The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VIII, 1909
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FRANCIS J. QUINLAN. M. D., LL. D., President-General of the American Irish Historical Society. 1908–1909.
THOMAS ZANSLAUR LEE
Secretary-General
VOLUME VIII
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY
1909
With the hope that we have succeeded in some measure in living up to the high standard set by our honored predecessor, Thomas Hamilton Murray, in the compiling of the Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, we beg to offer Volume VIII.
It is greatly to be regretted that the illness and death of Mr. Murray made it impossible to issue a Journal for 1908, and that a break was necessitated in the series of interesting and ably-edited publications for which he was responsible. It is hoped, therefore, that there will be found enough of interest in the records here submitted to compensate in some small degree for the lapse of a year in the spreading of the Society’s records before its members. The last Volume by Mr. Murray was issued on December 31, 1907. Volume VIII contains nothing of the records of the subsequent year except the account of the annual meeting and dinner held at the Manhattan Hotel, New York, January 29, 1908. This account was compiled through correspondence with various members who were present at that time.
The present incumbent was appointed Acting Secretary-General of the Society on November 18, 1908, by the President-General to serve until the next annual meeting, January 16, 1909. At that time he was formally elected to the office for the ensuing year. There being no data previous to this election from which to compile a chronological index for this Volume, its omission has been necessary. Full accounts of all proceedings will be found, however, and every address delivered at any event under the auspices of the Society is given in full, everything of the sort having been reported stenographically by the Society’s stenographer. Many events of direct or indirect interest to our members have also been touched upon.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTORY.
PREAMBLE, CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ADOPTED AT THE ORGANIZATION MEETING JANUARY 20, 1897.
Preamble.
BY-LAWS.
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
A FEW OF THE INTERESTING PAPERS READ BEFORE OR REPRINTED BY THE SOCIETY.
PRESIDENTS-GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY.
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT HOTEL MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, JANUARY 29, 1908.
THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THE SULLIVAN MEMORIAL.
POST-PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
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.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Memorial of Thomas J. Gargan.
Memorial of James J. Phelan.
Memorial of Thomas Hamilton Murray.
Memorial of John Crane.
Memorial of Hon. Hugh Kelly.
Memorial of James Jeffrey Roche.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
COMMITTEES.
NOTES.
Historical Notes and Papers.
THE CIVIC VALUE OF MEMORIALS.
CARTER DAY NURSERY. GIFT BY MR. PATRICK CARTER, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, IN HONOR OF DECEASED SON.
WAR RECORD OF COLONEL JAMES QUINLAN.
JOSEPH O’CONNOR, EDITOR, AUTHOR AND POET, WHO DECEASED AT ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 9TH, 1908.
CHIEF EGAN’S WAR RECORD WRITTEN FOR STATE ARCHIVES
THE SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
EARLY MARINE “WIRELESS.”
SKETCHES OF WILLIAM DUNLAP, THOMAS P. JOHNSON AND THOMAS SHARP, DISTINGUISHED IRISH AMERICANS DURING REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES. SOME POINTED COMMENTS ON THE MANNER OF TAKING SAME AND THE RESULTS THEREOF. AN INTERESTING PAPER ON A SUBJECT NOT HERETOFORE TOUCHED BY THE SOCIETY.
MEMORIAL TO JERSEY PRISON SHIP HEROES.
THE IRISH IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HON. ELI THAYER, ONE OF THE EARLY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A MOST DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN, KNOWN THE WORLD OVER. A FEW FACTS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORK.
LATE PUBLICATIONS ON HISTORY OF INTEREST TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
REILLY OF F
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SANDERS, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. A WORTHY AND DISTINGUISHED ASSOCIATE.
PATRICK J. McTIGHE.
MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
INDEX.
