Chapter VII: Part 7

1897. May 15. First meeting of the Executive Council of the Society
held in Boston, Mass. Present: Thomas J. Gargan,
Boston; John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.; Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Lawrence, Mass.; Joseph Smith,
Lowell, Mass.; James Jeffrey Roche, Boston, Mass., and
Thomas B. Lawler, Worcester, Mass. Mr. Gargan
presided.

1897. May 15. At this first meeting of the Council, Edward A.
Moseley, of Washington, D. C., was chosen
president-general of the Society, to fill the
unexpired term of the late Admiral Meade. Mr. Moseley
is secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, D. C. He was born in 1846, at Newburyport,
Mass. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars,
a member of the Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution, a member of the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, a member of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association (his great-grandfather fought in the
battle as captain in General Putnam’s brigade from
Connecticut); has received the thanks of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts “for distinguished
services in the cause of humanity”; is the
great-great-grandson of Col. Jonathan Buck;
great-grandson of Col. Ebenezer Buck; also claims
descent from Col. William Gilmore of New Hampshire,
formerly of Coleraine, Ireland—all Revolutionary
heroes.

1897. May 24. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city, becomes a life
member of the Society.

1897. June. Among the cities officially visited this month by the
secretary-general was Lynn, Mass., where special
courtesies were extended him by Daniel Donovan and
Capt. P. S. Curry, both of that place.

1897. June 6. Secretary-General Murray addresses a meeting at
Portland, Me., in behalf of the Society. James
Cunningham of Portland presides.

1897. June 14. President-General Moseley writes to James Cunningham
of Portland, Me., thanking the latter for his interest
in getting up the meeting in that city on the 6th
inst.

1897. June 14. Prof. Maurice Francis Egan of the Catholic University,
Washington, D. C., becomes a member of the Society.

1897. June 24. John R. Alley of Boston, Mass., forwards check for
$50. Life membership fee.

1897. June 30. Second meeting of the Council of the Society. Held in
the Parker House, Boston, Mass. James Jeffrey Roche of
Boston presided. Treasurer-General Linehan was
authorized to make arrangements for the first annual
field day of the Society, the same to be held at
Newcastle, N. H.

1897. July. The secretary-general visited Peabody and Salem,
Mass., this month, being assisted in obtaining members
there by Thomas Carroll of the former place.

1897. July 20. Capt. John Drum, Tenth U. S. Infantry, admitted to
membership.

1897. July 28. Third meeting of the Council of the Society. Held at
Salisbury Beach, Mass. President-General Moseley
occupied the chair. Mr. Moseley had earlier in the day
entertained the Council at lunch in the Wolfe Tavern,
Newburyport, Mass.

1897. Aug. 4. Death of Henry V. Donovan, M. D., Lawrence, Mass., a
member of the Society and a graduate of Harvard
University.

1897. Aug. 30. Rear Admiral Belknap, U. S. N. (retired), writes from
Newport, R. I., regretting his inability to be present
at the meeting to be held in Pawtucket, R. I., on the
1st prox.

1897. September. An article descriptive of the Society’s purposes
appears in the current issue of the _Granite Monthly_,
Concord, N. H. It is from the pen of Treasurer-General
Linehan.

1897. Sept. 1. Fourth meeting of the Council takes place at the
Benedict House, Pawtucket, R. I. James Jeffrey Roche
of Boston, Mass., presided. Secretary-General Murray
read extracts from old Rhode Island documents
containing mention of early Irish settlers.

1897. Sept. 1. The Council was entertained at a banquet this evening
by the Rhode Island members of the Society. The event
took place at the Benedict House, Pawtucket. Hon. Hugh
J. Carroll, ex-mayor of the city, presided.
Secretary-General Murray, then a resident of
Pawtucket, delivered an address of welcome.

1897. Sept. 18. Fifth meeting of the Council. Held in the Parker
House, Boston, Mass. James Jeffrey Roche, of Boston,
presides. A gift to the library of the Society from
Gen. St. Clair A. Mulholland, Philadelphia, Pa., is
announced. It comprises a copy of the “History of the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian
Society,” of that city.

1897. Sept. 21. Hon. John C. Linehan, treasurer-general of the
Society, presents the library a copy of the “Addresses
at the Dedication of the Monument Erected to the
Memory of Matthew Thornton at Merrimack, N. H.,
September 29, 1892.”

1897. Sept. 24. William McConway, Pittsburg, Pa., writes to
President-General Moseley, enclosing life membership
fee.

1897. Sept. 28. Edward Fitzpatrick, a member of the organization,
contributes an article to the _Louisville_ (Ky.)
_Times_, on “Irish Settlers in Louisville and
Vicinity.”

1897. Sept. 28. Hon. Joseph T. Lawless, secretary of state of
Virginia, writes a cordial letter, and desires to be
admitted to membership.

1897. Oct. 7. Death of Gen. John Cochrane, a member of the Society,
New York city.

1897. Oct. 23. Hon. Elisha Dyer, governor of Rhode Island, writes
accepting an invitation extended him to join the
Society.

1897. Oct. 23. Death of Laurence J. Smith, Lowell, Mass., a member of
the Society.

1897. Nov. 10. Governor Dyer of Rhode Island writes, regretting that
he will be unable to attend the meeting of the Society
on the 16th.

1897. Nov. 10. E. Benjamin Andrews, D. D., LL. D., president of Brown
University, sends a letter in which he cordially
expresses his appreciation of the purposes of the
Society. On another occasion he writes of the
organization: “I wish it success with all my heart.”

1897. Nov. 15. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York city, in
session this evening, send fraternal greetings to the
Society, the bearer thereof being Thomas B. Lawler,
the Society’s librarian and archivist.

1897. Nov. 16. The third meeting of the Society was held this evening
in Young’s Hotel, Boston, Mass. Gen. James R.
O’Beirne, New York, presided at the business session,
and Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, at the banquet
immediately following.

1897. Nov. 16. At this meeting an address was delivered by John
Mackinnon Robertson, of London, England, author of
“The Saxon and the Celt.” Dennis Harvey Sheahan,
ex-clerk of the Rhode Island house of representatives,
read an interesting paper.

1897. Dec. 7. Secretary-General Murray addressed the Churchmen’s
Club of Rhode Island, at Providence, on “Five Colonial
Rhode Islanders.” Mr. Justice Stiness of the Rhode
Island Supreme Court presided. The five treated by Mr.
Murray were all of Irish birth or extraction.

1897. Dec. 11. Sixth meeting of the Council of the Society is held in
the Parker House, Boston, Mass. Thomas J. Gargan, of
Boston, presides. It is voted to prepare for
publication, and publish, the first volume of the
Journal of the Society’s Proceedings. The volume thus
authorized was issued some months later. There is
received from Dr. J. C. O’Connell, Washington, D. C.,
a copy of his work on “The Irish in the Revolution and
in the Civil War.”

1897. Dec. 18. Death of Hon. Owen A. Galvin, a member of the Society,
Boston, Mass.

1898. Jan. 14. Joseph F. Swords, of Hartford, the Society’s state
vice-president for Connecticut at this time,
contributes a letter to the Boston _Pilot_ treating of
the origin of the family name Swords in Ireland.

1898. Jan. 25. Death of Hon. Charles B. Gafney, a member of the
Society, Rochester, N. H.

1898. Jan. 29. Seventh meeting of the Council of the Society. Held in
the Parker House, Boston, Mass., Thomas J. Gargan,
presiding. It was decided to hold the annual meeting
and banquet of the Society at the Hotel San Remo, New
York city, on the evening of the 17th prox.

1898. Feb. 7. Hon. Thomas M. Waller, ex-governor of Connecticut,
qualifies as a member of the Society.

1898. Feb. 17. Eighth meeting of the Council, held at the Hotel San
Remo, New York city, Thomas J. Gargan, of Boston,
presiding.

1898. Feb. 17. Annual meeting of the Society at the San Remo, New
York city, following the meeting of the Council. Gen.
James R. O’Beirne, of New York, presides. Edward A.
Moseley, Washington D. C., is reëlected
president-general.

1898. Feb. 17. Annual banquet of the Society at the San Remo,
immediately following the annual meeting. General
O’Beirne also presided at the banquet. Resolutions of
sorrow adopted on the loss of the U. S. battleship
_Maine_, in Havana harbor, and copies of the
resolutions ordered transmitted to the president of
the United States, and to the secretary of the navy.

1898. Feb. 17. At this annual banquet, Joseph Smith, of Lowell,
Mass., a member of the Council of the Society,
contributed a paper on “Some Ways in which American
History is falsified.” Addresses were delivered by
Hon. Thomas Dunn English, of Newark, N. J.; Dr. Thomas
Addis Emmet, New York city; Judge Wauhope Lynn, New
York city, and other gentlemen.

1898. Feb. 18. Hon. John D. Crimmins, of New York city, gives a
reception to the Society and entertains the latter at
lunch at his residence, 40 East 68th street.

1898. Feb. 24. John Goodwin, New York city, forwards check for $50 in
payment of life membership fee.

1898. Feb. 25. The navy department, Washington, D. C., acknowledges
receipt of the resolutions of condolence on the loss
of the battleship _Maine_, adopted by the Society on
the 17th instant, and returns thanks “in the name of
the officers and men of the navy.”

1898. March 3. Hon. Robert T. Davis, Fall River, Mass., ex-mayor of
Fall River, and ex-member of congress, becomes a
member of the Society.

1898. March 5. Andrew Athy, Worcester, Mass., joins the Society as a
life member.

1898. March 13. Edward Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., a member of the
Society, contributes an article to the _Louisville_
(Ky.) _Courier-Journal_, on “The Lost State of Clark.”
He mentions Thomas Connolly, who was a fifer in
Clark’s regiment.

1898. March 14. Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, mayor of Newport, R. I.,
admitted to the Society.

1898. March 17. Secretary-General Murray and Treasurer-General Linehan
are guests at a banquet of the Irish Society of
Lowell, Mass. Joseph Smith of that city presides.

1898. March 27. Thomas J. Gargan, of the Society’s Council, and Thomas
Hamilton Murray, secretary-general of the Society,
contribute to a symposium in the _Boston Sunday Globe_
on the subject of an Anglo-American alliance. Both
oppose the idea.

1898. April 18. President Andrews of Brown University writes,
accepting invitation to attend the meeting in
Providence, R. I., on the 21st instant.

1898. April 19. Letter written by Harvey Wheeler, chairman of the
selectmen of historic Concord, Mass., sending hearty
greetings to the participants in the meeting under the
auspices of the Society on the 21st instant.

1898. April 20. Hon. John H. Stiness, a justice of the Rhode Island
supreme court, sends regrets that he cannot attend the
meeting on the 21st instant.

1898. April 21. Ninth meeting of the Society’s Council is held at the
Narragansett Hotel, Providence, R. I. Letter read from
Hon. Eli Thayer, Worcester, Mass.

1898. April 21. In the evening, following this Council meeting, a
reception and banquet was given the Council by the
Rhode Island members of the Society, at the
Narragansett, Providence. Dennis Harvey Sheahan, of
Providence, presided.

1898. April 21. The post-prandial exercises at this banquet included a
paper by Thomas Hamilton Murray, the
secretary-general, on “Matthew Watson, an Irish
Settler of Barrington, R. I., 1722.” There were
addresses by President Andrews of Brown University;
Prof. Alonzo Williams of Brown; Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H.; Rev. Arthur J. Teeling, Lynn, Mass.;
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.; Capt. E. O’Meagher
Condon, New York city; James Jeffrey Roche and Thomas
J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., and other gentlemen.

1898. April 21. Prof. William M. Sloane of Columbia University, New
York, admitted to membership.

1898. April 28. James G. Hickey, manager of the United States Hotel,
Boston, Mass., becomes a life member of the Society.

1898. May 15. Death of Andrew Athy, Worcester, Mass., a life member.

1898. May 15. Secretary-General Murray addressed a meeting at
Bangor, Me., in the interests of the Society. William
F. Curran, of Bangor, presided.

1898. May 21. Secretary Murray visits Springfield, Mass., to enlarge
the Society’s membership, and receives valuable
assistance from Edward A. Hall and Dr. Philip Kilroy,
both of that city.

1898. June. Secretary Murray this month visited Portsmouth and
Dover, N. H.; New Haven, Conn.; New Bedford and
Holyoke, Mass. Special courtesies were shown him at
Portsmouth by John Griffin; at Dover, by John A. Hoye;
and at New Bedford by Edmund O’Keefe and Rev. James F.
Clark.

1898. June 3. Edward Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., contributes an
article to _The Times_ of that city on “Early Irish
Settlers in Kentucky.”

1898. June 21. Death of John R. Alley, Boston, Mass., a life member
of the Society.

1898. June 22. The secretary-general addresses a meeting at Chicopee,
Mass., Rev. John J. McCoy, of Chicopee, presiding.

1898. June 25. Death of Joseph H. Fay, M. D., Fall River, Mass., a
member of the Society and graduate of the University
of Vermont.

1898. June 30. First field day of the Society. Held at Newcastle, N.
H., with headquarters at the Hotel Wentworth. The
exercises in the evening were presided over by Hon.
John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H. Bernard Corr, of
Boston, Mass., read a paper on “The Ancestors of Gen.
John Sullivan.” Addresses were delivered by Mayor
Tilton, of Portsmouth, N. H.; Dr. William D. Collins,
Haverhill, Mass.; John F. Doyle, New York city; James
F. Brennan, Peterborough, N. H.; William J. Kelly,
Kittery, Me.; Dr. W. H. A. Lyons, Portsmouth, N. H.;
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.; Capt. E. O’Meagher
Condon, New York city; James Jeffrey Roche, Boston,
Mass.; Charles H. Clary, Hallowell, Me.; John Griffin,
Portsmouth, N. H.; James H. McGlinchy, Portland, Me.;
Secretary Murray and other gentlemen.

1898. June 30. Charles H. Clary, of Hallowell, Me., who is here
mentioned as making an address this evening, is a
descendant of “John Clary of Newcastle, province of
New Hampshire, who was published to Jane Mahoney of
Georgetown, Me., 1750.” John settled in Georgetown
presumably about the time of his marriage. Four
children were born before 1760.

1898. June 30. A communication from President-General Moseley was
read at the exercises this evening by the
secretary-general. Mr. Moseley called attention to the
fact that Hon. John D. Long, secretary of the navy,
had consented to name one of the new torpedo-boats,
soon to be constructed, the _O’Brien_, and to name two
of the new torpedo-boat destroyers, respectively,
_Barry_ and _Macdonough_, these names to perpetuate
the fame of three American patriots of Irish blood.
The meeting adopted a vote of thanks to Secretary
Long.

1898. June 30. Secretary-General Murray, this evening, called
attention to the fact that on Sept. 10 would occur the
anniversary of the battle of Lake Erie when Commodore
Perry, the son of an Irish mother, administered such a
thorough defeat to the British. It was suggested that
the anniversary be duly observed by the Society.
Referred to the Council. The secretary-general also
suggested that the anniversary of the surrender of the
British General, Burgoyne, Oct. 17, and that of the
surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Oct. 19, be celebrated
by a public meeting in Boston or New York. Referred to
the Council.

1898. July. During this month Mr. Murray, the secretary-general,
visited Lewiston, Augusta, Hallowell, and Gardiner,
Me., in the interests of the Society, being greatly
assisted in the three latter places by Thomas J.
Lynch, a prominent lawyer of Augusta. Mr. Murray also
visited Biddeford, Me., where he addressed a meeting,
specially called, and presided over by Cornelius
Horigan, of that city. He was also materially assisted
by Rev. T. P. Linehan, of Biddeford. Secretary Murray
likewise visited, this month, Manchester, N. H., and
was introduced to prominent people there by Michael
O’Dowd, of Manchester. The object of the
secretary-general’s visit to these places was to
explain the purposes of the organization and to obtain
additional members for the latter.

1898. July 1. Capt. John Drum, Tenth United States Infantry, a
member of the Society, killed in battle before
Santiago de Cuba.

1898. July 25‒26. Secretary-General Murray visits Nashua, N. H., and
while there addresses a gathering of several gentlemen
invited to meet him. Dr. T. A. McCarthy, of Nashua,
presides.

1898. August. The Society issued this month a pamphlet entitled:
“Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies,
1640‒1775, with a Continuation of the Subject During
and After the War of the Revolution.” The authors are
Hon. John C. Linehan, the Society’s treasurer-general,
and Thomas Hamilton Murray, the secretary. An edition
of 2,000 copies was printed.

1898. Aug. 4. Secretary Murray addressed a meeting at Rutland, Vt.,
T. W. Maloney, a leading lawyer of that city,
presiding. During his stay in Rutland, Mr. Murray also
received valuable assistance from John D. Hanrahan, M.
D., of that city.

1898. Aug. 18. Tenth meeting of the Council of the Society. It was
held in the Parker House, Boston, Mass.
President-General Moseley occupied the chair. A minute
was adopted on the death of Capt. John Drum, Tenth
United States Infantry. Capt. Drum’s son, John D., of
Boston, was elected to membership in the Society.

1898. Aug. 25. Death of City Marshal John E. Conner, of Chicopee,
Mass., a member of the Society.

1898. Aug. 30, 31; Sept. 1. Secretary Murray visits Waterbury, Conn., and obtains
several new members for the Society. He receives
courtesies from Dr. J. F. Hayes and other gentlemen of
that city.

1898. September. The Society issued this month a pamphlet on “The
‘Scotch-Irish’ Shibboleth Analyzed and Rejected; with
Some Reference to the Present ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Comedy.”
The author is Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass. An edition
of 1,500 copies was printed.

1898. Sept. 3. Obsequies in Boston, Mass., of Capt. John Drum, Tenth
U. S. Infantry, his body having been brought home from
Cuba. James Jeffrey Roche, of Boston, represented the
Society as a pall bearer. The organization contributed
a floral offering.

1898. Sept. 23. Death at Newport, R. I., of Rev. Philip Grace, D. D.,
a member of the Society.

1898. October. Secretary-General Murray visited this month, among
other places, Philadelphia, Pa., and was assisted in
his work there by Hugh McCaffrey of that city, a life
member of the Society.

1898. Oct. 21. Henry Collins Walsh, a descendant of Gen. Stephen
Moylan of the Revolution, becomes a member of the
Society.

1898. Nov. 11. James Whitcomb Riley, the “Hoosier Poet,”
Indianapolis, Ind., admitted to membership.

1898. Nov. 14, 15, 16. Secretary-General Murray visits Albany, N. Y., in the
interests of the organization.

1898. December. Death of Capt. John M. Tobin at Knoxville, Penn., a
member of the Society. He was a veteran of the Civil
War, and in the war with Spain had been a
quartermaster in the First Brigade, Second Division,
First Army Corps.

1898. Dec. 3. Eleventh meeting of the Council. Held in the Parker
House, Boston, Mass., Thomas J. Gargan, of Boston,
presiding. Committees were appointed to take
appropriate action on the death of City Marshal John
E. Conner, of Chicopee, Mass., and on that of Rev.
Philip Grace, D. D., Newport, R. I.

1899. Jan. 14. Gen. George Bell, U. S. A. (retired), Washington, D.
C., is admitted to membership.

1899. Jan. 19. Twelfth meeting of the Council of the Society. Held at
Sherry’s, 44th street and Fifth avenue, New York city.
Thomas J. Gargan, of Boston, Mass., presided. Among
the members of the Council present were Hon. John D.
Crimmins, New York; Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.; James
Jeffrey Roche, Boston, Mass.; Francis C. Travers, New
York; Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.; Thomas B.
Lawler, New York, and Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Woonsocket, R. I.

1899. Jan. 19. Annual meeting of the Society held at Sherry’s, New
York city, immediately following the meeting of the
Council. Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York, in the
absence of the president-general, presided. Thomas J.
Gargan of Boston was chosen president-general of the
Society for the ensuing year; Hon. John D. Crimmins,
New York, was chosen vice-president-general; Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Woonsocket, R. I., was reëlected
secretary-general; Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N.
H., was reëlected treasurer-general; Thomas B. Lawler,
New York, was reëlected librarian and archivist.

1899. Jan. 19. The annual banquet of the Society was held at
Sherry’s, New York, immediately after the annual
meeting. Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York, presided.
The attendance numbered about 175 gentlemen, many
cities and states being represented. The post-prandial
exercises included the reading of four original
papers, viz.: By Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York, a
paper on “Irish Emigration During the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”; by Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., a paper on “Some Pre-Revolutionary
Irishmen”; by Rev. John J. McCoy, P. R., Chicopee,
Mass., a paper on “The Irish Element in the Second
Massachusetts Volunteers in the Recent War” (with
Spain); by James Jeffrey Roche, Boston, Mass., a paper
on the general lines of the Society’s work. There were
also several addresses.

1899. Jan. 20. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York state,
gives a reception to the members of the Society at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Cowles, Madison avenue,
New York city. He is assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Cowles, and the members are presented by Gen. James R.
O’Beirne, state vice-president of the Society for New
York. Governor Roosevelt delivers an address.
Following the reception, lunch is served.

1899. Jan. 20. Subsequent to the reception by Governor Roosevelt, the
members are received by Hon. John D. Crimmins,
vice-president-general of the Society, at his New York
residence, 40 East 68th street.

1899. Feb. 9. Rev. Richard Henebry, Ph. D., professor of Keltic
languages and literature, Catholic University,
Washington, D. C., admitted to the Society.

1899. Feb. 15. James McGovern, New York city, admitted to life
membership.

1899. Feb. 19. John J. Lenehan, New York city, admitted to life
membership.

1899. March. A work is issued this month on “The Irish Washingtons
at Home and Abroad, Together with some mention of the
Ancestry of the American Pater Patriæ.” The authors
are Thomas Hamilton Murray, secretary-general of the
Society, and George Washington, of Dublin, Ireland.
The work is dedicated to the Society.

1899. March 9. Myles Tierney, New York city, enrolled as a life
member of the organization.

1899. March 16. Communication written by Rev. William L. Ledwith, D.
D., librarian of the Presbyterian Historical Society,
Philadelphia, Pa., asking for information relative to
the American-Irish Historical Society. He concludes:
“The lines on which your Society and ours are working
must often meet.”

1899. March 19. Death of Hon. Patrick Walsh, mayor of Augusta, Ga.,
ex-United States senator, and member of the Society.

1899. March 30. Maj. William H. Donovan of the Ninth Massachusetts is
commissioned colonel of the regiment. He was one of
the majors of the command in the war with Spain, and
participated in the gallant work of the regiment on
Cuban soil. Colonel Donovan is one of our members in
Lawrence, Mass.

1899. March 31. Death at Boston, Mass., of Col. Patrick T. Hanley, a
veteran of the Civil War, and member of the Society.

1899. April 9. Death of Hon. John H. Sullivan, East Boston, Mass., a
member of the Society.

1899. April 11. The selectmen and town clerk of Lexington, Mass.,
express regrets that they will not be able to attend
the meeting at Providence, R. I., on the 19th inst.
Their letter bears the official seal of the town.

1899. April 13. E. Benjamin Andrews, superintendent of public schools,
Chicago, Ill., writes expressing his regret that he
cannot attend the meeting on the 19th inst.

1899. April 15. Death of Hon. Eli Thayer, Worcester, Mass., a member
of the organization.

1899. April 16. Death of William F. Cummings, M. D., Rutland, Vt., a
graduate of the University of Vermont, and member of
the Society.

1899. April 19. The thirteenth meeting of the Society’s Council is
held in the Narragansett Hotel, Providence, R. I., on
this, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington
(1775). Thomas J. Gargan, president-general of the
Society, occupies the chair. Stephen J. Richardson,
New York city, is introduced, and explains the plan
and scope of a projected “Encyclopædia Hibernica.” The
Council approves the work. It is voted that the annual
field day of the Society, this year, be held at
Elizabeth, N. J., on the occasion of the launching of
the U. S. torpedo-boat _O’Brien_.

1899. April 19. Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city,
vice-president-general of the Society, at this meeting
of the Council personally subscribes five hundred
dollars for the general purposes of the organization.
This is the largest individual gift the Society has
thus far received.

1899. April 19. Lieut. Martin L. Crimmins, 18th U. S. Infantry, is
admitted to membership. Lieutenant Crimmins is at this
date with his regiment in the Philippines. He is a son
of Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city.

1899. April 19. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., and Stephen J.
Geoghegan, New York city, request to be recorded as
life members.

1899. April 19. Following the meeting of the Council the members
thereof are received and banqueted at the
Narragansett, in Providence, by the Rhode Island
members of the Society. M. J. Harson, of Providence,
presides. Addresses are made by President-General
Gargan, Vice-President-General Crimmins,
Treasurer-General Linehan; Thomas F. O’Malley,
Somerville, Mass.; Rev. S. Banks Nelson
(Presbyterian), Woonsocket, R. I.; Rev. Frank L.
Phalen (Unitarian), Concord, N. H.; Capt. E. O’Meagher
Condon, New York city, and Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.

1899. April 20. Miss Annetta O’Brien Walker, Portland, Me., writes to
President-General Gargan, with reference to the
forthcoming launching of the torpedo-boat _O’Brien_.
She is a great-grandaughter of Capt. O’Brien, brother
to the patriot in whose honor the boat is named. Miss
Walker desires to be present at the launching.

1899. April 29. Death of Joseph J. Kelley, East Cambridge, Mass., a
member of the Society.

1899. May 8. William Gorman, Philadelphia, Pa., enrolled as a life
member.

1899. May 17. Order issued by the war department to Major William
Quinton, 14th U. S. Infantry, a member of the Society,
to proceed from Boston to San Francisco, and thence to
Manila, for service in the Philippines.

1899. May 19. Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York city, subscribes one
hundred dollars for the publication fund of the
Society.

1899. May 27. Lewis Nixon, builder of the U. S. torpedo-boat
_O’Brien_, writes from the Crescent shipyard,
Elizabeth, N. J., that: “The uncertainty as to the
delivery of certain forgings, making in Pennsylvania
for the _O’Brien_, renders it impossible, at this
time, for me to give you even an approximate date for
the launching. I am endeavoring to get some
information in this matter, and just as soon as I
receive it I shall communicate with you.” Mr. Nixon
states that he takes pride in the fact that he is
“building the _O’Brien_, which is a name honorably and
valorously associated with the early history of our
navy.”

1899. May 30. Secretary-General Murray attends a preliminary meeting
held in Boston, Mass., to form a Franco-American
Historical Society, and makes an address expressing
good wishes on behalf of the American-Irish Historical
body.

1899. July. Announcement is made that a member of the Society,
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, Philadelphia, Pa., has
written a novel entitled, “For the Freedom of the
Sea,” the same being a romance of the War of 1812.

1899. July 22. Death of William Slattery, a member of the Society;
associate justice of the police court, Holyoke, Mass.;
graduate of Harvard University.

1899. Aug. 2. Rev. Frank L. Phalen, of the Society, is commissioned
chaplain of the Second Regiment of Infantry
(Massachusetts).

1899. Aug. 6. Death of Rev. George W. Pepper, D. D., Cleveland, O.,
vice-president of the Society for that state.

1899. Aug. 18. The librarian of the University of Washington,
Seattle, Wash., requests for the institution copies of
the reports and other publications of the Society. He
says: “We are very anxious to obtain these, and will
gladly pay all transportation.”

1899. Aug. 20. Death of Rev. Denis Scannell, rector of St. Anne’s
church, Worcester, Mass., a member of the Society.

1899. Aug. 29. Fourteenth meeting of the Council. Place: Aquidneck
House, Newport, R. I. Hon. John C. Linehan, of
Concord, N. H., presides. This is the anniversary of
the battle of Rhode Island, 1778, in which the
American forces were commanded by Gen. John Sullivan.

1899. Aug. 29. Suggestion made at this Council meeting, and favorably
considered, that the Society erect a bronze tablet to
the memory of soldiers of Irish birth or lineage who
were at the battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, fighting in
behalf of American liberty. A committe is appointed to
further consider the matter.

1899. Aug. 29. This evening, subsequent to the Council meeting,
dinner was partaken of at the Aquidneck by some 25
gentlemen including members of the Society and
prominent citizens of Newport who had been invited to
be present. The post-prandial exercises were presided
over by Hon. Charles E. Gorman of Providence, R. I.
Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, mayor of Newport, R. I.,
delivered an address of welcome, as a member of the
Society and as mayor of the city. The paper of the
evening was by Thomas Hamilton Murray,
secretary-general of the Society, on “The Battle of
Rhode Island, 1778.” Addresses were made by Hon. John
C. Linehan, treasurer-general of the Society; by Rev.
L. J. Deady of Newport, R. I.; by Dennis H. Tierney of
Waterbury, Conn.; by P. J. McCarthy of Providence, R.
I., and by J. Stacy Brown, city solicitor of Newport.
An original letter written by Gen. John Sullivan in
1778, was read and exhibited.

1899. Sept. 9. In answer to an inquiry on behalf of the Society, the
United States navy department replies, giving
information as to the percentage of completion
attained by the torpedo-boats _Blakeley_ and _O’Brien_
and the torpedo-boat destroyers _Barry_ and
_Macdonough_.

1899. Oct. 2. J. F. Hayes, M. D., the Society’s state vice-president
for Connecticut, is reëlected to the Waterbury, Conn.,
board of education.

1899. October. Reitz, secretary of state for the Transvaal, announces
the appointment of Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York
city, as commissioner extraordinary to represent the
Transvaal’s interests in the United States. General
O’Beirne is our Society’s state vice-president for New
York.

1899. Oct. 7. Fifteenth meeting of the Council of the Society is
held in Boston, Mass. President-General Gargan
occupies the chair. There are also present Messrs.
Linehan, Smith, Murray, and Roche. It is voted to
invite Sir Thomas Lipton, owner of the yacht
_Shamrock_, to be a guest of the Society on such date
as may suit his convenience. A letter is received from
Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city, proposing Hon.
Thomas H. Carter, United States senator from Montana,
and Thomas J. Cummins, of New York city, for
membership in the Society. Both gentlemen are
admitted.

1899. Oct. 11. Sir Thomas Lipton, owner of the yacht _Shamrock_,
challenger for the America’s cup, writes to
Secretary-General Murray, cordially acknowledging the
invitation to be a guest of the Society. Sir Thomas’
letter is dated “Steam Yacht _Erin_, Sandy Hook.” He
says: “Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to
avail myself of their [the members’] hospitality but
under the present uncertain conditions of weather it
is doubtful when the contest will be finished, which
renders it impossible for me, meantime, to make any
arrangements of the nature you are good enough to
suggest.”

1899. Oct. 12. Letter received stating that James F. Brennan,
Peterborough, N. H., has recently been appointed by
the governor and council of New Hampshire to be a
member of the board of state library commissioners.
Mr. Brennan is our Society’s vice-president for New
Hampshire.

1899. Nov. 7. Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, of the Society, is elected
mayor of Newport, R. I., for the sixth consecutive
time.

1899. Nov. 15. Reception and banquet at the Bellevue, Beacon street,
Boston, Mass., under the auspices of the Society.
President-General Gargan presided. Among the guests
was William Ludwig, the Irish baritone. The paper of
the evening was by Michael E. Hennessy of the Boston
_Daily Globe_, his topic being, “Men of Irish Blood
Who Have Attained Distinction in American Journalism.”

1889. Nov. 17. Letter received from Col. James Armstrong, Charleston,
S. C. Colonel Armstrong is an editor on the Charleston
_News and Courier_; harbor master of the port. He
served on the staff of Governor Wade Hampton, and is
of Irish parentage.

1899. Nov. 20. Hon. Patrick A. Collins, a member of the Society, is
nominated for mayor of Boston, Mass., by the
Democratic convention. He is an ex-member of congress
and ex-United States consul-general to London,
England.

1899. Nov. 20. President-General Gargan delivered an address before
the Charitable Irish Society in Boston, Mass., this
evening. His subject was, “Naval Heroes of the
Revolutionary War.” In the course of his address he
paid a tribute to the patriotic O’Briens of Machias,
Me., who bravely figured in that struggle.

1899. Nov. 21. Letter received from Henry E. Reed, Portland, Ore.,
state vice-president of the Society for Oregon. He
regrets that he has not been able to give more
attention to the Society, but his duties for the past
two years having taken him up and down the Pacific
coast from Alaska to the Mexican boundary, he has been
pressed for time. However, he has interested a number
of Oregon people in the Society, and requests to be
supplied with membership application blanks.

1899. Nov. 26. Dr. Stephen J. Maher, of New Haven, Conn., a member of
the Society, presided at a public reception in the
Hyperion, that city, to Lord Mayor Tallon of Dublin,
and Hon. John E. Redmond, M. P. Col. John G. Healy,
another member of the Society, opened the exercises.

1899. Nov. 27. An official declaration in behalf of the Society is
issued in Boston to-night, endorsing the project to
bring the remains of John Paul Jones back to this
country from France, where he died in 1799.

1899. Nov. 28. The _News and Courier_, Charleston, S. C., contains an
editorial to-day, speaking highly of the Society and
its work.

1899. Nov. 29. Death of Edmund Phelan, a member of the Society, at
his home, 32 Adams street, Roxbury (Boston), Mass.

1899. Dec. 2. Col. James Gadsden Holmes, Charleston, S. C., presents
the Society a copy of the “History of the Calhoun
Monument” in that city. This monument was erected in
honor of Hon. John C. Calhoun, whose father was an
Irishman by birth, and was dedicated April 26, 1887.

1899. Dec. 7. Henry Stoddard Ruggles, of Wakefield, Mass., calls the
Society’s attention to a work recently published by
the Massachusetts chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution. It is entitled, “Honor Roll of
Massachusetts Patriots, Heretofore Unknown; being a
List of Men and Women who Loaned Money to the Federal
Government, 1777‒1779.” Among the names in this list
are Daniel McCarthy, Dennis Tracy, Patrick Wade, and
Daniel Ryan.

1899. Dec. 12. Hon. Jeremiah Crowley, of the Society, is reëlected
mayor of Lowell, Mass.

1899. Dec. 13. Thomas Carroll of Peabody, Mass., a member of the
Society, delivers an historical address at the
twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of St. John’s
Catholic parish in Peabody.

1899. Dec. 19. Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville, Mass., a member of the
Society, delivers an historical lecture on “The
Colonial Irish” before the St. Peter’s Catholic
Association, Cambridge, Mass.

1899. Dec. 30. The _Boston Pilot_ of this date contains an article
from Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass., of the Society, on
“The Irish Brigade of Rochambeau’s Army,” giving an
account of its services in behalf of American
independence.

For continuation of this chronology, through the year 1900, see pages 8 to 18 of the present volume.

NECROLOGY OF THE SOCIETY.

The following members of the Society died during the year 1900:

Hon. Andrew J. White.

Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 5, 1845; was appointed police justice, New York city, in 1881, by Mayor Grace; resigned in 1893 to accept the appointment of dock commissioner from Mayor Gilroy; was a member of the Manhattan and Democratic Clubs and of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; admitted to the Society Jan. 19, 1899; died Jan. 23, 1900, in New York city.

Hon. William F. Reddy.

Born in Waterford, Ireland; was educated in private schools in Ireland and England, and graduated at St. John’s University, Waterford. He came directly from Ireland to Richmond, Va., and prepared himself there and at the University of Virginia for the practice of law. Attained distinction at the bar; was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1895 and 1897; was placed on important committees, including Courts of Justice, Counties, Cities and Towns, and Officers and Offices at the Capitol; was at one time a member of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues; died in Richmond, Jan. 24, 1900, aged thirty-six years.

Rev. Michael Gilligan.

Born in Sligo, Ireland, Dec. 26, 1845; came to America with his parents in 1847. The family settled in Salem, Mass. Michael, the subject of this sketch, attended school there, subsequently entering St. Charles College, Ellicott City, Md., and St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, being ordained to the Catholic priesthood at the latter institution. In November, 1886, he assumed charge of St. Joseph’s church, Medford, Mass., and continued as rector until his death. He died Feb. 18, 1900, at Norfolk, Va.

Eugene T. McCarthy.

Born in Peabody, Mass., Dec. 4, 1859; was graduated A. B. from Bowdoin College, 1882; admitted to the Massachusetts bar, 1884; formed a partnership with Henry H. Hurlburt, a prominent lawyer, at Lynn, Mass., 1892; enjoyed a large and lucrative practice; died in Lynn, May 26, 1900.

William H. O’Hearn, M. D.

Born in Lawrence, Mass., about thirty years ago; was graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1891; was also an alumnus of Bellevue Hospital Medical College; died in his native city June 4, 1900.

Daniel B. Kelley.

Born in Newburyport, Mass.; was graduated from Niagara College and the Yale Law School; opened a law office in Haverhill, Mass., and acquired an extensive practice; died in Haverhill, June 10, 1900.

Michael Cavanagh.

Born in County Waterford, Ireland, about seventy-three years ago. He was merging into manhood when the Irish rebellion of ’48 broke out, and was actively engaged in that struggle; after the collapse, he made his escape to the United States, where he soon after joined John O’Mahoney, the celebrated Fenian leader; became O’Mahoney’s private secretary and trusted adviser. He assisted in raising the Phœnix regiment and was also an energetic assistant to Gen. Michael Corcoran in recruiting the Corcoran Irish Legion at Camp Scott, S. I., in 1862. At the close of the Civil War, Mr. Cavanagh enlisted in the general service of the United States, and was employed at the war department. From the general military service he was transferred to the civil service, where he remained until the time of his death, a period of many years. He was on the pension rolls of the United States army, up to his death, for disabilities received while in the military service. He was the author of “Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher” and “Sketches of Waterford Celebrities,” and wrote many articles for the press. He died in Washington, D. C., June 21, 1900.

Hon. John J. Hayes.

Born in Killarney, Ireland, in 1843; was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and then entered the service of the Bank of Ireland; came to the United States about 1863‒’64, and engaged in the importing and commission business; was a member of the school board, Boston, Mass., from 1875 to 1880, and was a state senator of Massachusetts, 1885 and 1886. Two or three of his sons have been students of Harvard. He died in Boston, July 1, 1900.

William H. Quinn.

Came to this country, an orphan, when but nine years of age; went to Hallowell, Me., when twenty-three years old, locating permanently there in 1877; became prominent in business life; served on the Hallowell board of aldermen. “Whatever word he gave was the equal of a bond doubly secured.” He died in Hallowell, July 11, 1900, aged fifty years.

Rev. Thomas W. Broderick.

Born in Willimantic, Conn., May 1, 1850; was educated at Terrebonne College, Canada, finishing his studies in Belgium; was rector of St. Peter’s Catholic church, Hartford, Conn., for sixteen years, until his death in that city, Aug. 12, 1900.

Rev. Michael O’Brien.

Born in Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland, May 1, 1825; completed his classical studies at Killaloe, and took his theological course at All Hallows College, Dublin; came to New York in 1848; affiliated with the diocese of Buffalo, N. Y., and was ordained to the priesthood in 1849; was made pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Rochester, N. Y., in 1854; in 1859 was made one of the vicars general of the Buffalo diocese. At the time of his death, Aug. 28, 1900, while on a visit to Ireland, he was rector of St. Patrick’s church, Lowell, Mass., and had been for several years.

John B. Wright.

Born in Charlestown, Mass., February, 1854; began his career as a newspaper man by gathering information for the _Charlestown Advertiser_. Later, he was in the offices of the _Boston News_ and the _Woonsocket_ (R. I.) _Patriot_. In 1876 he joined the reportorial staff of the _Boston Herald_, and for more than a decade faithfully and brilliantly served that paper. Mr. Wright was one of the most expert reporters of current events ever known in the state; became private secretary to Gov. B. F. Butler of Massachusetts. In 1889 he became editor and part owner of the _Gazette_, a daily paper of Haverhill, Mass., which position he held up to the time of his death. He passed away in Haverhill, Oct. 17, 1900.

Michael W. Kelliher, M. D.

Born in Palmer, Mass., Feb. 20, 1864; studied for two years at the University of Vermont; was graduated in medicine from the University of New York in 1886; took a post-graduate course, and then located in Pawtucket, R. I.; was appointed medical examiner for Pawtucket and Lincoln, R. I., by Governor Davis in 1890, for a term of six years; was elected to the Pawtucket school board for three years; was a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society; died in Pawtucket, Oct. 31, 1900.

Very Rev. John E. Barry, V. G.

Born in Eastport, Me., August, 1836; educated at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., and the Grand Seminary, Montreal; ordained to the Catholic priesthood at Portland, Me., in 1864, by Bishop Bacon; was made pastor of the Catholics of Concord, N. H., in 1865. Under his direction St. John’s church, that city, was built, he remaining rector of the same until his death. He visited Europe in 1874, and was a personal attendant of Bishop Bacon of Maine on the return voyage of that dignitary, who died in New York soon after he reached this country. From Bishop Bacon’s death, Nov. 5, 1874, until June, 1875, Father Barry administered the affairs of the diocese of Portland until Bishop Healey was appointed. Father Barry was for a number of years a member of the school board of Concord; was three times appointed a trustee of the New Hampshire asylum for the insane, and bore a prominent part in the advancement of the interests of the New Hampshire Historical Society. At the time of his death he was vicar-general of the diocese of Manchester, N. H. He was accidentally killed by a cable car while crossing Broadway, New York city, Nov. 14, 1900.

Hon. James D. Brady.

Born in Portsmouth, Va., in 1843; resided there until 1859, when he removed to New York; entered the Union army in July, 1861, as a private; commanded Company B of the Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers in the famous charge of the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg, where he was wounded. Subsequently, he was promoted to the ranks of major and lieutenant-colonel. After the war he returned to Virginia, and for more than a quarter of a century took a leading part in public affairs. For ten years he was the secretary and chairman of the Republican State Committee, and was a delegate from Virginia to many of the National Republican Conventions. He was representative in the Forty-ninth Congress from the Fourth Virginia District. Later, he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Second Virginia District. He died at Petersburg, Va., Nov. 30, 1900.

James W. O’Brien.

Born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1845; attended Mt. St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md., and Boston University, at which latter institution he studied law; became a member of the Charlestown city council, and of the board of public library trustees; was nominated by Gov. B. F. Butler of Massachusetts, in 1883, to be judge of the Charlestown district court, but owing to the political complexion of the Governor’s council, the nomination was not confirmed; an able lawyer and valued citizen; died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1900.

* * * * *

Members of the Society who have died in other years:

=Alley, John R.=, Boston, Mass., died in 1898.

=Athy, Andrew=, Worcester, Mass., died in 1898.

=Cochrane, Gen. John=, New York City, died in 1897.

=Conner, John E.=, Chicopee, Mass., died in 1898.

=Coveney, Col. J. W.=, Cambridge, Mass., died in 1897.

=Cummings, Dr. William F.=, Rutland, Vt., died in 1899.

=Donovan, Dr. Henry V.=, Lawrence, Mass., died in 1897.

=Drum, Capt. John=, killed in action in Cuba, 1898.

=Fay, Dr. Joseph H.=, Fall River, Mass., died in 1898.

=Gafney, Charles B.=, Rochester, N. H., died in 1898.

=Galvin, Hon. Owen A.=, Boston, Mass., died in 1897.

=Grace, Rev. Philip=, Newport, R. I., died in 1898.

=Hanley, Col. Patrick T.=, Boston, Mass., died in 1899.

=Kelley, Joseph J.=, Cambridge, Mass., died in 1899.

=Meade, Rear Admiral R. W.=, Philadelphia, Pa., died in 1897.

=Pepper, Rev. George W.=, Cleveland, O., died in 1899.

=Phelan, Edmund=, Boston, Mass., died in 1899.

=Scannell, Rev. Denis=, Worcester, Mass., died in 1899.

=Slattery, William=, Holyoke, Mass., died in 1899.

=Smith, Laurence J.=, Lowell, Mass., died in 1897.

=Sullivan, Hon. John H.=, Boston, Mass., died in 1899.

=Thayer, Hon. Eli=, Worcester, Mass., died in 1899.

=Tobin, Capt. John M.=, Boston, Mass., died in 1898.

=Walsh, Hon. Patrick=, Augusta, Ga., died in 1899.

MEMBERSHIP ROLL,
AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.[60]

[For officers of the Society see pages 5, 6, 7.]

=Ackland, Thomas J.=, editorial department, _The Pilot_, 630
Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

=Ahern, John=, 5 Highland Street, Concord, N. H.

=Ahern, John J.=, East Cambridge, Mass.

=Ahern, William J.=, 64 Franklin Street, Concord, N. H.; has served as
a member of the Legislature of New Hampshire.

=Armstrong, Col. James=, Charleston, S. C.

=Aylward, James F.=, 347 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass.

=Banigan, Hon. James E.=, Pawtucket, R. I., a State Senator.

=Bannin, Michael E.=, 893 Lafayette Ave., New York City.

=Barrett, David L.=, Englewood, N. J.

=Barrett, Frank B.=, 46 East 20th Street, New York City.

=Barrett, Thomas=, 10 West 90th Street, New York City.

=Barrett, Dr. Thomas J.=, 41 Wellington Street, Worcester, Mass.;
member State Board of Dental Registration.

=Barry, Hon. P. T.=, 93 South Jefferson Street, Chicago, Ill.; has
been a member of the Illinois Legislature.

=Bell, Gen. George=, Washington, D. C.

=Bennett, Joseph M.= (M. D.), 186 Broad Street, Providence, R. I.; a
brother of Secretary of State Bennett of Rhode Island.

=Betts, Rev. George C.=, Rector St. James’ Protestant Episcopal
Church, Goshen, N. Y.

=Birmingham, Robert M.= (M. D.), Lawrence, Mass.

=Black, Thomas=, Berkley, Virginia.

=Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P.=, Rector St. John’s Roman Catholic Church,
Canton, Mass.

=Boland, Michael J.=, Biddeford, Me.

=Bolton, Rev. J. Gray= (D. D.) (Presbyterian), 1906 Pine Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

=Boyle, Hon. Patrick J.=, six terms Mayor of Newport, R. I.

=Boyle, Thomas H.=, Lowell, Mass.

=Bradley, Richard E.=, 122 Monument Street, Portland, Me.

=Brady, Rev. Cyrus Townsend=, Protestant Episcopal Archdeacon of
Pennsylvania, 6347 Woodbine Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.

=Brady, Patrick=, 445 Seventh Avenue, New York City.

=Brandon, Edward J.=, City Clerk, Cambridge, Mass.

=Bree, Hon. James P.=, 820 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn.; member of
the Connecticut Legislature.

=Breen, Hon. John, Lawrence=, Mass.; served three terms as Mayor of
Lawrence.

=Brennan, Hon. James F.=, State Library Commissioner, Peterborough, N.
H.

=Brennan, Michael=, 2 West 75th Street, New York City; proprietor of
the Hotel San Remo, 74th and 75th Streets and Central Park West.

=Brennan, Thomas S.=, 353 West 56th Street, New York City.

=Breslin, T. J.=, Fries-Breslin Co., Camden, N. J.

=Broderick, James A.=, Opera Block, Manchester, N. H.

=Broe, James A.=, 478 Congress Street, Portland, Me.

=Brogan, Rev. Farrah A.=, St. Vincent’s Church, South Boston, Mass.

=Brophy, John P.= (Ph. D., LL. D.), 321 West 137th Street, New York
City.

=Brosnahan, Rev. Timothy=, Rector St. Mary’s Church, Waltham, Mass.

=Bryson, John=, 677 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Buckley, Dennis T.=, 19 Bacon Street, Biddeford, Me.

=Burke, Edmund=, 377 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.

=Burke, J. E.=, Superintendent of Public Schools, Lawrence, Mass.

=Burke, Robert E.=, recently City Solicitor, Newburyport, Mass.

=Burke, Tobias A.=, _Argus_ office, Portland, Me.

=Burke, William J.=, 119 Webster Street, East Boston, Mass.

=Butler, Rev. Ellery C.=, Quincy, Mass.

=Butler, Rev. Francis J.=, Brighton (Boston), Mass.

=Butler, Rev. Thomas F.=, Lewiston, Me.

=Butler, Hon. Matthew C.=, ex-U. S. Senator, Edgefield, S. C.

=Buttimer, Thomas H.=, attorney-at-law, 27 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass.

=Byrne, John=, 45 Wall Street, New York City.

=Byrne, Michael J.=, 147 Cook Street, Waterbury, Conn.

=Byrne, Very Rev. William= (V. G., D. D.), 6 Allen Street, Boston,
Mass.

=Cahill, John H.=, 15 Dey Street, New York City.

=Cahill, M. J.=, dry goods merchant, Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass.

=Callaghan, Lawrence=, manufacturer, 95 Locke Street, Haverhill, Mass.

=Callahan, John A.=, School Principal, 79 Lincoln Street, Holyoke,
Mass.

=Callanan, E. J.=, of Marlier, Callanan & Co., 172 Tremont Street,
Boston, Mass.

=Calnin, James=, 101‒107 Lakeview Avenue, Lowell, Mass.

=Campbell, James P.=, lawyer, 20 West 70th Street, New York City.

=Cannon, James N.=, 240 Hamilton Street, New Haven, Conn.

=Cannon, Thomas H.=, 1235 Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago,
Ill.

=Cantwell, John J.=, Brookline, Mass.

=Canty, T. W.=, Chicopee, Mass.

=Carey, Jeremiah J.=, office the _Sunday Star_, Lawrence, Mass.

=Carmichael, James H.=, Lowell, Mass.

=Carmody, John R.=, 1220 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

=Carney, Michael=, of M. Carney & Co., Lawrence, Mass.

=Carter, Hon. Thomas H.=, recently U. S. Senator, Helena, Mont.

=Carroll, Edward=, Cashier Leavenworth National Bank, Leavenworth,
Kansas.

=Carroll, Hon. Hugh J.=, Pawtucket, R. I., ex-Member of the Rhode
Island General Assembly; ex-Mayor of Pawtucket.

=Carroll, James B.=, lawyer, 50 Temple Street, Springfield, Mass.

=Carroll, Thomas=, director of the Public Library, Peabody, Mass.

=Casey, Martin=, Fort Worth, Texas.

=Casey, Stephen J.=, lawyer, Banigan Building, Providence, R. I.

=Casey, William J.=, Palm Street, Bangor, Me.

=Cashman, John=, 30 Church Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Casman, John P.=, 34 Howard Street, Springfield, Mass.

=Cassidy, Patrick= (M. D.), Norwich, Conn.

=Cassidy, Patrick J.= (M. D.), New London, Conn.

=Cavanaugh, John B.=, 924 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Cavanaugh, Thomas Jeffrey=, 54 Stark Corporation, Manchester, N. H.

=Chittick, Rev. J. J.=, Hyde Park, Mass.

=Clancy, Lawrence=, Oswego, N. Y.

=Clare, William F.=, 39 Cortlandt Street, New York City.

=Clark, Joseph H.=, Lowell, Mass.

=Clark, Rev. James F.=, New Bedford, Mass.

=Clarke, Rev. Michael=, Rector Church of the Sacred Heart, East
Boston, Mass.

=Clary, Charles H.=, Hallowell, Me.

=Clifford, James=, El Paso, Texas.

=Clune, John H.=, Springfield, Mass.

=Coakley, Daniel H.=, 77 Arlington Street, Brighton (Boston), Mass.;
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1892‒’94.

=Coffey, John J.=, Neponset, Mass.

=Coffey, Rev. Michael J.=, East Cambridge, Mass.

=Cogan, D. S.=, 320 Congress Street, Portland, Me.

=Coghlan, Rev. Gerald P.=, Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Philadelphia,
Pa.

=Cohalan, Daniel F.=, lawyer, 271 Broadway, New York City.

=Coleman, Bernard F.=, 38 East 69th Street, New York City.

=Coleman, Cornelius F.=, 162‒164 Middle Street, Portland, Me.

=Coleman, James S.=, 38 East 69th Street, New York City.

=Collins, Rev. Charles W.=, the Cathedral, Portland, Me.

=Collins, James M.=, 6 Sexton Avenue, South Main Street, Concord, N.
H.

=Collins, Hon. John S.=, Gilsum, N. H.

=Collins, Hon. Patrick A.=, ex-Member of Congress; late United States
Consul-General to London, England; Tremont Building, Boston, Mass.

=Collins, Stephen J.=, 212 Main Street, Springfield, Mass.

=Collins, Timothy J.=, _Daily Advertiser_, Quincy, Mass.

=Collins, William D.= (M. D.), 170 Winter Street, Haverhill, Mass.

=Collison, Harvey N.=, member Massachusetts Legislature, 1887‒’88; has
also served on Boston School Board; 5 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

=Conaty, Bernard=, 30 Cypress Street, Providence, R. I.

=Conaty, Rev. B. S.=, 340 Cambridge Street, Worcester, Mass.

=Conaty, Rt. Rev. Thomas J.= (D. D.), Rector of the Catholic
University, Washington, D. C.

=Concannon, John S.=, 19 Crystal Cove Avenue, Winthrop, Mass., or City
Hall, Boston, Mass.

=Condon, Edward O’Meagher=, 98 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

=Coney, Patrick H.=, attorney-at-law, Topeka, Kansas.

=Conley, Henry=, 7 Winthrop Street, Portland, Me.

=Conley, John E.=, 87 Weybosset Street, Providence, R. I.; ex-Clerk of
the Rhode Island House of Representatives.

=Conlin, Rev. John F.=, Webster, Mass.

=Conlin, Michael=, 59 South Broadway, Lawrence, Mass.

=Conlon, Michael=, 15 Pool Street, Biddeford, Me.

=Connellan, James A.=, 98 Exchange Street, Portland, Me.

=Conners, Edward=, 31 Hammond Street, Bangor, Me.; has been a member
of the Board of Aldermen, and of the Police Examining Board.

=Connery, William P.=, Pleasant Street, Lynn, Mass.

=Connolly, James=, Coronado, Cal.

=Connolly, Michael J.=, Trustee of the Public Library, Waltham, Mass.

=Connolly, Rev. Arthur T.=, Rector Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Center and Creighton Streets, Roxbury (Boston), Mass.

=Connolly, Richard=, 132 Boston Street, Salem, Mass.

=Connor, J. F.=, of Connor & Tracy, Peabody, Mass.

=Connor, John J.=, _Sunday Register_ office, Essex Street, Lawrence,
Mass.

=Connor, John W.=, 93 Main Street, Nashua, N. H.

=Connor, Michael=, 509 Beech Street, Manchester, N. H.

=Conroy, Philip F.=, Newport Gaslight Co., Newport, R. I.

=Conway, James L.=, 113 Worth Street, New York City.