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1702; went to the Narragansett fight in 1675, probably 

 in the company of his neighbor Capt. Joseph Gardner. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, December 19, 1881. 

 Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Correspondence and donations announced. 



Messrs. N. F. Merrill and Edward L. .Rogers were 

 elected resident members ; also Miss Louisa Huntington, 

 all of Salem. 



Voted, That the President, Treasurer, and Robert S. 

 Rantoul be a committee of the Institute to procure, if 

 possible, from the Legislature, at its coming session, an 

 amendment of the Charter which shall authorize the hold- 

 ing by the Essex Institute of personal property to the 

 amount of ($100,000) one hundred thousand dollars, in- 

 stead of twenty thousand dollars. 



John H. Sears presented the following communication, 

 which, according to the rules, was referred to the publica- 

 tion committee : accompanying the presentation of this 

 communication, Mr. Sears gave a very interesting account 

 of his collectings through Northern New York, embracing 

 the well known Adirondack region, which is a favorite 

 resort for the sportsman, and the lover of beautiful and 

 varied natural scenery, with brief descriptions of the 

 country, its mountains, its rivers, its lakes and its flora, 

 more especially the trees and the shrubs. 



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