EEPOET OF THE COUNCIL. 



MAY 29, 1883. 



During the past year the Academy has lost by death 

 twelve members ; — viz. four Resident Fellows : Augustus A. 

 Hayes, William B. Rogers, Chandler Robbins, and Nathaniel 

 Thayer ; four Associate Fellows : Charles Avery, of Clinton, 

 N. y., Henry Draper, of New York City, George P. Marsh, 

 of Rome, and Isaac Ray, of Philadelphia ; and four Foreign 

 Honorary Members : T. L. W. Bischoff, of Munich, Joseph 

 Liouville, of Paris, Emile Plantaraour, of Geneva, and Fried- 

 rich Wohler, of Gottingen. 



JOHN BACON.* 



John Bacon was born in Boston, September 8, 1817. His father, 

 John Bacon senior, came from Haverhill, England, during the year 

 1812, and established himself in the drug business, on the site of the 

 present Court House, on Court Street, Boston. He soon became well 

 known as an active merchant, and during his successful life was highly 

 respected and beloved. He v/as a leader in many political, financial, 

 and charitable movements, and was a member of the Old North Church 

 and for many years one of its wardens. 



Soon after his arrival in Boston, John Bacon senior married Ana 

 Hart, daughter of Edmund Hart, remembered in Boston as the builder 

 of the frigate Constitution. The children of this marriage were John, 

 the subject of this notice, and Anna, who in after life became the sec- 

 ond wife of RoUin H. Neale, a distinguished Baptist clergyman. 



The son John in his boyhood was noted for his quiet and gentle- 

 manly deportment, and early manifested a strong taste for mechanics. 



* This notice should have been included in the Report of last year, but was 

 not ready in time. 



