In accordance with the instruction of the Executive Council the Secretary-General opened correspondence with Mr. William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to President Roosevelt, and the details of the reception were promptly arranged.
President-General Quinlan thereupon appointed a Reception Committee to officiate at the White House and afterwards be on duty at the Society’s headquarters in Washington, and a Dinner Committee to arrange all the details of the annual banquet.
The appointees on these committees appear in the circular letter which follows.
The Dinner Committee carefully looked over the available places in Washington suitable for the annual banquet, and decided upon the Hotel Raleigh as most desirable, not only for this purpose but also for the headquarters of the Society.
Mr. Thomas J. Talty, the manager of the Hotel Raleigh, extended the Committee every courtesy and made their work in the Society’s behalf easy and pleasant.
HON. EDWARD J. McGUIRE. LL. B.,
New York City.
Member of the Executive Council.
As soon as all necessary details were completed, the following circular letter to members was issued:
AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Program for Annual Meeting, Reception to the Society by the President of the United States, and Annual Banquet at Washington, D. C., January 16, 1909.