In addition to the foregoing, the following were also present. Residence is not given, but a majority are believed to be of New York city:
- A. Fred Brown.
- Thomas R. Hall.
- William H. Hume.
- Frederick T. Hume.
- John Connelly.
- James F. Minturn.
- John C. McGuire.
- John Kirkpatrick.
- William J. Farrell.
- T. S. Danahy.
- C. H. Conway.
- John P. Kelly.
- Wm. H. Kelly.
- A. B. Carlton.
- J. J. Gleason.
- F. C. O’Reilly.
- J. J. Clingen.
- George E. Kilgore.
- J. DeM. Thompson.
- J. F. Slevin.
- Charles Black.
- Owen J. Carney.
- Patrick C. Meehan.
- Theodore Meehan.
- M. D. Greene.
- Wm. J. Fanning.
- John McKean.
- R. W. Powell.
- John Callaghan.
- Austin Finnegan.
- George F. Crowley.
- P. A. Moynahan.
- Arthur B. Waring.
- F. C. Hodgdon.
- Richard Dixon.
- T. T. Tomlinson.
- G. B. Warriner.
- Thomas F. Glynn.
Upon the cigars being lighted, Gen. James R. O’Beirne, the presiding officer, arose and in a neat speech opened the after-dinner exercises.
He first introduced Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet of New York city, who read a paper on “Irish Emigration During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.”
Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord, N. H., followed with a paper on “Some Pre-Revolutionary Irishmen,” which was well received, and proved of much value and interest.
Rev. John J. McCoy of Chicopee, Mass., read an able paper on “The Irish Element in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers in the Recent War” (with Spain).
James Jeffrey Roche, editor of The Pilot, Boston, Mass., entertained the company with a paper touching upon the work of the Society, and was frequently applauded.
John Jerome Rooney of New York city recited a fine poem on “The Irish Name,” and elicited the plaudits of the company.
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston, Mass., the new president-general, delivered a stirring address relative to the Society’s mission.
Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., made a short address, urging the establishment of a fund to assist the organization in carrying on its work. He also read a letter from Jeremiah Curtin, the author, who was then visiting Russia.