PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
The following is a list of publications thus far issued by the Society:
(1.) The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is and What Its Purposes Are. Boston, Mass., 1897.
This was issued at Boston, some time after the founding of the Society. It was a small booklet of twelve pages containing a statement of the Society’s objects, a list of the officers, and other matter bearing upon the work of the organization. So much interest was displayed, that the edition was soon exhausted.
(2.) The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is And What Its Purposes Are, Together With the Names of the Officers and a List of the Members. Boston, Mass., 1898.
To a certain extent, this was a second edition of the previous publication, but larger and more comprehensive. It comprised 32 pages, and had a portrait of President-General Meade as a frontispiece. The work is now out of print.
(3.) The “Scotch-Irish” Shibboleth Analyzed and Rejected. With Some Reference to the Present “Anglo-Saxon” Comedy. Washington, D. C., 1898.
This was a handsomely gotten up pamphlet of 29 pages, the author being a member of the Society, Joseph Smith, of Lowell, Mass. It was issued in September, 1898. An edition of 1,500 copies was brought out. A few copies remain on hand.
(4.) Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies, 1640–1775, With a Continuation of the Subject During and After the War of the Revolution. Washington, D. C., 1898.
This work was issued in August of the year mentioned, the authors being two members of the Society, Thomas Hamilton Murray, secretary-general, and Hon. John C. Linehan, treasurer-general. It was a very attractive pamphlet of 31 pages and contained mention of over forty Irish teachers. The Society issued an edition of 2,000 copies of the work. Some fifty are still on hand.
(5.) The Journal of The American-Irish Historical Society. Vol. I. Boston, Mass., 1898.
A volume comprising 136 pages, substantially bound in cloth, and having 28 illustrations. It contained the call for the meeting to organize the Society, the names of the signers, the agreement of association, the preamble and constitution and much other matter relating to the founding of the organization. An edition of about 1,000 copies was issued. All have been distributed. The work was electrotyped by Ginn & Company, the Boston publishers, so that a second edition can be brought out later at comparatively small expense.
(6.) The Journal of The American-Irish Historical Society. Vol. II. Boston, Mass., 1899.
A handsome volume of 258 pages, having 41 illustrations. It is finely bound in cloth, and contains a mass of interesting facts relating to the history of the Irish element in the United States. A leading feature in the work is the Chronology of the Society, giving in regular order the leading events thus far in the career of the organization. An edition of 1,000 bound, and 100 unbound, copies was issued. The bound copies have been distributed, with the exception of 25 still left over. The unbound copies are held, subject to the direction of the Society.
(7.) The Irish at Bunker Hill: A List of American Patriots Bearing Irish Names Who Fought Against the British in the Action of the Seventeenth of June, 1775. Boston, Mass., 1900.
This was a leaflet prepared by Secretary Murray for the Society’s celebration of the 125th anniversary of the battle, June, 1900. The list comprised 189 names, including such as Burke, Callahan, Carroll, Cavenaugh, Connelly, Connor, Kelley, Leary, Lynch, Maguire, Mahoney, McCarthy, McCormack, McDonnell, McElroy, McGee, McGinnis, McGrath, McGuire, McLaughlin, McMahon, McMurphy, McNamara, Minihan, Mitchell, Moore, Murphy, Noonan, O’Brien, O’Connor, O’Neil, Roach, Rourke, Ryan, Scanlon, Shanahan, Shea, Sullivan, Tobin, Tracy, Welsh and the like. A few copies remain in the hands of the secretary.
(8.) The Journal of The American-Irish Historical Society. Vol. III. Boston, Mass., 1900.
The present work, of which 1,000 bound, and 100 unbound, copies are issued. Like Vols. I and II, a copy of this is sent to every member of the Society in good standing. Copies are also to be presented to public libraries, historical societies, college libraries and other educational institutions. The 100 unbound copies await the pleasure of the Society.