Christopher S.=, Lexington, Mass.
=Ryan, James T.=, Phenix Insurance Co., P. O. Box 1010, New York City.
=Ryan, John J.=, 171 East 94th Street, New York City.
=Ryan, Michael=, 377 Broadway, New York City.
=Ryan, Michael J.=, Waterbury, Conn.
=Ryan, Nicholas W.=, 1444 Boston Road, borough of the Bronx, New York City.
=Ryan, Hon. Patrick J.=, mayor-elect of Elizabeth, N. J.; is of the firm P. J. & W. H. Ryan, real estate and fire insurance, 205 Broad Street, Elizabeth.
=Ryan, Most Rev. Patrick J.= (D. D.), archbishop of Philadelphia, Pa.; the Cathedral, Philadelphia.
=Ryan, Timothy M.= (M. D.), Torrington, Conn.
=Ryan, Hon. William=, of Wm. Ryan & Co., grocers, Port Chester, N. Y.
=Sanders, Col. C. C.=, Gainesville, Ga; president of the State Banking Co. of Gainesville; alternate commissioner to World’s Fair, Chicago, Ill., 1893; vice-president for Georgia, American Bankers’ Association. Colonel Sanders is of Irish and English ancestry. On the maternal side he is descended from Thomas and Theodosia M. Smyth, who emigrated from Ireland in 1793, landing in Charleston, S. C. They settled in Jones County, Ga. Thomas died November 28, 1799. On the paternal side Colonel Sanders is a descendant of Rev. Moses Sanders, who emigrated from England, with two brothers, John and David, and arrived in Petersburg, Va., 1765. They embraced the patriotic cause in the Revolution and were active in operations against the British. Colonel Sanders, the subject of this sketch, graduated from the Georgia Military Institute, in June, 1861; entered the Confederate service; was made lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Infantry, Georgia Volunteers, August, 1861; served under General Lee in the Peninsular campaign, in the seven days’ battles around Richmond, Va., and was among the bravest of the brave; commanded his regiment at Malvern Hill and at Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg, where the Twenty-fourth was a part of the Confederate forces that received the valorous charges of Meagher’s Irish Brigade. He also commanded the regiment at the battles of Chancellorsville and Antietam, at which latter conflict he was placed in command of Wofford’s Brigade. While in this position he met a bayonet charge from the Federals by a counter bayonet charge, and in the desperate fighting that ensued, fifty-eight per cent of Sanders’ heroic force was swept away. Colonel Sanders also led the Twenty-fourth at Cedar Creek, Chickamauga, Knoxville, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, and Sailor’s Creek. On April 6, 1865, Ewell’s Corps, to which Colonel Sanders’ regiment was then attached, was captured, and Colonel Sanders was sent as a prisoner of war to Washington, D. C. Writing of Meagher’s Irish Brigade, Colonel Sanders says: “I was in command of the Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, with other troops, at the foot of Marye’s Heights, receiving the five heroic and gallant charges of the Irish Brigade, whose prodigies of valor have filled the country with admiration. I saw the devoted Irish charge up to our breastworks, to be mowed down by a line of Confederate fire that no soldiers could withstand. I saw the Irish battalions cut down like grain before the reaper, yet the survivors would magnificently close up their ranks only to have huge gaps again cut through them. When forced back they rallied and came bravely on again, only to be riddled with bullets and torn by artillery. Their fifth charge was made with greatly decimated ranks that slowly recoiled like the waves of a tempestuous sea. When twilight descended upon the scene, a spectacle was presented unequaled in warfare. At least three fourths of my command was composed of men of Irish descent and knew that the gallant dead in our front were our kindred of the land beyond the sea. When, one by one, the stars came out that night, many tears were shed by Southern Confederate eyes for the heroic Federal Irish dead.” During the war Colonel Sanders was offered the rank of brigadier-general but declined the same.
=Sasseen, Robert A.=, 50 Pine Street, New York City; insurance investments. (Life member of the Society.)
=Scott, Cornelius J.=, manufacturer of awnings, decorations, etc., 439 West 57th Street, New York City.
=Scott, Joseph=, lawyer, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, Cal.
=Shahan, Very Rev. Thomas J.= (S. T. D., J. U. L.), professor of church history, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.; S. T. D., Propaganda, Rome, 1882; J. U. L., Roman Seminary, 1889.
=Shanahan, Very Rev. Edmund T.= (Ph. D., S. T. D., J. C. L.), professor of dogmatic theology, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.; A. B., Boston College, 1888; S. T. D., Propaganda, Rome, 1893; J. C. L., Roman Seminary, Rome, 1895; Ph. D., Roman Academy, 1895. Instructor in philosophy and dogmatic theology, American College, Rome, 1894–’95; lecturer in philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1898–’99; associate professor of philosophy, the Catholic University of America, 1895–1901.
=Shanley, John F.=, 17 Washington Street, Newark, N. J.
=Shanley, Thomas J.=, 344 West 87th Street, New York City.
=Shea, Daniel W.= (Ph. D.), professor of physics, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.; A. B., Harvard University, 1886; A. M., Harvard University, 1888; Ph. D., Berlin, 1892. Assistant in physics, Harvard University, 1889 and 1892; assistant professor of physics in the University of Illinois, 1892–’93; professor of physics in the University of Illinois, 1893–’95.
=Sheedy, Bryan DeF.= (M. D.), 162 West 73d Street, New York City.
=Sheran, Hugh F.=, 46 Woodbine Street, Roxbury (Boston), Mass.
=Sherman, P. Tecumseh=, of the law firm Taft & Sherman, 15 William Street, New York City; member of the Union League Club and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; son of the late Gen. William T. Sherman.
=Shuman A.=, merchant clothier, 440 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
=Slattery, John J.=, president Todd-Donigan Iron Co., Louisville, Ky.
=Sloane, Charles W.=, lawyer, 54 William Street, New York City.
=Smith, Hon. Andrew C.= (M. D.), Dekum Building, Portland, Oregon; president of the State Board of Health; president of the Hibernia Savings Bank; member of the state Senate from 1900 to 1904; has served on the staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital for many years; has been president of the State and City Medical societies; represented Oregon for two years in the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association.
=Smith, James=, 26 Broadway, New York City.
=Smith, Rev. James J.=, 88 Central Street, Norwich, Conn.
=Smith, Joseph=, Lowell, Mass.
=Smith, Thomas F.=, clerk of the city court, 32 Chambers Street, New York City.
=Smyth, Rev. Hugh P.=, rector of St. John’s Church, Lawrence Avenue, Roxbury (Boston), Mass.
=Smyth, Rev. Thomas=, Springfield, Mass.
=Smyth, Rev. Thomas M.=, East Liverpool, O.
=Somers, P. E.=, manufacturer of tacks and nails, Worcester, Mass. (Life member of the Society.)
=Spellacy, Thomas J.=, lawyer, 26 State Street, Hartford, Conn.
=Spillane, J. B.=, managing editor _Music Trade Review_, Metropolitan Life Building, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City.
=Storen, William J.=, 232 Calhoun Street, Charleston, S. C.
=Sullivan, James E.= (M. D.), Providence, R. I.; was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1879; also studied medicine in Dublin, London and Paris; was city physician of Fall River, Mass., for seven years; married, in 1885, Alice, daughter of the late Joseph Banigan of Providence; retired from practice in 1891; member of the Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Providence Medical societies; vice-president of the University Club, Providence; a director of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.; president and treasurer of the Sullivan Investment Co., Providence.
=Sullivan, John J.=, lawyer, 203 Broadway, New York City.
=Sullivan, Hon. M. B.= (M. D.), Dover, N. H., formerly a state senator.
=Sullivan, M. F.= (M. D.), Oak Street, Lawrence, Mass.
=Sullivan, Michael H.=, lawyer, 34 School St., Boston, Mass.
=Sullivan, Michael X.= (Ph. D.), instructor, Brown University, Providence, R. I.
=Sullivan, Roger G.=, cigar manufacturer, 803 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H.
=Sullivan, T. P.= (M. D.), 318 South Main Street, Fall River, Mass.
=Sullivan, Timothy P.=, Concord, N. H.; furnished granite from his New Hampshire quarries for the new national Library Building, Washington, D. C.
=Sullivan, William B.=, lawyer, Tremont Building, Boston, Mass.
=Supple, Rev. James N.=, rector of St. Francis de Sales Church, Charlestown (Boston), Mass.
=Sweeney, John F.=, the Sweeney Co., 256 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. (Life member of the Society.)
=Sweeney, Rev. Timothy P.=, Fall River, Mass.
=Sweeny, William Montgomery=, 120 Franklin Street, Astoria, L. I., N. Y.
=Swords, Joseph F.=, Sulphur, Oklahoma. He is a descendant of Cornet George Swords, one of the A. D. 1649 officers in the service of kings Charles I and Charles II in Ireland. Joseph F. Swords is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is of the fourth American generation from Francis Dawson Swords, graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, 1750, who was exiled from Ireland, 1760, and who served in the Patriot Army throughout the War of the Revolution.
=Tack, Theodore E.=, 52 Broadway, New York City.
=Taggart, Hon. Thomas=, Indianapolis, Ind.; proprietor of the Grand Hotel there; was elected auditor of Marion County, 1886; re-elected, 1890; has been mayor of Indianapolis; chairman of the Democratic state committee, 1892 and 1894; district chairman of the Seventh Congressional District; member from Indiana of the Democratic national committee. Is a native of Ireland.
=Teeling, Rt. Rev. Arthur J.= (D. D.), rector of St. Mary’s Church, Lynn, Mass.
=Thompson, Frank=, 257 West 129th Street, New York City.
=Thompson, James=, of James Thompson & Bro., Louisville, Ky.
=Tierney, Dennis H.=, real estate and insurance, Tierney’s Block, Bank Street, Waterbury, Conn.
=Tierney, Edward M.=, Hotel Marlborough, Broadway, New York City.
=Tierney, Henry S.=, 59 Prescott St., Torrington, Conn.
=Tierney, Myles=, 317 Riverside Drive, New York City. (Life member of the Society.) President, Hudson Trust Co., Hoboken, N. J.
=Toale, Patrick P.=, Toale P. O., Aiken County, S. C.
=Travers, Vincent P.=, of the Travers Brothers Co., 41 Worth Street, New York City.
=Tully, Hon. William J.=, Corning, N. Y.; a state senator.
=Twohy, George J.=, trust officer, the Citizens’ Bank of Norfolk, Va.
=Vincent, John=, lawyer, 45 Cedar Street, New York City; was first assistant district attorney under the late Hon. John McKeon for two years, and on his death was appointed by the court as his successor _ad interim_.
=Vredenburgh, Watson, Jr.=, civil engineer, 50 Broadway, New York City.
=Waldron, E. M.=, of E. M. Waldron & Co., building contractors, 84 South Sixth Street, Newark, N. J.
=Walker, William O’Brien=, 90 Wall Street, New York City, a descendant of the Revolutionary O’Briens of Machias, Me.
=Waller, Hon. Thomas M.=, New London, Conn.; lawyer; member of the Connecticut Legislature, 1867, 1868, 1872, 1876 (speaker, 1876); secretary of state of Connecticut, 1870; mayor of New London, 1873; state’s attorney, 1876–’83; governor of Connecticut, 1882–’84; United States consul-general to London, England, 1885–’89; commissioner to World’s Columbian Exposition.
=Walsh, Frank=, secretary and credit manager, Wilkinson, Gaddis & Co., wholesale grocers, 866–868 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.
=Walsh, P. J.=, 503 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
=Walsh, Philip C.=, 260 Washington Street, Newark, N. J.; of Walsh’s Sons & Co., dealers in irons and metals.
=Walsh, Philip C.=, Jr., 260 Washington Street, Newark, N. J.
=Walsh, Wm. P.=, 247 Water Street, Augusta, Me.
=Ward, Edward=, of Ward Bros., contractors, Kennebunk, Me.
=Ward, John T.=, Kennebunk, Me.
=Ward, Michael J.=, 17 Shailer St., Brookline, Mass.
=Whalen, Hon. John S.=, secretary of state, Albany, N. Y.
=Wilhere, Hon. M. F.=, 31st and Master streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
=Wright, Henry=, enameled wall tile, vitrified and glazed ceramics, aseptic floors, encaustic and embossed tiles, 584 East 148th Street, New York City.
=Zabriskie, George A.=, 123 Produce Exchange, New York City.
NOTE.—The publication of the present volume has been unavoidably delayed. This circumstance, however, has permitted the addition to the Roll of the names of members admitted early in 1908.
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WALTER H. CREAMER. Lynn, Mass. ]
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CAPT. JAMES W. McCARRICK. Norfolk, Va. ]
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DANIEL W. SHEA, PH. D. Washington, D. C. ]
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JOHN LAVELLE. Cleveland, Ohio. ]
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CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH F. O’CONNELL. Boston, Mass. ]
SOME MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
PRESIDENTS-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY.
=1897.= =Rear-Admiral Richard W. Meade, U. S. N. (retired), Philadelphia, Pa. Died May 4, 1897.=
1897. Hon. Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C.; was elected president-general on death of Admiral Meade.
1898. Hon. Edward A. Moseley, Washington, D. C.
1899. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.; a prominent lawyer of that city; ex-member of the Police Commission; member of the Boston Transit Commission.
1900. Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.
1901. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York City; prominent capitalist; official in banks, trust companies and other corporations.
1902. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York City.
1903. Hon. William McAdoo, New York City; assistant secretary of the U. S. Navy under President Cleveland; prominent lawyer; ex-member of Congress; police commissioner of the City of New York.
1904. Hon. William McAdoo, New York City.
1905. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York City.
1906. Rear-Admiral John McGowan, U. S. N. (retired), Washington, D. C.
1907. Rear-Admiral John McGowan, U. S. N. (retired), Washington, D. C.
NOTE.—In Volume VI of the JOURNAL, and in one or two of the preceding volumes, the name of the first President-General of the Society, owing to an oversight in proof-reading, appears as George W. Meade. It should be Richard W., as above given.
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Society was organized on January 20, 1897, in Boston, Mass., and now has members in many states, the District of Columbia, one territory and two foreign countries.
Briefly stated, the object of the organization is to make better known the Irish chapter in American history.
There are two classes of members in the organization,—Life and Annual. The life membership fee is $50 (paid once). The fee for annual members is $5, paid yearly. In the case of new annual members, the initiation fee, $5, also pays the membership dues for the first year.
The board of government comprises a president-general, a vice-president-general, a secretary-general, a treasurer-general, a librarian and archivist, and an executive council. There are also state vice-presidents.
The Society has already issued several bound volumes and a number of other publications. These have been distributed to the members and to public libraries; also to historical organizations and to universities. Each member of the Society is entitled, free of charge, to a copy of every publication issued from the time of his admittance. These publications are of great interest and value, and are more than an equivalent for the membership fee.
The Society draws no lines of creed or politics. Being an American organization in spirit and principle, it welcomes to its ranks Americans of whatever race descent, and of whatever creed, who take an interest in the objects for which the Society is organized. Membership application blanks will be furnished on request.
The membership includes many people of prominence, and has been addressed by many distinguished men. It occupies a position in the front rank of American historical organizations.
VOLUME VI OF THE JOURNAL.
A copy of Volume VI of the JOURNAL of the Society was presented each of the following libraries:
PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Arlington, Mass. Augusta, Me. Baltimore, Md. Bangor, Me. Binghamton, N. Y. Boston, Mass. Bridgeport, Conn. Brookline, Mass. Brooklyn, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Cambridge, Mass. Chelsea, Mass. Chicago, Ill. Cincinnati, O. Cleveland, O. Columbus, O. Concord, N. H. Dedham, Mass. Denver, Col. Detroit, Mich. Dover, N. H. Elizabeth, N. J. Elmira, N. Y. Fall River, Mass. Fitchburg, Mass. Hartford, Conn. Haverhill, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Indianapolis, Ind. Jamestown, N. Y. Lawrence, Mass. Leavenworth, Kan. Los Angeles, Cal. Lowell, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Malden, Mass. Manchester, N. H. Medford, Mass. Milwaukee, Wis. Minneapolis, Minn. Nahant, Mass. Nashua, N. H. New Bedford, Mass. Newburgh, N. Y. Newburyport, Mass. New Haven, Conn. New London, Conn. Newton, Mass. New Orleans, La. New York, N. Y. Norwich, Conn. Northampton, Mass. Oswego, N. Y. Peabody, Mass. Peace Dale, R. I. Peoria, Ill. Peterborough, N. H. Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsfield, Mass. Plymouth, Mass. Portland, Me. Portsmouth, N. H. Providence, R. I. Quincy, Mass. Rochester, N. Y. Sacramento, Cal. Salem, Mass. Saratoga, N. Y. Somerville, Mass. Springfield, Mass. Stamford, Conn. St. Louis, Mo. St. Paul, Minn. Syracuse, N. Y. Taunton, Mass. Toledo, O. Troy, N. Y. Utica, N. Y. Waltham, Mass. Watertown, Mass. Woonsocket, R. I. Worcester, Mass. Yonkers, N. Y.
NOTE.—Many of the libraries here mentioned have also copies of preceding volumes and other publications of the Society.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES.
Annapolis, U. S. Naval Academy. Boston University. Bowdoin. Brown. Clark, Worcester, Mass. Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Cincinnati. College of the City of New York. Columbia. Cornell. Dartmouth. Georgetown, Washington, D. C. George Washington University. Harvard. Johns Hopkins. Leland Stanford, Jr. New York University. Princeton. Seton Hall. Simmons College, Boston, Mass. Trinity College, Washington, D. C. Tufts. University of California. University of Chicago. University of Georgia. University of Michigan. University of Nebraska. University of Pennsylvania. University of Washington, Seattle. University of Texas. University of Vermont. University of Virginia. Washington, St. Louis, Mo. West Point. Yale.
OTHER LIBRARIES.
American Antiquarian Society. Boston Athenaeum. Cambridge (Mass.) Historical Society. Catholic Club, New York City. Connecticut Historical Society. Cooper Union, New York City. Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Kansas State Historical Society. Library of Congress. New York Historical Society. Maryland Historical Society. Massachusetts Historical Society. Minnesota Historical Society. Newberry Library, Chicago. New England Historic Genealogical Society. New Hampshire State Library. Newport (R. I.) Historical Society. New York State Library. Redwood Library, Newport, R. I. Rhode Island Historical Society. Wisconsin Historical Society.
PRAISE FOR VOLUME VI.
Among the letters received by Secretary Murray in praise of Vol. VI were the following:
From Dr. George McAleer, Worcester, Mass.:
WORCESTER, MASS., April 6, 1907.
DEAR MR. MURRAY: I have just received Volume VI of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society. Its pages are filled with much important matter along the line in which the Society is specially interested, and it easily outranks any of its predecessors. Congratulating you upon your contribution thereto and the Society upon its production, I am,
Yours very sincerely, GEO. MCALEER.
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From the Librarian of Trinity College, Washington, D. C.:
TRINITY COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, ESQ., _Secretary of the American-Irish Historical Society_.
DEAR SIR: The sixth volume of the records of your Society was received last week, and it is my pleasant duty to thank you for your courtesy in sending it to our library. The whole volume is extremely interesting, and the articles of such equal value that it is hard to put one before another. Two classes in history are just engaged on the periods covered by your learned writers.
Very sincerely yours, SISTER MARY PATRICIA, S. N. D., _College Librarian_.
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From the President of Seton Hall College:
SETON HALL COLLEGE, SOUTH ORANGE, N. J., June 12, 1907.
THOS. H. MURRAY, _Secretary_.
DEAR SIR: I acknowledge with great pleasure the receipt of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Volume VI, 1906. I have perused it with great satisfaction and am happy and proud to know that the glorious part which the Irish bore in our early history, and are bearing today, is being so well brought before the eyes of the world.
“To make better known the Irish Chapter in American History,” your neat and wholesome volume will undoubtedly contribute much, for the spirit manifested throughout the book is such as to beget love of the race and an interest to continue reading. And you build up the glorious edifice of true American-Irish history by simply claiming your due and disparaging no man. This intention, your illustrious President-General McGowan, in his address to the members of the Society, has chivalrously expressed in these memorable words: “We rob no race to gild the Irish name when we undertake to unearth the records of the past.... We merely wish to claim, assert and set forth the credit which to us belongs, for the part that men and women of Irish blood took in bringing about the reign of liberty and freedom we now enjoy.... We do not wish to praise ourselves by ‘masquerading in borrowed plumes,’ nor have we any desire to detract one iota from the credit that is honestly that of others.”
Wishing you and your Society continued success and influence, and thanking you once again for your kindness, believe me,
Most sincerely yours, (VERY REV.) JAMES F. MOONEY, _President, Seton Hall College_.
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From Hon. P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill.:
87–97 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET, CHICAGO, April 8, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society, Boston, Mass._
DEAR SIR: Many thanks for the copy of the sixth volume of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, to hand. This handsome companion to the other five already issued of the Society’s good work in restoring and compiling important facts pertaining to men of Irish birth and lineage in this country, makes interesting as well as instructive reading, indeed. I congratulate you upon the good work, and with best wishes I am,
Very truly yours, P. T. BARRY.
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From the President of the Boston Charitable Irish Society (founded 1737).
CHARITABLE IRISH SOCIETY, BOSTON, May 24, 1907.
DEAR MR. MURRAY: Let me add a line of praise to the many you will probably receive for your work on the sixth volume of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society that reached me recently. Its contents are both interesting and instructive; such information as it contains becomes more valuable from day to day and I trust the good work will be continued. With grateful appreciation I am,
Sincerely yours, JOHN J. KEENAN, _President_.
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From the University of Nebraska:
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LIBRARY, LINCOLN, NEB., April 13, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society, Boston, Mass._
DEAR SIR: Please accept our thanks for Volume VI of the Journal of the Society, which you have been kind enough to present to the University Library. It is full of interesting and valuable matter, and will be highly appreciated by our department of American history.
Of the previous volumes, I find that we have only Volume IV, and am writing to ask if it would be possible for you to furnish us with Volumes I to III and V, in order that our file of your valuable Journal may be complete?