Part 13

Another prominent Newport family were the Dillons. James Dillon was a native of the County Roscommon. His wife died at Newport in 1799 and was laid away in Trinity churchyard.

Thomas Green advertised in the Newport _Mercury_, August, 1772, that he had for sale Irish poplins, sheetings, and other goods. He also announces “Lately come to hand, a trunk of choice Irish linens.” In May, 1793, Thomas Green & Son advertise in the _Mercury_ that “at the sign of the buck, near the red market” they have for sale, Irish linens and muslins “at 14½d. and upward.” In the _Mercury_ of April 27, 1772, appears a legal notice regarding “the estate of Edward Keeney, late of Newport, shipwright, deceased.” Students of Irish names will recognize in Keeney a typical one.

Moses M. Hays, a Hebrew, advertises under date of August 3, 1772, that he has, among other goods, “a few barrels of Irish beef for sale.” That is, beef from Ireland.

The name Murphy has figured in Newport from an early period. Frequently it appears as Murfey. The original comers were, of course, from Ireland. They, doubtless, arrived directly from the old country, from some of the colonies adjacent to Rhode Island or by way of the West Indies. Many of the Newport Murphys have been mariners, and some of them figured prominently in the Revolution. Edward Murphy died at Newport in 1809, “in the 62d year of his age.” In March, 1809, the death also occurred at Newport of “Phœbe Murfey, comfort of Capt. John Murfey, aged 29.” The Providence _Gazette_ of February 17, 1810, announces the marriage at Mansfield, Conn., of “Capt. John Murfey of Newport to Miss Adaliza Southworth, daughter of Capt. Samuel Southworth.”

An entry in Trinity church _Annals_, Newport, states that on “May 1, 1775, Lieut. James Conway died and was buried in the churchyard, aged 45 years.” Conway was lieutenant of marines on the man-of-war _Rose_, which was then in the bay. He was probably of Irish origin. Another entry in the same annals informs us that on “October 5, 1783, Gilbert Eames died and was buried in the churchyard.” He was a native of the County Limerick, Ireland, and was 54 years of age at the time of his death. For several years prior to the reduction of Granada by the French in 1779, Mr. Eames had been a member of the Honorable Council for the island.

Rev. Erasmus Kelly, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1748, and came to Newport about 1771. On the outbreak of hostilities he removed to Warren, R. I. When the British overran the latter town they burned the house in which he resided together with its contents. He removed to Connecticut and later to Pennsylvania. At the close of the Revolution, he returned to Newport, and died there on November 7, 1784.

In February, 1801, there died in Newport, Mrs. Lucia C. Grattan. She was the widow of Colonel Grattan, cousin-german to Henry Grattan, the Irish orator. Her brother was Lord Viscount Falkland. An obituary notice states that “Her remains were interred with every mark of respect.”

Among the Newport marriages noted in the Trinity church records are the following: Miles Coursey to Abigail Williams, December 13, 1713; William Cook to Catherine Fallon, August 20, 1723; John Murphy to Mary Casside, March 1, 1732; James Gallagher to Bathsheba Fairchild, March 21, 1736; John Rourk to Ann Drower, January 23, 1742; Patrick Delaney to Margaret McFarling, October 29, 1742; Patrick Rogers to Eleanor Dowling, October 29, 1742; Edward Murfee to Catherine Fitzgerald, October 25, 1743; Patrick Durfey to Elizabeth Lacy, January 17, 1748; Patrick Cenfill to Meriam Powers, October 15, 1752; Edward Pye to Deborah Bourke, January 4, 1756; John Brown to Mary Kelly, March 13, 1756; Thomas Collins to Margaret Bourke, May 29, 1756; John Dwyer to Elizabeth McDaniel, October 10, 1756; Thomas Holland to Mary Dwyar, June 1, 1775; James Dillon to Sarah Dupay, October 13, 1778; James O’Brien to Margaret Dunton, November 23, 1778.

In the records of Newport, the following additional early marriages are noted. To simplify matters the writer gives only the year in which each marriage took place: William Mackey and Eliza George, 1737; Ebenezer Murphy and Mercy Reynolds, 1739; Michael Sullivan and Elizabeth High, 1740; John Lashley and Katherine McKane, 1740; Robert Odlin and Mary Conner, 1742; Patrick Farrell and Rachel Beere, 1742; John Mulholland and Elizabeth Hooper, 1742; James Harkins and Amy Higgins, 1743; Timothy Egan and Hester Wilson, 1745; James Murphy and Margaret Pitman, 1746; John Vial and Elizabeth Donnelly, 1747; John Donnelly and Jane Mence, 1747; Joseph Tally and Elizabeth Naps, 1747; George Smith and Sarah Tally, 1747; William Byrn and Jemima Jant, 1747; Daniel McGow (or McGowan) and Miss Donnelly, 1747; Jeremiah Ross and Mary Brayton, 1749; Elisha Newcome and Elizabeth O’Brien, 1751; James Hickey and Mary Carr, 1752; Thomas Jones and Mary Higgins, 1753; John Dyer and Mary Hickey, 1754; Jeremiah Heffernan and Elizabeth Mackee, 1755; William Cowdry and Mary Murphy, 1756; Michael Ryan and Leah Kelly, 1756; John Magee and Phebe Fairchild, 1758; Mr. Ross and Katherine McGowan, 1758; John Wyatt and Martha Magrah, 1759; John Fairbanks and Amey Heffernan, 1760; Alexander Mullen and Mary Chapman, 1760; James Bourk and Eleanor Whiting, 1761; Edward Kenney and Patience Chadwick, 1762; Nathaniel Locke and Mary Burk, 1764; Daniel Dennison and Amey Murphy, 1766; Lawrence Carroll and Susannah Holden, 1768; Daniel Read and Ann McMahon, 1793; Eleazer Read, Jr., and Elizabeth Murphy, 1795.

From which it will be seen that the Irish began coming to Newport, and were numerous there, at much earlier periods than has been generally supposed.

IRISH NAMES IN RHODE ISLAND PREVIOUS TO 1776.

The following is a list of Irish surnames found in the official records[19] of Rhode Island, and in books, papers, and documents relating to the history of the latter. The names appear as early as the year mentioned in each case, but in some instances may have been represented at even an earlier period:

Banon, 1766. Barret, 1751. Baxter, 1751. Bennett, 1646. Blake, 1675. Bourk, 1755. Boyd, 1741. Boyle, 1675. Brandon, 1675. Brian, 1675. Burg (Burk?), 1667. Burk, 1764. Burns, 1772. Butler, 1670. Byrn, 1747. Cain (Kane), 1738. Carroll, 1768. Carty, 1721. Cary, 1693. Casey, 1663. Casside (Cassidy), 1732. Cavenaugh, 1752. Clinton, 1752. Cogin, 1755. Coleman, 1702. Collins, 1642. Conner, 1732. Connor, 1742. Coursey, 1713. Crane, 1775. Creman, 1746. Cummings, 1739. Curley, 1775. Dailey, 1689.

Daley, 1710. Daly, 1736. Darcey, 1718. Day, 1677. DeCourcy, 1720–25. Delaney, 1742. Dempsey, 1743. Dermott, 1761. Devett, 1685. Devitt, 1685. Donnelly, 1747. Donohoe, 1758. Donovan, 1751. Dowling, 1742. Downer, 1760. Downing, 1731. Doyle, 1698. Driskell (Driscoll), 1774. Drury, 1675. Dunn, 1682. Dwyer, 1756. Egan, 1745. Farrell, 1742. Fitzgerald, 1743. Fitzpatrick, 1761. Flannagan, 1762. Flynn, 1752. Ford, 1675. Fox, 1704. Gallagher, 1736. Geery, 1675. Gibbons, 1636. Glenn, 1756. Gorman, 1761. Hagerty, 1775. Haley, 1719. Hanley, 1745. Harvey, 1746. Harvie, 1665. Hartagan, 1753. Hayes, 1675. Healey, 1675. Hearn, 1759. Heffernan, 1671. Hefernan, 1671. Hickey, 1752. Higgins, 1699. Holland, 1729. Hurley, 1740. Joyce, 1731. Keeny, 1765. Kelly, 1669. Kenney, 1675. Lanahan, 1750 (about). Lane, 1675. Larkin, 1655. Lawless, 1720. Linniken, 1690. Long, 1677. Lyon, 1737. Macarte, 1677. Macfarline, 1759. Mackenny, 1720. Mackey, 1737. Mackown, 1723. Macoone, 1669. MacSparran, 1718. McCane, 1740. McCarty, 1677. McClure, 1748. McCone, 1740. McCorrie, 1765. McDonald, 1745. McGee, 1767. McGonegal, 1742. McGoron, 1758. McGow, 1747. McGowan, 1747. McGrath, 1759. McKane, 1740. McMillen, 1754. Magee, 1758. Magenis, 1675. Magill, 1749. Maguire, 1750. Mahoney, 1774. Malavery, 1687. Maloney, 1675. Manning, 1762. Martin, 1677. Mitchell, 1703. Moore, 1700. Mulholland, 1742. Mullen, 1760. Mulligan, 1775. Murphy, 1675. Murray, 1752. Neale, 1675. Nevill, 1675. Nixon, 1722. Norton, 1716. O’Brien, 1751. O’Harra, 1728. O’Kelly, 1774. O’Neil, 1756. Orr, 1695. Phelon, 1730. Read, 1667. Reed, 1727. Rily, 1675. Ring, 1755. Roach, 1773. Ross, 1751. Russell, 1736. Ryan, 1756. Shay, 1731. Sheehan, 1759. Sheen, 1754. Stewart, 1724. Sullivan, 1740. Sullivant (Sullivan?), 1733. Tally, 1747 Tracy, 1675. Ward, 1677. Watson, 1722. Walch, 1703. Welch, 1675. Welsh, 1738.

HISTORICAL PAPERS AND ADDRESSES.

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.)

67. Ireland in New York. (By James McMahon, New York city, 1901.)

68. New England Prejudice in 1752–1855; Was it Racial or Religious? (By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1902.)

69. The Ancestry of Gen. John Sullivan—General Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island. (By Asa Bird Gardiner, New York city, 1902.)

70. Gen. Henry Knox and the Society of the Cincinnati. (By Edward A. Moseley, Washington, D. C., 1902.)

71. Richard Dexter, a Forgotten Irish Pioneer of Boston, 1641. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

72. The Term “Scotch-Irish” an Absurdity. (By Hon. Wauhope Lynn, New York city, 1902.)

73. Dennis Maccarty of Warren, R. I., 1757, a Soldier in the Crown Point Expedition. (By Miss Virginia Baker, Warren, R. I., 1902.)

74. St. Patrick’s Day: Its Celebration in New York and Other American Places, 1737–1845. (A bound volume of 502 pages, by Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York City, 1902.)

75. Commodore John Barry and the Projected Monument, at Washington, D. C., to his Memory. (By Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York city, 1903.)

76. A Glance at the Vanguard—Irish Pioneers in Colonial Massachusetts. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

77. The Voyage of the _Seaflower_—from Ireland to Boston—1741. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

78. Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1902.)

79. Irish Immigration to the United States Since 1790. (By Edward O’Meagher Condon, New Orleans, La., 1903.)

80. Early Irish in old Albany, N. Y., with Special Mention of Jan Andriessen “De Iersman van Dublingh.” (By Hon. Franklin M. Danaher, Albany, N. Y., 1903.)

81. The First Irish in Illinois. (By Hon. P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill., 1903.)

82. The Irish Pioneers of the Connecticut Valley. (By Edward A. Hall, Springfield, Mass., 1904.)

83. The O’Briens of Machias, Me., Patriots of the American Revolution. (By Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, Morristown, N. J., 1904.)

84. Early Irish Settlers in Virginia. (By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., 1904.)

85. A Sketch of the Clan O’Brien. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1904.)

86. The Irish Vanguard of Rhode Island. (By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass., 1904.)

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BY THE SOCIETY.

The following is a list of books and pamphlets thus far issued under the auspices of the society:

1. The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is and What Its Purposes Are. (Boston, Mass., 1897.)

2. The American-Irish Historical Society: What It Is and What Its Purposes Are; Together with the Names of the Officers and a List of the Members. (Boston, Mass., 1898.)

3. The “Scotch-Irish” Shibboleth Analyzed and Rejected, with Some Reference to the Present “Anglo-Saxon” Comedy. (Washington, D. C., 1898.)

4. Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies, 1640–1775, with a Continuation of the Subject During and After the War of the Revolution. (Washington, D. C., 1898.)

5. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. I. (Boston, Mass., 1898.)

6. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. II. (Boston, Mass., 1899.)

7. The Irish at Bunker Hill: A List of American Patriots Bearing Irish Names who Fought Against the British in the Action of the Seventeenth of June, 1775. (Boston, Mass., 1900.)

8. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III. (Boston, Mass., 1900.)

9. The Recorder. A Monthly Bulletin of the Society. Eight numbers issued. (Boston, Mass., 1901.)

10. Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island. A Sketch of the Former and a Description of the Latter. (Providence, R. I., 1902.)

11. The Irish Scots and the “Scotch-Irish”; An Historical and Ethnological Monograph, with some reference to Scotia Major and Scotia Minor. To which is added a chapter on How the Irish came as Builders of the Nation. (Concord, N. H., 1902.)

12. Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution; with some mention of those serving in the Regiments of Elliott, Lippit, Topham, Crary, Angell, Olney, Greene, and other noted commanders. (Providence, R. I., 1903.)

13. Early Irish in Old Albany, N. Y.; with special mention of Jan Andriessen, “De Iersman Van Dublingh.” (Boston, Mass., 1903.)

14. The O’Briens of Machias, Me., Patriots of the American Revolution. A paper read before the Society at the annual meeting in January, 1904, by Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, Morristown, N. J. To which is added A Sketch of the Clan O’Brien, by Thomas Hamilton Murray. The expense of publishing this volume was generously defrayed by Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city. (Boston, Mass., 1904.)

15. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IV. (Boston, Mass., 1904.)

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED PAPERS TO THE SOCIETY, OR WHO HAVE MADE ADDRESSES AT MEETINGS HELD UNDER ITS AUSPICES.

Andrews, E. Benj., president of Brown University, Providence, R. I.

Baker, Miss Virginia, Warren, R. I. Barry, Hon. P. T., Chicago, Ill. Belknap, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. (retired), Brookline, Mass. Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P. L., Canton, Mass. Boyle, Hon. Patrick J., mayor of Newport, R. I. Brady, Cyrus Townsend, Brooklyn, N. Y. Brandon, Edward J., city clerk of Cambridge, Mass. Brennan, Hon. James F., Peterborough, N. H.; a state library commissioner of New Hampshire. Brigham, Clarence S., librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R. I. Brown, J. Stacy, city attorney of Newport, R. I.

Capen, Elmer H., president of Tufts College, Mass. Carroll, Hon. Hugh J., formerly mayor of Pawtucket, R. I. Carter, Hon. Thomas H., United States Senator, Helena, Montana. Cassidy, Dr. Patrick, formerly surgeon-general and brigadier-general on staff of Governor Morris of Connecticut, Norwich, Conn. Chamberlain, Hon. Abiram, governor of Connecticut. Clarke, Joseph I. C., New York city. Clary, Charles H., Hallowell, Me. Coffey, John J., Neponset, Mass. Coffey, Rev. Michael J., Cambridge, Mass. Collins, Dr. William D., Haverhill, Mass. Collins, Hon. Patrick A., now mayor of Boston, Mass. Conaty, Rt. Rev. Thomas J., rector of the Catholic University, Washington, D. C. Condon, Capt. E. O’Meagher, New York city; now of New Orleans, La. Connolly, James, Coronado, Cal. Corr, Bernard, Boston, Mass. Crimmins, Hon. John D., New York city. Cummins, Thomas J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Cunningham, James, Portland, Me.