Among the letters received by Secretary Murray in praise of Vol. VI were
the following:
From Dr. George McAleer, Worcester, Mass.:
WORCESTER, MASS., April 6, 1907.
DEAR MR. MURRAY: I have just received Volume VI of the Journal of the
American-Irish Historical Society. Its pages are filled with much
important matter along the line in which the Society is specially
interested, and it easily outranks any of its predecessors.
Congratulating you upon your contribution thereto and the Society upon
its production, I am,
Yours very sincerely,
GEO. MCALEER.
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From the Librarian of Trinity College, Washington, D. C.:
TRINITY COLLEGE,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, ESQ.,
_Secretary of the American-Irish Historical Society_.
DEAR SIR: The sixth volume of the records of your Society was received
last week, and it is my pleasant duty to thank you for your courtesy
in sending it to our library. The whole volume is extremely
interesting, and the articles of such equal value that it is hard to
put one before another. Two classes in history are just engaged on the
periods covered by your learned writers.
Very sincerely yours,
SISTER MARY PATRICIA, S. N. D.,
_College Librarian_.
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From the President of Seton Hall College:
SETON HALL COLLEGE,
SOUTH ORANGE, N. J., June 12, 1907.
THOS. H. MURRAY, _Secretary_.
DEAR SIR: I acknowledge with great pleasure the receipt of the Journal
of the American-Irish Historical Society, Volume VI, 1906. I have
perused it with great satisfaction and am happy and proud to know that
the glorious part which the Irish bore in our early history, and are
bearing today, is being so well brought before the eyes of the world.
“To make better known the Irish Chapter in American History,” your
neat and wholesome volume will undoubtedly contribute much, for the
spirit manifested throughout the book is such as to beget love of the
race and an interest to continue reading. And you build up the
glorious edifice of true American-Irish history by simply claiming
your due and disparaging no man. This intention, your illustrious
President-General McGowan, in his address to the members of the
Society, has chivalrously expressed in these memorable words: “We rob
no race to gild the Irish name when we undertake to unearth the
records of the past.... We merely wish to claim, assert and set forth
the credit which to us belongs, for the part that men and women of
Irish blood took in bringing about the reign of liberty and freedom we
now enjoy.... We do not wish to praise ourselves by ‘masquerading in
borrowed plumes,’ nor have we any desire to detract one iota from the
credit that is honestly that of others.”
Wishing you and your Society continued success and influence, and
thanking you once again for your kindness, believe me,
Most sincerely yours,
(VERY REV.) JAMES F. MOONEY,
_President, Seton Hall College_.
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From Hon. P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill.:
87–97 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET,
CHICAGO, April 8, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY,
_Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society, Boston,
Mass._
DEAR SIR: Many thanks for the copy of the sixth volume of the Journal
of the American-Irish Historical Society, to hand. This handsome
companion to the other five already issued of the Society’s good work
in restoring and compiling important facts pertaining to men of Irish
birth and lineage in this country, makes interesting as well as
instructive reading, indeed. I congratulate you upon the good work,
and with best wishes I am,
Very truly yours,
P. T. BARRY.
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From the President of the Boston Charitable Irish Society (founded
1737).
CHARITABLE IRISH SOCIETY,
BOSTON, May 24, 1907.
DEAR MR. MURRAY: Let me add a line of praise to the many you will
probably receive for your work on the sixth volume of the Journal of
the American-Irish Historical Society that reached me recently. Its
contents are both interesting and instructive; such information as it
contains becomes more valuable from day to day and I trust the good
work will be continued. With grateful appreciation I am,
Sincerely yours,
JOHN J. KEENAN,
_President_.
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From the University of Nebraska:
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LIBRARY,
LINCOLN, NEB., April 13, 1907.
THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY,
_Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society, Boston,
Mass._
DEAR SIR: Please accept our thanks for Volume VI of the Journal of the
Society, which you have been kind enough to present to the University
Library. It is full of interesting and valuable matter, and will be
highly appreciated by our department of American history.
Of the previous volumes, I find that we have only Volume IV, and am
writing to ask if it would be possible for you to furnish us with
Volumes I to III and V, in order that our file of your valuable
Journal may be complete?
If you can arrange to supply these I shall be most grateful, both on
behalf of the library and of the department of American history.
Very truly yours,
WALTER K. JEWETT,
_Librarian_.
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From M. J. Jordan, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law, Boston, Mass.: