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the following reply was received, addressed to Capt. 

 George M. Whipple of the Committee. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass., 



June 24, 1896. 

 My DEAR Capt. Whipple, 



I most gratefully appreciate the kindness of the Direc- 

 tors of the Essex Institute as expressed in their resolu- 

 tions with regard to my departure from Salem. I am 

 profoundly thankful for this evidence of friendly regard. 



I exceedingly regret that the condition of my health 

 must debar me from meeting the Directors at an informal 

 dinner or at a reception. Were I in good physical con- 

 dition it would he a delight to me to meet the members 

 of the Institute and to discourse upon its welfare. 



Please present my thanks to your associates of the 

 committee on resolutions relating to myself, and accept 

 for yourself my grateful acknowledgment. 



With sincere wishes for the prosperity of the Essex 

 Institute, 



I remain, yours truly, 



Daniel B. Hagar. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, July 20, 1896. — It was 

 voted to amend the By Laws, Article ii. Section 2, re- 

 lating to the election of officers, in the second line, by 

 adding after the word " Society " these words, "together 

 ■with a finance committee," as provided in Section 7, of 

 the Charter of the Essex Institute. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee held this 

 day it was voted, That the Institute celebrate the seventy- 

 fifth anniversary of the founding of the Essex Historical 

 Society, and that the President be requested to prepare 

 an address to be delivered on the occasion. 



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