by
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
1852
CONTENTS
Chapter I.
The Legend of "Great Ireland" and of Saint Brandan--Norwegian Account--Irish Account--Italian and Spanish Accounts
Chapter II.
The First Irish Emigrants,--In Barbadoes--In Pennsylvania--In New York--In Maryland--In Virginia--In the Carolinas--In Kentucky--Adventure of Simon Butler in Delaware
Chapter III.
The Irish in Massachusetts--In New Hampshire--In Maine--Bishop Berkely in Rhode Island--His Gift to Yale College
Chapter IV.
The Emigrants in Arms--Adventure of John Stark--The Irish Brigade in Canada--Indian Wars--Peace of 1763--Dawn of the Revolution
Chapter V.
Opening of the Revolutionary Era--Irish at Bunker's Hill--Death of Major M'Cleary--General Knox--The Clintons--The Pennsylvania Line--Moylan's Dragoons
Chapter VI.
The Canadian Expedition--Death of Montgomery--Burial refused to his Remains by the British--Retreat of the Invading Corps--Thompson, Sullivan and Gates in Command--Advance of Burgoyne--Stark's Victory at Bennington--Surrender of Burgoyne
Chapter VII.
Irishmen in the United States Navy--Commodore Barry--Captain MacGee--Captain O'Brien--Midshipman MacDonough--Purser Mease--Barry's Lieutenants, Murray, Dale, Decatur, and Stewart
Chapter VIII.
Dissatisfaction at certain Congressional Promotions--Generals Roche, Fermoy and Andrew Lewis--The Campaigns of 1777 and 1778, in New Jersey --"Mad Anthony Wayne"--Adjutant General Hand-- "The Conway Cabal"--Colonel Fitzgerald, Aide de Camp to Washington, his Gallantry at Princeton--Contribution of the Irish Merchants of Philadelphia
Chapter IX.
Irishmen in Civil Service during the Revolutionary Era--Policy of the First Congress towards Ireland--Charles Thompson, of Maghera, Secretary to Congress--The Declaration of Independence--Eight Irish Signers--The Federal Constitution adopted--Six Irish Authors of that Instrument--Early Irish Governors
Chapter X.
Colonial Penal Laws--Rise of Catholic Missions--Washington's Reply to the Catholic Address--St. Mary's College
Chapter XI.
Irish Services to Education and Science in America--Allison--Charles Thompson--David Ramsay--Fulton--Colles--Adrain--Matthew Carey
Chapter XII.
Washington, President--Party Organization into Federalists and Republicans--Influence of Jefferson over the Irish Community--The United Irish Organization in America--Adams, President--The Alien and Sedition Laws--The Federal Riots--Hon. Rufus King
Chapter XIII.
Jefferson, President--The Refugees of 1798--Sampson and MacNevin--T. A. Emmet--The Brothers Binns--Burr and Blennerhassett--The Right of Search--Madison, President--John Smilie, United States Senator--War
Chapter XIV.
The Irish in the American Navy during the War of 1812-15--Origin of the War--Captain Boyle's Cruise--Captain Blakely--Commodores Shaw, MacDonough, and Stewart
Chapter XV.
The War by Land--Battles on the Northern Frontier--Mason--O'Neale--Landing of General Ross--Treatment of Naturalized Citizens taken in Arms--Successes of Ross--Andrew Jackson on the Mississippi--His Career and Character--Battle of New Orleans--Peace
Chapter XVI.
Jackson, President--United States Bank--"The Irish Vote"--Edward Kavanagh, Minister to Portugal--Senator Porter--Jackson's Partiality to Irish Emigrants--His Influence on his Party--His Character
Chapter XVII.
Spread of Catholicism--Organization into Dioceses--Western Missions--Southern Missions--Bishop England--Charlestown Convent burned, A. D. 1834--The Great Controversy
Chapter XVIII.
American Sympathy for Ireland--United Irishmen--The Catholic Emancipation Movement--Irish Journals--Agitation for "A Repeal of the Union" with England--Influence of Mr. O'Connell--The attempted Revolutionary Movement of 1848--Sympathy with its Principles
Chapter XIX.
The Irish Famines of 1846-7 and 1848--American Sympathy--Meetings in Philadelphia, Boston and New York--National Meeting in Washington--The Macedonian and Jamestown--Reflections
Chapter XX.
"Native American" Movement of 1844--The Philadelphia Riots--Their Probable Origin--Conduct of the Military and Magistrates--Similar Movements in New York, Boston, and other Towns--Re-action--Reflections on the Principles involved in this Controversy
Chapter XXI.
South American Revolutions--Co-operation of the United States--Irish Staff of Simon Bolivar--The O'Higginses--MacKenna--O'Connor--O'Carroll--Captain Esmonde--O'Reilly--The O'Briens--Issue of the South American Struggle
Chapter XXII.
The Irish in Mexico--San Patricio County--MacGee's Incursion--Annexation of Texas--War with Mexico--Taylor's Campaigns--Major General Butler--Colonel O'Brien--Colonel MacKee--Major Gorman
Chapter XXIII.
Scott's Campaigns--Colonel Riley--Brilliant Charge of Kearney and MacReynold's Dragoons--Brigadier General Shields--His Reception on returning to the United States--Senator for Illinois
Chapter XXIV.
New States of the South-West--Hon. W. R. King--Judge Phelan--The Sharkeys--Irish Millionaires--Beirne of Virginia, Mullanphy of Missouri, M'Donogh of New Orleans, Daniel Clarke--Arkansas
Chapter XXV.
New States of the North-West--Senators Cass and Fitzgerald of Michigan, Allen of Ohio, Hannegan of Indiana--Hon. Mr. Ryan of Illinois--Hugh O'Neill of Indiana--The Dowlings--Lieutenant-Governor Byrne, of Wisconsin--Irish Pioneers in Iowa--Reflections
Chapter XXVI.
The Census of 1850--Irish Contingent to the Population of the Union--Character of Former Irish Emigrations--The Political Refugees of 1848--Father Mathew's Visit--Military Companies--Position and Requirements of the Irish in America
Appendices
The Tradition of Saint Brendan's Voyage to America
Irish Settlers and the Indians
Irish Naval Services
Particulars of some Irish Settlers in Pennsylvania
Irish Services to Education and Science
The United Irishmen in America
Conclusion
Truelove's Journal: A Bookshop Novella
From a sad, comfortless childhood Giles Truelove developed into a reclusive and uncommunicative man whose sole passion was books. For so long they were the only meaning to his existence. But when fate eventually intervened to have the outside world intrude upon his life, he began to discover emotions that he never knew he had.
This is a story for the genuine booklover, penned by an Irish bookseller under the pseudonym of Ralph St. John Featherstonehaugh.
Annals of the Famine in Ireland
Annals of the Famine in Ireland, by Asenath Nicholson, still has the power to shock and sadden even though the events described are ever-receding further into the past. When you read, for example, of the poor widowed mother who was caught trying to salvage a few potatoes from her landlord's field, and what the magistrate discovered in the pot in her cabin, you cannot help but be appalled and distressed.
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Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger
This book, the prequel to Annals of the Famine in Ireland cannot be recommended highly enough to those interested in Irish social history. The author, Mrs Asenath Nicholson, travelled from her native America to assess the condition of the poor in Ireland during the mid 1840s. Refusing the luxury of hotels and first class travel, she stayed at a variety of lodging-houses, and even in the crude cabins of the very poorest. Not to be missed!
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Henry Ford Jones' book, first published in 1915 by Princeton University, is a classic in its field. It covers the history of the Scotch-Irish from the first settlement in Ulster to the American Revolutionary period and the foundation of the country.
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