The following is a list of historical papers and addresses, prepared by
members of the Society, or by friends of the organization. Many of these
contributions have been published in the books and pamphlets issued by
the Society, a few have appeared in other publications, while some
remain in the Society’s archives to be published in the future:
1. The Bacons from Ireland Who Settled at Dedham, Mass., About 1640,
one of whose Descendants was Killed April 19, 1775, in the Fight
at West Cambridge, Battle of Lexington. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1897.)
2. The Seizure of Powder, Arms, and Stores at Fort William and Mary
by Major John Sullivan and His Associates, December, 1774. (By
Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1897.)
3. The Battle of Lexington, Concord, and Cambridge, with a List of
Irish Names Borne by Minute Men or Militia Participating in that
Conflict. (By Edward J. Brandon, Cambridge, Mass., 1897.)
4. The Irishman Ethnologically Considered. (By Joseph Smith, Lowell,
Mass., 1897.)
5. Irish Settlers in Louisville, Ky., and Vicinity. (By Edward
Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., 1897.)
6. Five Irish Colonial Rhode Islanders. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Providence, R. I., 1897.)
7. The Irish Element Among the Founders of Lowell, Mass. (By Joseph
Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1897.)
8. The Ancestors of Gen. John Sullivan. (By Bernard Corr, Boston,
Mass., 1898.)
9. The Family Name Swords in Ireland and America. (By Joseph F.
Swords, Hartford, Conn., 1898.)
10. Early Irish Schoolmasters in New Hampshire. (By Hon. John C.
Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1898.)
11. Early Irish Schoolmasters in Rhode Island. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1898.)
12. Early Irish Settlers in Kentucky. (By Edward Fitzpatrick,
Louisville, Ky., 1898.)
13. Some Ways in Which American History is Falsified. (By Joseph
Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1898.)
14. The Lost State of Clark, with Mention of Thomas Connolly, a Fifer
in the Regiment of Col. George Rogers Clark. (By Edward
Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., 1898.)
15. The Irish Chapter in the History of Brown University. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1899.)
16. The Irish Pioneers and Founders of Peterborough, New Hampshire.
(By Hon. James F. Brennan, Peterborough, N. H., 1899.)
17. The Work of the American-Irish Historical Society. (By Hon. Thomas
J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., 1899.)
18. Some Irish Settlers in Virginia. (By Hon. Joseph T. Lawless,
Richmond, Va., 1899.)
19. Irish Immigration During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
(By Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., New York city, 1899.)
20. Some Pre-Revolutionary Irishmen. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1899.)
21. David Hamilton, an Irish Soldier of the American Revolution. (By
Daniel M. O’Driscoll, Charleston, S. C., 1899.)
22. An Early Irishman of Waterbury, Connecticut. (By Martin Scully,
Waterbury, Conn., 1899.)
23. The “Scotch-Irish” and “Anglo-Saxon” Fallacies. (By James Jeffrey
Roche, Boston, Mass., 1899.)
24. Sketch of an Early Irish Settlement in Rhode Island. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1899.)
25. The “Anglo-Saxon” Shibboleth Condemned. (By Hon. William McAdoo,
New York city, 1899.)
26. Naval Heroes of the Revolutionary War, Including the O’Briens of
Machias, Me. (By Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., 1899.)
27. Some Irish Settlers in Kentucky. (By Edward Fitzpatrick,
Louisville, Ky., 1899.)
28. Irish Pioneers of Texas. (By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.,
1899)
29. Russia, the Friend of the Republic. (By Joseph Smith, Lowell,
Mass., 1899.)
30. Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sweeny, U. S. A., 1820–1892. (By
William M. Sweeny, Astoria, L. I., N. Y., 1899.)
31. The Irish Element in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers in the
Recent War—with Spain. (By Rev. John J. McCoy, Chicopee, Mass.,
1899.)
32. The Battle of Rhode Island, 1778. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Boston, Mass., 1899.)
33. The Irish in Rochambeau’s Army During the American Revolution. (By
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass., 1899.)
34. The Colonial Irish. (By Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville, Mass.,
1899.)
35. The Irish Washingtons at Home and Abroad, together with Some
Mention of the Ancestry of the American _Pater Patriæ_. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., and George Washington,
Dublin, Ireland, 1899.)
36. The Irish in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and
Tennessee. (By Hon. Patrick Walsh, Augusta, Ga., 1900.)
37. The United States Torpedo Boat O’Brien. (Compiled from the daily
papers, 1900.)
38. Men of Irish Blood Who Have Attained Distinction in American
Journalism. (By Michael E. Hennessy, Boston, Mass., 1900.)
39. Patriots of the American Revolution. (By Hon. Thomas J. Gargan,
Boston, Mass., 1900.)
40. Rev. James Caldwell, a Patriot of the American Revolution. (By
James L. O’Neill, Elizabeth, N. J., 1900.)
41. Characteristics of the Irish Race. (By G. Stanley Hall, Worcester,
Mass., 1900.)
42. The Field, Scope, and Opportunity of the American-Irish Historical
Society. (By Dennis Harvey Sheahan, Providence, R. I., 1900.)
43. The Battle of Bunker Hill. (By Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville,
Mass., 1900.)
44. Matthew Watson, an Irish Settler of Barrington, R. I., 1722. (By
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)
45. The Irish Settlers of Pelham, Mass. (By Miss Mary Lessey Linehan,
Hartford, Conn., 1900.)
46. Hugh Cargill, a Friend of Liberty. (By Thomas F. O’Malley,
Somerville, Mass., 1900.)
47. Irish Pioneers and Builders of Kentucky. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1900.)
48. Rev. James MacSparran, Irishman, Scholar, Preacher, and
Philosopher, 1680–1757; a Rhode Island Pioneer. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)
49. The Society’s Field in California. (By James Connolly, Coronado,
Cal., 1900.)
50. The Historical Place of Irishmen in California. (Address issued by
the Knights of St. Patrick, San Francisco, Cal., calling
attention to the work of the American-Irish Historical Society,
1900.)
51. My Colleagues of Irish Extraction in New York Journalism. (By
Thomas J. Cummins, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900.)
52. The Irish at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. (By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Boston, Mass., 1900.)
53. Early New Hampshire Irish; Some Pre-Revolutionary Dennises,
Corneliuses, Patricks, and Michaels. (By Hon. John C. Linehan,
Concord, N. H., 1900.)
54. Men of Irish Blood in the Battle of Bunker Hill. (By Hon. John C.
Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1900.)
55. Thomas Fawcett, Irish Quaker, American Pioneer. (Forwarded to the
Society by Thomas Plunkett, East Liverpool, O., 1900. Taken from
the East Liverpool _Tribune_.)
56. Irish Settlers, Previous to 1742, in Portsmouth, N. H. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)
57. Rhode Island Officers of Irish Blood Who Served in the Civil War.
(By Col. James Moran, Providence, R. I., 1900.)
58. Irish Pioneers of California,—(1) Martin Murphy, Sr. (By Miss
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, San Francisco, Cal., 1901.)
59. Early Irish in the Connecticut Colony. (By Rev. James H.
O’Donnell, Norwalk, Conn., 1901.)
60. Early Irish in the Plymouth Colony. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray,
Boston, Mass., 1901.)
61. Hon. Thomas Dongan, Governor of New York, 1683–1688. (By Rev.
Alexander P. Doyle, C. S. P., New York city, 1901.)
62. General Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans. (By Capt. Laurence
O’Brien, New Haven, Conn., 1901.)
63. Charles MacCarthy, a Rhode Island Pioneer, 1677. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)
64. Thomas Casey of Ireland and Rhode Island, 1636–1719. (By Thomas
Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1901.)
65. The Irish Race in America. (By Hon. William McAdoo, New York city,
1901.)
66. The Romance of Sarah Alexander, a Native of Ireland—Mother of
Commodore O. H. Perry. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston,
Mass., 1901.)