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Monday, May 19, 1879. 



Annual Meeting this evening. Ttie President in 

 the chair. Records read. The annual reports of the 

 Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Curators and Standing 

 Committees were read and accepted, and from them the 

 accompanying 



RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 



has been compiled, presenting the work of the Institute, 

 in the various departments, since the last annual meeting. 



Members. — Changes occur in the list of associates by 

 the addition of new names, and the withdrawel of some 

 by resignation, removal from the county or vicinity, or by 

 death. Twelve resident members have died, and we have 

 received information that five of our correspondents have 

 passed away in a serene old age. 



Gurdon Saltonstall, son of Henry and Georgiana C. 

 (Silsbee) Saltonstall, formerly of Salem, born Aug. 15, 

 1856 ; died at Pan, France, May 21, 1878. 



Daniel F. 8taten, the well known gas-fitter and plumber 

 of Salem, died at his residence in Beverly Aug. 3, 1878, 

 aged 41 years, 6 months, and 24 days. 



Joseph Gilbert Waters, son of Capt. Joseph and Mrs. 

 Mary (Dean) Waters of Salem, where he was born July 

 5, 1796; a Judge of the Salem Police Court for nearly 

 forty years ; died July 12, 1878. 



George Perkins, son of Aaron and Susan (Wardwell) 

 Perkins, for many years book-keeper in Mercantile Na- 

 tional Bank of Salem, died Dec. 9, 1878, aged 40 years, 

 4 months, and 28 days. 



William B» Parker, son of William B. and Abigail 



