The Irish standard., 1902-01-18
ANNUAL MEETING
OF the American Irish Historical Society
In New York.

OF the American Irish Historical Society
In New York.
The annual meeting and dinner of
the American-Irish Historical Society
took place on Tuesday evening, Jan.
IA. at the Hotel Manhattan, New York
City. A letter from President Roose-
welt was read expressing regret Mt his
inability to be present. Mr.. II. II.
Murray, Secretary-General, submitted
his annual report, saying in part:
During the year just closed, the So
ciety has received many new men,
bers, not a few of them gentlemen of
national reputation. Among these ac-
cessions have been: The Most Rev.
Patrick-J. Ryan. ID. d.. archbishop of
Philadelphia. Pa: the Rt Rev. Denis
NJ. Bradley, ID. d.. bishop of AIanches-
ter, N. H.; the 1T. Rev James McGol-
rick, ID. d.. bishop of Duluth, Mimi:
the Hon. Alexander Harbis n, mayor
OF ltartfe rel. Conn: the Hon. jeremiah
" bap'ti NV. ~. super tSlIl, UItIlIlccl
under President Clcvelanl; the Hon.
Harry T.. Ray. Il senator of New
hampshire: the Hon. John III. Steele.
Minneapolis. Mimi: the Hon. Il. u.
Dcehanty, New York City: the Hon.
w. Ii. Ryan. Port Chester. n. Y; Mr..
John y. Mccall. president of the New
York Lie Insurance Co.: Mr.. r. Tc-
rulnScli sherman. son Of the distin-
guisheh soldier: Mr.. William G. Yer
irnnck. member of an old New York
family; Prof. j. G. Monaghan. OF the
| University If Wisconsin; Mr.. Elisha
H. Gaddis. Newark. y. j.; Mr.. Ed
ward NJ. Tierney. Elmira, n. Y; Mr..
james Thompson. l. ,iisville, Ky; ami
many others.
\ few words relative to the work
done during the twelvc-month by our
officers or members: In April last,
PrcsdentGcnernl Crimmins delivered
an address at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Hall of Records. New
York city. In May the President Gen
crnl wrote II communication to the n.
Y. Evening Post. eloquently defend
ing the character of Gen. Richard
Montgomery The same month Mr..
Crimmins contributed to provide floral
tributes for the monuments to Mont
gomery, Emmett and MacNevn in st.
Pauls clnnrchyalHl. In tue n. Y.
World, March II. was an article by
Mr.. James McNlahon of New York,
one of our members, and president of
the Emigrant Industrial Savings
Bank. His topic was; ireland in
New York" He also treated of 1.-The
Genius, Political Power, Commercial
..".A, and Valor in War, of Men of
Irish Blood"
In March last the Hon. William Nc
Adoo, of the Society, delivered an I'D
dress in Carnegie Music Hail, Pitts
burg, Pa, OH 1.-THE Irish Race In
America" The same month our
Treasurer-General, the Hon. John G.
Linehan, spoke at hearing in the
New Hampshire state capitol in favor
of erecting monument to the Hon.
Franklin Pierce. a former president
Of the United States. In May the Sec
rotary of the Society had a
communication in the N. Y. Sun, call.
ing attention to the neglected condi-
ton Of the montgomery tablet and
monument in the chancel wall of st.
Paul's church, New York, and urging
that proper attention be given the me-
mortal.
To Donahoe's Magazine for June
Mr.. Thomas f. O'Malley, Somerville,
Mass, a member of our executive
council, contributed an article descrip-
tive of the founding, career and de-
struction of the Ursuline Convent at
Charlestown, Mass. On June II, the
10th anniversary of the Battle Of
Bunker Hill, the Rev. Joshua P. Bod
fish Of the Society was reelected a. d.
rector Of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association. On July 9Th Rev. James
N. Supple, another of our members.
was the official chaplain Mt the Boston
municipal celebration in Faneuil Hall.
! The Rev. mes Fl. O'Donnell of Wa