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 are tendered to Dr. Charles H. Palmer, E. P. Kimball, 

 Esq., and other gentlemen of Ipswich, for favors received ; 

 to Sirs. Palmer, Miss Tread well, and other ladies of Ips- 

 wich for the refreshing lunch so tastefully served ; to the 

 gentlemen in charge of Seminary Hall, and the Manning 

 school building, for the use of their rooms, and to Mr. 

 Batchelder, who kindly furnished his barge for the mem- 

 bers of the Institute. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Oct. 7, 1878. 



President in the chair. Records read. 

 Mrs. G. G. Newhall of Salem, and .Mr. J. H. Leflivour 

 of Beverly, were elected resident members. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Oct. 21, 1878. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Rev. W. H. Meredith, and Mr. Charles H. Goss, both 

 of Salem, were elected resident members. 



The President spoke of some bequests to the Institute, 

 by the will of the late Miss Caroline R. Derby of Salem, 

 consisting of two half length portraits by Copley, of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Timothy Fitch ; and two portraits by C. Osgood, 

 of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hersey Derby, the grandparents and 

 parents of the testatrix ; also a collection of shells, some 

 engravings, and a small lot of land on Derby street in 

 Salem. 



The pictures by Copley were painted between 1760 and 

 1767. They are in a good state of preservation and of 

 life size. Timothy Fitch, a distinguished merchant of 

 Boston, is represented seated by a table ; the costume 



