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Edward S. Morse, of Salem, to be a Resident Fellow in Class II., 

 Section 3. 



Thomas W. Parsons, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in Class 

 III., Section 4. 



James M. Barnard, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in Class II., 

 Section 3. 



Henry L. Whiting, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in Class I., 

 Section 2. 



Nathaniel S. Shaler, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow in Class 

 II., Section 1. 



During the same period, the Academy has lost five members by 

 death, viz.: — 



Two Resident Fellows, one Associate Fellow, and two Foreign 

 Honorary Members. 



Thomas Sherwin was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, 

 March 26, 1799. His parents in a few years removed to New 

 Ipswich in the same State, and soon afterwards to the adjoining town 

 of Temple. At the age of eight, soon after the death of his mother, 

 Thomas went to live with a relative, Dr. Crombie, of Temple, and re- 

 mained with him six years. In 1813 he spent a short time in Ipswich 

 Academy ; but his father having met with misfortunes, he was com- 

 pelled to leave school, and, in September of the same year, he was ap- 

 prenticed at Groton, Massachusetts, to learn the trade of a clothier, — 

 a trade which at that time appears to have consisted mainly in taking 

 cloth as it came from the domestic looms, and fulling, dyeing, and 

 dressing it for the market. Here he remained eight years, working 

 diligently at his trade, and winning the esteem and confidence of his 

 employers. He was able to attend the district school two months in 

 the year ; but his natural love of learning often led him to devote one 

 or two hours to study after working at the mill until ten o'clock at 

 night. 



His desire to obtain a college education had now become so strong 

 that he left his trade, and, after teaching a district school in Harvard 

 for a short time, began his preparation for college at the academy in 

 Groton in April, 1820. He completed it at the New Ipswich Acad- 

 emy, and entered Harvard College in 1821. Here, notwithstanding his 

 imperfect preparation, he soon placed himself among the foremost 

 scholars, particularly in mathematics, and graduated with honor in 



