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ties during a long and busy term of years as a merchant 

 of Salem. 



Dr. George A. Perkins spoke of his intimate rela- 

 tions with Mr. Upton, and heartily endorsed the remarks 

 of Mr. Mills. He moved that the communication be 

 referred to the publication committee, with a request that 

 the same be printed in the Historical Collections of 

 the Institute. 



Mr. James Kimball read a paper on the "Early Man- 

 ufacture of Glass in Salem," claiming, in contradiction to 

 certain published statements, that Essex County, and in 

 part Salem, established the first glass factory and manu- 

 factured the first glass in New England. Referred to the 

 Committee on Publications. 



Thursday, July 31, 1879. 



Third Field Meeting, the present season, near the 

 asylum station, Danvers. The members from Salem left 

 at 9.25, A. M., from the E. R. R. station, and were joined 

 at the grounds by many others, who came in private car- 

 riages from various places. On arrival all repaired to 

 Oak grove and deposited the baskets. Through the 

 courtesy of Dr. Calvin S. May, the superintendent, the 

 party visited many of the principal rooms of the asylum ; 

 afterwards, separating into small groups, went in pursuit 

 of their respective specialities. 



On the 25th of April, 1873, an act to establish a Hos- 

 pital for the Insane in the northeastern part of the com- 

 monwealth was approved. A commission was appointed, 

 who selected as a site this hill and the adjoining lands 



