MAY '■ 1898 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



IBSSIEIX: HTSTITTJTE. 



Vol. 30. Salem: January, — June, 1898. Nos. 1-6. 



THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE 

 ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



At the Annual Meeting of the 

 Institute, May 17, 1897, it was, on 

 motion of Vice President, the Hon. 

 Alden Perley White, voted : "that, 

 in the judgment of this meeting, 

 the fiftieth anniversary of the found- 

 ing of the Essex Institute ous;ht 

 not to pass without a distinct and 

 emphatic recognition, and that the Council take steps to 

 carry this vote into effect." 



Not long after, the Directors took measures to secure, 

 if possible, the presence of certain very desirable guests 

 whose time was preoccupied and whose interest in the 

 Institute made it proper to accommodate our arrange- 

 ments, so far as might be, to their convenience. The In- 

 stitute came into being on Wednesday, March 1, 1848. 



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