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promising foundation for the art collection, which it hns 

 long been the hope of the generous donor, as well as of 

 the Essex Institute, to see growing up in Essex County. 

 Voted: That a copy of this vote be sent to Mr. 

 Waters. 



Regular Meeting^ Monday^ Dec. 21, 1896. — The 

 Secretary read a letter received from the three sons of 

 the late George Dean Phippen, tendering to the Society 

 their father's collection of books, shells, minerals, etc. ; 

 and, on motion of Mr. George L. Peabody, it was 



Voted: That the generous offer this day received of 

 books from the library of the late George Dean Phippen, 

 together with a considerable collection of shells and min- 

 erals, an herbarium accumulated by that enthusiastic and 

 untiring student of nature, and a framed likeness of the late 

 Samuel Webb, a life-long member of the Natural History 

 Society of Essex County, — be accepted with thanks. 



Voted: That the donation be pi'eserved as a fitting 

 memorial of our first librarian, who lived to be the last 

 survivor of the seventeen orio-inal members of the board 

 of government of the Essex Institute. 



Voted: That a copy of the above be forwarded to the 

 family of Mr. Phippen. 



Monday Evening, Jan. 4, 1897. — Regular meeting 

 in the Library room. Mr. William L. Welch spoke of 

 the history and topography of the Salem Neck, showing 

 from a large map the different points of interest. He 

 thought that the inlet between Winter Island and the 

 Juniper was " Winter Harbor "as described in deeds, etc., 

 and not, as has been commonly supposed, the water be- 

 tween Winter Island and that part of the Neck bounded 

 by Hathorne's point, now called Cat Cove. Butt Point, 

 where the first ferry started for Marblehead, was near the 



