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again to the same old house, but not long after he went 

 again to Boston, where he stayed until he took up his 

 residence at Brook Farm. He was married in Boston, 

 July, 1842, to Sophia A., daughter of Dr. Nathaniel 

 Peabody of Salem, and lived for some time at the "Old 

 Manse," in Concord, Mass. In October, 1845, he came 

 to Herbert street with his family, as boarders, remaining 

 there six months, when he removed to Boston. In 

 August, 1846, he came back to Salem, and lived at No. 

 18 Chestnut street. In October, 1847, he removed to 

 14 Mall street, in this place he lived until April, 1850, 

 and then left Salem for the last time, as a resident. 



We have thus given some account of the paternal 

 ancestry of Hawthorne in this country, his birthplace and 

 other residences in Salem, where he passed many years 

 of his life, and where many of his choicest productions 

 were written — leaving to others the delineation of his 

 character and of his writings. 



This communication, of which the above is only a brief 

 abstract, was referred to the Publication Committee for 

 insertion in the Historical Collections. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam exhibited several specimens of the 

 peculiar fishes belonging to the genera of Tetraodon and 

 Diodon which had been recently presented to the Museum. 

 He called attention to the singular structure of the teeth, 

 which, while appearing simply as one large tooth on each 

 jaw in Diodon, and as two on each jaw in Tetraodon, 

 really consisted of a large number of teeth so closely 

 cemented together by the deposit of dentine as to form 

 the solid compound teeth characteristic of the family. He 

 also pointed out the peculiar structure of the scales, modi- 

 ried so as to serve as spiny organs of defence, which in 

 connection with the power these fishes have of inhaling 



