MEETING, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 169 



Regular Meeting, Tuesday, November 22, 1881. 

 At the meeting this evening, adjourned from Monday 

 21st, Miss Haskell Moulton Nichols of Salem was elected 

 a resident member. 



The President read a communication from the Historical 

 Society of Prince Edward Island. 



Referred to Robert S. Rantoul, Esq., who was requested 

 to reply to the communication expressing to the society 

 the good wishes and the cooperation ot the Institute. 



Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 

 17 November, 1881. 

 To the Corresponding Secretary Essex Institute, 

 Salem, Mass. 



Sir: 



A public meeting was held here on the 12th 

 September last, for the purpose of establishing an His- 

 torical Society for Prince Edward Island, a report where- 

 of I beg to forward you herewith. 



Under instructions from the Executive Committee of 

 that Society, I take the liberty of addressing you to so- 

 licit on their behalf any books, pamphlets, or papers, or 

 any information you may see fit to furnish us, calculated 

 to assist us in our work, and we shall be glad to recipro- 

 cate any favors of this nature we may receive by sending 

 you other books in return, and by communicating any in- 

 formation which may be of service to you at our com- 

 mand. 



The early history of our Province is in some measure 

 connected with the history of the United States, in their 

 struggle for independence. During the Revolutionary 

 war two American armed vessels from Marblehead were 

 commissioned by Congress in 1775, to cruise in the Gulf 



