BULLETIN 



ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Vol. 3. Salem, Mass., December, 1871. No. 12. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, December 4, 1871. 



President in the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



The Secretary read the following extract of a .letter 

 from Col. J. W. Foster, President of the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. 



November 15, 1871. 

 Our Academy meeting on Tuesday was well attended, and an ear- 

 nest feeling was expressed by all to work more faithfully in the days 

 of our adversity than in those of our prosperity. Mr. Walker on he- 

 half of the Trustees made an informal statement as to our pecuniary 

 condition. "We have about $60,000 to enable us to rebuild. He ex- 

 pressed a strong hope that the Academy would be able to secure a 

 donation of an entire block near the lake shore whereon to erect a 

 new building, and that before the expiration of two years, though he 

 did not speak positively, the members might reassemble under their 

 own roof. The action of the Essex Institute was prompt and gene- 

 rous, and was gratefully appreciated by us all. 



Very truly, J. W. Foster. 



The Secretary also announced the following correspon- 

 dence : — 



From Joshua Coit, Salem, Nov. 25; D. Dorchester, Salem, Dec. 1; J. C Holmes, 

 Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 28; S. C. -T ickson, Boston, Nov. 2:;, 25, Dec. 1 ; William Stimp- 

 son, Ilch ester, Howard Co., Md., Nov. 13. 



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