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Eegular Meeting, Monday, June 21, 1875. 



Regular meeting this evening at the rooms. The Pres- 

 ident in the chair. Records read. 



The President read extracts from the will of the late 

 Abby \V. Ditmore of Salem bequeathing to the Institute 

 certain sums, subject to conditions which were stated. 

 As the full amount of the bequests was not to be paid at 

 present, the matter was laid over for action at a future 

 meeting. 



The President stated that a collection of documents, 

 papers, prints, etc., relating to the various centennial 

 celebrations of this period had been commenced, and 

 requested contributions from members and friends to 

 this object. 



Mr. Charles H. Higbee stated that he had received 

 some very fine and valuable specimens of algte from Mrs. 

 A. L. Davis, Mrs. H, A. Cochran and Mrs. Bray of Glou- 

 cester, also from N. S. B. Herbert of Lynn, and that these 

 specimens would be placed in the Institute collection. 

 He desired thus publicly to thank these persons for their 

 kindness and attention. 



J. H. Stevens, Philip H. Kimball and Miss Mary E. 

 Kinsman of Salem, and H. M. Cross of Newburyport, 

 were duly elected resident members. 



The President alluded to the decease of one of our 

 associates, Charles Went worth Upham, which took 

 place on Tuesday morning, June 15, 1875, and gave a 

 brief account of his connection with the Society and of 

 his strong interest in its objects. He spoke also of his 



