Dear Mrs. Murray: Accept my sincere condolences on the death of your dear husband, which I read in the New York Herald this morning with profound sorrow.
We have lost a noble and a true friend to the American Irish Historical Society. In looking back over the past it is consoling to think his life has been a most exemplary one. How much better would our communities be, if we had more such men as your husband. His good and simple life was a model for all. He was a man whose character was the soul of buoyancy and kindness.
With deep grief,
I remain respectfully,
James L. O’Neill.
220 Franklin Street.
Hartford, Conn., June 8, 1908.
Mr. Michael J. Jordan,
3 DeWolfe Street, Dorchester, Mass.
Dear Sir: Your telegram received, and I regret exceedingly that I was unable to reach Boston in time for Secretary Murray’s funeral.