DEAR SIR: The annual meeting and dinner of the American-Irish
Historical Society will take place at the Hotel Brunswick, Boylston
Street, Boston, Mass., on Thursday evening, January 24, 1907.
A committee will be on duty at the hotel all day to receive members
and guests, especially those coming from other cities and states, and
render them such assistance as may be desired. A general reception
will take place in the evening from 5 to 6 o’clock, upon the
conclusion of which the annual meeting of the Society will be held.
The annual dinner will be at 7.30 p. m.
This will be the tenth anniversary of the Society, and it is eminently
appropriate that its celebration should take place in Boston, the city
where the organization was founded. These annual gatherings of the
Society are always of very great interest, bring together a
distinguished company, and are long remembered by those participating.
The forthcoming event will be no exception to the rule.
Tickets to the dinner are now ready at $3.50 each. They can be
obtained by addressing Mr. M. J. Jordan, 42 Court Street, Boston,
Mass. Make checks payable to the American-Irish Historical Society and
forward to Mr. Jordan at the address given.
Members are at liberty to invite personal guests. The evening
reception committee will include the following Boston members of the
Society: Capt. D. J. Gorman, Bernard J. Joyce, Michael H. Cox, Patrick
M. Keating, J. W. Fogarty, P. A. O’Connell, Charles V. Dasey, T. B.
Fitzpatrick, P. H. Powers, John E. Gilman, Hon. Joseph H. O’Neil, W.
B. Sullivan, F. L. Dunne, P. B. Magrane and James W. Kenney.
We hope that all who possibly can will be with us on this occasion, as
it is desired to make it a red-letter event in the history of the
Society.
Fraternally,
JOHN MCGOWAN,
_President-General_,
Washington, D. C.
T. H. MURRAY,
_Secretary-General_,
48 Carlton Road,
Seaview, Mass.
January 1, 1907.
The event was a very successful one and was participated in by a large
gathering. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Admiral McGowan, the
president-general of the Society, the business session was presided over
by Mr. M. F. Dooley of Providence, R. I., treasurer-general of the
organization.
Mr. T. H. Murray, secretary-general of the Society, was present, but
owing to illness was assisted in his duties by Mr. P. F. Magrath of
Binghamton, N. Y.
The reading of the minutes of the preceding annual meeting was omitted.
The annual report of the secretary-general was presented, accepted and
adopted, as was that of the treasurer-general. Both reports showed the
Society to be in an excellent condition.
Several new members were admitted to the organization.
The annual election of officers then took place, the result being as
given on pages 5 and 6 of this volume. The business session was then
dissolved, and after an interval the company proceeded to the annual
dinner.
Mr. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick of Boston, the well-known merchant, presided.
On his right and left were seated the Hon. John Hannan, mayor of
Ogdensburg, N. Y.; the Hon. Charles E. Gorman, Providence, R. I.; the
Hon. Joseph H. O’Neil, president of the Federal Trust Co., Boston; Mr.
M. F. Dooley, of the Union Trust Co., Providence, R. I.; the Hon. Joseph
F. O’Connell, congressman-elect, Boston; Mr. D. H. Tierney, Waterbury,
Conn., and the Hon. Daniel O’Connor, Australia. The following letter was
received from President-General McGowan:
1739 N. STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
January 16, 1907.