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BOSTON, MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 1899
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I take great pleasure in presenting the second volume of the JOURNAL to the Society. In so doing, I desire to acknowledge many courtesies received from various sources during its preparation. I have also been favored with ideas and suggestions regarding the work and, where practicable, have incorporated the same. The present volume, covering the year 1899, shows an increase in scope over the preceding one, a fact typifying the Society’s growth in the field of American historical organizations.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO SECOND VOLUME. THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1899. CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE SOCIETY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1899. ADDRESSES MADE AND PAPERS READ. A MEETING IN PROVIDENCE, R. I. A MEETING IN NEWPORT, R. I. A MEETING IN BOSTON, MASS. PAPERS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP ROLL, AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE DEAD OF THE SOCIETY. GENERAL INDEX. ANALYTICAL INDEX.
The American-Irish Historical Society was founded on the evening of Jan. 20, 1897, at a meeting called for that purpose, and held in the Revere House, Boston, Mass. Over forty gentlemen were present. The Hon. Thomas J. Gargan of Boston presided. Thomas Hamilton Murray, then editor of the _Daily Sun_, Lawrence, Mass., was secretary of the meeting.
The provisional committee that had attended to the preliminary work included Mr. Murray, just mentioned; James Jeffrey Roche, editor of the _Boston Pilot_; Joseph Smith, secretary of the police commission, Lowell, Mass.; Thomas B. Lawler of the publishing house, Ginn & Company, Boston, Mass., and Hon. John C. Linehan, state insurance commissioner, Concord, N. H.
The Society is organized for the special study of the Irish element in the composition of the American people; to investigate and record the influence of this element in the upbuilding of the nation, and to collect and publish facts relating to and illustrating that influence. The Society aims to correct erroneous, distorted and false views of history, where they are known, and to substitute therefor the truth of history, based on documentary evidence and the best and most reasonable tradition, in relation to the Irish in America.