This league was organized at Merced, December 12, 1880, and is acknowledged to be the banner branch league of the Pacific Coast, it having contributed a large amount to the Irish cause. It has membership of 125. Of this number thirty-five are ladies. It is a social and literary club, open to all. Hon. Charles H. Marks, President, and Rev. Michael McNamara, Vice-President. The league gave a magnificent banquet at the Tuolumne Hotel, and several hundred tickers were sold at one dollar each.

History of Merced County, California
Elliott & Moore, Publishers
San Francisco, Cal.
1881
Page 105
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft 6/09/2008

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