152 FIELD MEETING AT SAUGUS. 



Tuesday, August 16, 1881. 



Meeting this day. The President in the chair. Rec- 

 ords read. 



Mr. George Sibley, of Salem, was duly elected a resi- 

 dent member. 



Wednesday, August 30, 1881. 



The field meeting postponed from August the 18th 

 and 19th, on account of the inclemency of the weather, 

 was held this day at Saugus. The day was intensely 

 hot, the thermometer being over 90° in the shade. The 

 people of Saugus were very polite and attentive, and by 

 their civilities rendered the day very enjoyable. 



After depositing the baskets in the library room at the 

 Town Hall, parties were improvised to visit the principal 

 places ot interest. The following may be specified : The 

 Cinder Bank, the site of the old Iron Works, Appleton's 

 Pulpit Rock, the Jasper Quarry, the cool retreat at the 

 ancient homestead of the Hawkes family, the house of 

 Mr. W. F. Hitchings, in which were found the Records of 

 the Third Parish, Lynn, since incorporated as the town 

 of Saugus, the first warrant granted by Hon. Ebenezer 

 Burrill, dated March 5, 1738-9, to Joseph Haven, one 

 of the proprietors of the meeting house in the westerly 

 end of Lynn for holding the meeting for organization. 

 June 9, 1739, Rev. Edward Cheever was chosen the first 

 minister and was ordained Dec. 5, 1739. Rev. Joseph 

 Roby accepted the call July 26, 1750, was the second 

 minister. He continued the devoted pastor for more 

 than half a century, his death occurring Jan'y 31, 1803, 



