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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
If you can arrange to supply these I shall be most grateful, both on behalf of the library and of the department of American history.
Very truly yours,
Walter K. Jewett,
Librarian.
From M. J. Jordan, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, Boston, Mass.:
42 Court Street, Boston, Mass., April 3, 1907.
My Dear Mr. Murray: I received this morning the Society’s Journal for 1906. I find it like its predecessors, of great interest. Its admirable arrangement, valuable information, completeness of detail, is not a small or ordinary tribute to the skill and untiring earnestness of its compiler. I consider in the present, as well as the future, such a work invaluable.
Very sincerely yours,
Michael J. Jordan.
From Patrick O’Loughlin, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, Boston, Mass.:
Boston, Mass., April 4, 1907.
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Esq.,
Secretary-General American-Irish Historical Society, Boston, Mass.
My Dear Mr. Murray: I have just received Volume VI of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, and have perused its contents with a great deal of interest.
No word of mine can convey the gratitude I personally feel for the disinterested and fruitful work of those, yourself among them, whose labors have succeeded in resurrecting so much information of value, tending to point out the importance of the work of the early Irish emigrants in the formative period of American history and institutions.
I pray the good work may be continued, to the end that our children, as Americans, may learn the truths of history rather than its vagaries and falsehoods. With great respect, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
P. O’Loughlin.
Appreciation briefly expressed:
John J. Slattery, President of the Todd-Donigan Iron Company, Louisville, Ky.: “I beg to acknowledge receipt of the sixth volume of the Society’s publications, which, like the preceding volumes, is full of interesting and instructive matter.”
From John Lavelle, Cleveland, O.: “I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the Society’s annual Journal, which I prize highly. A tithe of the information it contains is worth more than several annual dues. God bless our work.”
From the Rev. T. J. Finn, Port Chester, N. Y.: “The sixth volume of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society was received safely. You deserve the warmest congratulations on the interesting and instructive articles.”
From Maurice O’Meara, New York City: “I am in receipt of Volume VI of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society. I am very much pleased with it. It is very fine.”
From James L. O’Neill, Elizabeth, N. J.: “I have received the sixth volume of our Society’s Journal. It is rich in historical matters beyond my expectations.”
From Philip A. Curran, Waterbury, Conn.: “My Dear Friend: Please accept my sincere thanks for your kindness in sending me the new volume. It looks as interesting as its predecessors, and I hope to find time in the near future to read it through and through.”
From P. F. Magrath, Binghamton, N. Y.: “Volume VI of the Journal is a credit to the Society. It is very rich in historical information of a most valuable kind, all neatly arranged and ably presented by the various writers.”
From Capt. James Connolly, Coronado, Cal.: “The sixth volume of the Journal of the Society is a handsome book. The organization should be proud of it.”
From the Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, Mass.:
My Dear Sir: I wish to thank you for the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society kindly sent by the Society to the Plymouth Public Library.
Very truly yours,
Nellie Thomas,
Librarian.
April 24, 1907.
From the New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, La.:
April 17, 1907.
Dear Sir: The New Orleans Public Library has received from you a copy of the “Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society.” Please accept the thanks of the library for your kind donation.
Yours very truly,
Henry M. Gill,
Librarian.
From Henry Stoddard Ruggles, Wakefield, Mass., April 5, 1907.
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Esq., Secretary-General:
Dear Mr. Murray: I acknowledge with many thanks receipt, by your courtesy, of the latest volume of your Society’s Journal, filled with most valuable papers on many subjects, and exhibiting the same elegance of typography as its predecessors and the evidences of the careful proof-reading so essential in such works.
Yours very truly,
H. S. Ruggles.
From Dennis H. Tierney, Waterbury, Conn.:
My Dear Friend Murray: The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society for 1906, being Volume VI, is at hand, and it is replete with interesting narrative and historical facts which are worthy of the Society.
Fraternally yours,
D. H. Tierney.
From the Library of Congress, City of Washington, April 4, 1907:
Sir: In behalf of the joint committee of both houses of Congress on the library, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. 6, presented by the Society to the Library of Congress.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Herbert Putnam,
Librarian of Congress.
By H. H. B. Meyer,
Chief, Order Division.
To Mr. Thomas H. Murray, Secretary, Seaview, Mass.
From the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., May 18, 1907.
Dear Sir: Permit me, in behalf of the rector and the faculties of the Catholic University of America, to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a copy of the “Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society,” Vol. VI, which you have been so kind as to present to this library.
Yours very truly,
Wm. Turner,
Librarian.
From Francis I. McCanna, counsellor-at-law, Providence, R. I.:
My Dear Mr. Murray: I wish to acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of Volume VI, Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society. This volume is very interesting and a commendable production in every respect. I want to congratulate you upon this fine result of your meritorious work.
Very cordially yours,
Francis I. McCanna.
From the Riggs Memorial Library, Georgetown University:
On behalf of the University I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous gift: Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. VI, for which I am directed to return cordial thanks.
Yours with much esteem,
Henry J. Shandelle, S. J.,
Librarian.
Washington, D. C., April 6, 1907.