BULLETIN 



OF THE 



lESSEX IIsrSTITTJTE. 



Vol. L Salem, Mass., July, August, 1869. Nos. 7, 8. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 

 ORDER OF MEETINGS. 



Field Meeting at Wenham, Friday, July 18, 1869. The meeting this 

 day was largely attended, representatives from many Essex towns, 

 and also from outside the County limits being present. As the early 

 train reached Wenham, Messrs. James Bartlett, Rufus A. Dodge, and 

 William B. Morgan were in waiting with carriages, which, with one 

 or two others, were placed at the disposal of the party during the daj\ 



Wenham, as in days of yore, is a pleasant town; it was called by 

 John Dunton, in 1686, " a delicious paradise." "I would choose it," 

 he writes, "above all other towns in Amei'ica to dwell in. The lofty 

 trees on each side are a sufficient shelter from the winds ; and the 

 warm sun so kindly ripens both the fruits and flowers as if the spring, 

 the summer, and the autumn had agreed together to thrust winter out 

 of doors." 



The forenoon was spent in rambles about the town in search of the 

 various interesting localities. The beautiful Wenham pond, so famous 

 for its ice, and probably the only one of our charming little lakes, 

 that has an European reputation, was visited by many — who sailed 

 over its surface of some three hundred and twenty acres, and fished 

 in its bright and cooling waters, Avhere pickerel and other fish abound. 

 The excellent apparatus for supplying Salem with water, attracted 

 great attention, and many a commendation was spoken relative to 

 these works, and the efficiency of those having them in charge. On 

 a small hill that stood on the site of some ice houses near this pond, 



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