BULLETIN 



OF TUE 



ESSIES: H^STITTJTE. 



Vol. 7. Salem, Mass., March, 1875. No. 3. 



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



Quarterly Meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1875. 



Meeting this afternoon at three o'clock. Vice Presi- 

 dent F. W. Putnam in the chair. Records of the pre- 

 ceding qnarterly and regnlar meetings were read. 



Frank L. Smith, of Salem, was elected a resident 

 member. 



Mr. Putnam mentioned that the Misses Mary E. and 

 Abby O. Williams, of Salem, wonkl be willing to deposit, 

 in the rooms of the Institute, temporarily, their valuable 

 collection of paintings, many of which were copied by 

 them from the "old masters," during a residence in Kome 

 of several 3'ears. 



After some conversation, the subject was referred to the 

 Curators of the Department of Art, to make such arrange- 

 ments with the Misses Williams as may be deemed advis- 

 able ; on the understanding that the collection shall be 



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