(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.