. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . the resolutions to be presented to me shouldbe sent, and that I might be excused from meeting the Com-mittee, I feared with my present feeble condition to be exposed tothe excitement and the speech making. Had I known what hadbeen prepared for my honor I would certainly have met theCommittee and have done all in my power to show my apprecia-tion. Please express to President Clarke and all who were engagedwith him in preparing the testimonial, that I cannot commandwords to express at greater length my great appreciation andsincere thanks.
. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . the resolutions to be presented to me shouldbe sent, and that I might be excused from meeting the Com-mittee, I feared with my present feeble condition to be exposed tothe excitement and the speech making. Had I known what hadbeen prepared for my honor I would certainly have met theCommittee and have done all in my power to show my apprecia-tion. Please express to President Clarke and all who were engagedwith him in preparing the testimonial, that I cannot commandwords to express at greater length my great appreciation andsincere thanks. As I learn that there are others who would like to add their 318 AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. signatures had I not better return the testimonial to you for thepurpose of obtaining all the signatures which should be attachedto it? Yours very truly, Thos. Addis Emmet. Excuse me from not copying this letter as I am not equal tothe effort tonight, and as proof of it leave my signature as exe-cuted while nodding at the close of the letter.—T. A. EDWIN* BOOTH design of figure to be erected in Gramercy Park by acommittee of members of The Players Club founded by EdwinBooth at No. 16 Gramercy Park. Sculptor, Edmond T. Quinn. Reproduction by Anna Frances Levins. EDMOND T. QUINN. Mr. Edmond T. Quinn, portrait painter and sculptor, was bornin Philadelphia. He was the son of John and Rosina (McLaugh-lin) Quinn. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of FineArts and in France under the sculptor Ingelbert. He executedthe statue of John Howard at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fig-ures on Battle Mountain monument, Kings Mountain, SouthCarolina, the statue of Zoroaster, on the Brooklyn Institute ofArts and Sciences, decorative figures, Pittsburgh Athletic Club,bust of Edgar Allan Poe, Poe Park, New York City, the Swan-strom Memorial, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York City, be-sides many portrait busts. Mr. Quinns figure for the Edwin Booth Memorial Statue, herereprod
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