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1848. Small folio, 16 1-2 by 12 inches. Soon after the 

 last proof sheet of this work had been sent to the printer, 

 he suddenly died, on the 31st of July, 1848. He was a 

 man of great generosity, and never hoarded his immense 

 collections, distributing freely to those who would appre- 

 ciate them. Professor Edward Tuckerman has given the 

 name of Oakes to a highly interesting evergreen, detected 

 some thirty years since in several localities along our 

 eastern coast (Oakesia Conradi), Avhich is figured in the 

 memoirs of the American Academy. 



Although he had collected much, he had done little 

 towards a final elaboration of the results of his observa- 

 tions, which is attributed to a fastidious taste, and an over 

 anxious desire to satisfy the ever increasing demands of 

 science, and to realize his own high standard of perfec- 

 tion. He published a catalogue of plants of Vermont 

 appended to Thompson's History of Vermont, and some 

 articles in magazines. 



OLD RECORDS OF PENNYCOOK AND RUMFORD. 



Since the adjournment of the meeting, the following 

 extracts from the first volume of the records of Concord, 

 N. H., have been copied and are here inserted as confirm- 

 ing that portion of the above remarks which relates to 

 the old New Hampshire towns. The General Court of 

 Massachusetts passed March 4, 1733-4, an act for erect- 

 ing a new town within the county of Essex, called Penny- 

 cook, by the name of Rumford. In 1765 this name was 

 changed to Concord, and is now the flourishing capital of 

 New Hampshire. 



Pennycooh, January ye 9, 1732. — The Inhabitants of 

 the Plantation of Pennycook are hereby notified to assem- 

 ble and convene at the meeting-house in Pennycook on 

 the eleventh day of this instant January at nine of the 



