The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . ROBERT P. TROY, ESQ.,Vice-President of the Society for California. JAMES J. SULLIVAN, ESQ.,Vice-President of the Society for WILLI \M .1. OHAG W. ESVice-President of the Society for South Carolina. |SHl \ Kknw \. i ! :it ol Hi I THE IRISH DONATIONS ^5 urer-at-war of the Colony of Massachusetts, and enumeratesthe soldiers who fought against King Philip. Some of thesedistinguished themselves in what is known as the Great SwampFight at Narragansett, and for their gallant services on thatoccasion they afterwards received grants of l
The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . ROBERT P. TROY, ESQ.,Vice-President of the Society for California. JAMES J. SULLIVAN, ESQ.,Vice-President of the Society for WILLI \M .1. OHAG W. ESVice-President of the Society for South Carolina. |SHl \ Kknw \. i ! :it ol Hi I THE IRISH DONATIONS ^5 urer-at-war of the Colony of Massachusetts, and enumeratesthe soldiers who fought against King Philip. Some of thesedistinguished themselves in what is known as the Great SwampFight at Narragansett, and for their gallant services on thatoccasion they afterwards received grants of land. A number ofinteresting names, taken from these rosters, are appended am unable to find any reference to the nationality of thesesoldiers of Americas first knov/n army; but, that some, at least,of those selected were Irish, there can be no doubt. In the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for1848 is found some remarkable testimony of the sympathy ofthe people of Ireland for the sufferers in this cruel war. KingPhilips War, it says, was bloody and devastating in the -treme. The colonies suffered more in proportion to their num-bers and strength than
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