BULLETIN 



Vol. 7. Salem, Mass., August, 1875. No. 8. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. Ten Cents a Single Copy. 



Field Meeting at Byfield, Thursday, July 1, 1875. 



The second field meetins: of the Essex Institute for the 

 present season was held this day, at Byfield, a locality 

 highly suitable for a gathering of this character ; its his- 

 torical associations cannot fail to interest the student in 

 our local history, and its diversified scenery and natural 

 conditions ofier a wide field for the exploration of the 

 naturalist. 



This territory, through which the Parker River flows, 

 having upon its adjacent interval lands some of the most 

 fertile farms of the county, was granted in 1635, a large 

 portion on the south side to Richard Dummer and on the 

 north to Henry Sewall, whose descendants have ever 

 since held prominent positions in the history of this 

 country. These lands, more especially that portion near 

 "The Falls," so called, were first used for the keeping 

 of cattle and sheep that came over in the Dutch ships 

 in 1635, and were owned by Richard Dummer, Henry 



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