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THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR 



compiled from the several reports read at the meeting, 

 and the remarks of several members in relation thereto, 

 presents the work of the Institute in the various depart- 

 ments since the last annual meeting. 



Members. — Changes occur in the list of our associates 

 by the addition of new names and the withdrawal of some 

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

 death. We have received information of the decease of 

 eleven members during the year. 



Caleb Cooke, son of William and Mary (Fogg) 

 Cooke, was born in Salem Feb. 5, 183G, naturalist; 

 died at Salem, June 5, 1880. Elected a member May 

 11, 1853. 



Porteus P. Bielby, son of John and Martha (Liddle) 

 Bielby, born at Little Falls, X. Y., physician; died at 

 Salem, Aug. 1, 1880, aged 34 years, 5 mos. Elected 

 a member February 5, 1877. 



Charles H. Flint, son of Simeon and Ellen (Pollard) 

 Flint, born at Salem, drain-pipe dealer; died at Salem, 

 Oct. 3, 1880, aged 34yrs., 4 mos., 3 days. Elected a 

 member, June 4, 1877. 



Benjamin Peirce, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Nichols) 

 Peirce born at Salem, April 4, 1809 ; graduated at Har- 

 vard College, 1829, — Perkins Professor of Astronomy 

 and Mathematics at Harvard ; died at Cambridge, Oct. 6, 

 1880. Elected a corresponding member, January 13, 

 1864. 



William F. Nichols, son of Ichabod and Cassandra 

 (Frye) Nichols, born at Salem, April 4, 1801, currier; 



