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President presided. Rev. E. C. Bolles officiated as 

 Toastmaster, and the divine blessing was invoked by 

 Rev. Dr. Mills. 



The President opened the after-dinner exercises, fol- 

 lowed by Eev. E. C. Bolles, Toastmaster, Gov. A. H. 

 Rice, Mayor H. K. Oliver, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, 

 Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Rev. Dean Stanley, Hon. Wm. 

 C. Endicott, Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, Prof. Benjamin 

 Peirce, Hon. Geo. B. Loring, Rev. Fielder Israel, Joseph 

 H. Choate, Esq., Benjamin H. Silsbee, Esq., Rev. Edward 

 S. Atwood (omitted in the delivery, on account of the 

 lateness of the hour) . A lull account is printed in the 

 "Historical Collections" of the Institute, vol. XV. 



Field Meeting at Ipswich, Friday, October 4, 1878. 



This morning, a party consisting of some one hundred, 

 members and friends of the Institute, assembled at the 

 station of the Eastern Railroad in Salem, to take the train 

 for Ipswich, and after a ride of some twenty minutes ar- 

 rived at the place of destination. Messrs. Palmer, Kim- 

 ball and other Ipswich friends were there, awaiting to 

 conduct the party to the wharf, for an excursion in the 

 Steamer "Carlotta," down the river to Plum Island, and 

 the adjacent coast. 



The sail on the river was very pleasant, the scenery 

 diversified ; passing by at first cultivated fields with scat- 

 tered farm houses and buildings ; afterwards rough and 

 somewhat uneven land, and principally used for pas- 



turage. 



After tarrying some two hours in examining the pecu- 

 liarities of the place, and the various points of interest, 



