1867.1 279 IWaterston. 



already responded favorably and had forwarded the neces- 

 sary funds. 



Messrs. W. P. Cross, Wm. Sturgis Bigelow and F. P. At- 

 kinson were elected Resident Members. 



June 19, 1867. 



The President in the chair. Thirty-one members present. 



The Rev. R. C. Waterston announced the death of 

 Thomas Bulfinch, Esq., formerly an officer of the Society, 

 and gave an extended notice of his life and character. 



As a mark of the deep respect in which the Society held 

 their late member, Mr. Waterston was requested (on motion 

 of Dr. Charles T. Jackson) to prepare a fitting tribute to be 

 placed upon the Records ; in response to which the follow- 

 ing testimonial has been furnished. 



TRIBUTE TO MR, BULFINCH. 



By the sudden death of Thomas Bulfinch, who, after a brief illness, 

 has been removed from the midst of honorable and useful activity, 

 the whole community suffers a loss which will be widely and deeply 

 felt. This Society, at such a time, would recall with gratitude the 

 past services of their lamented associate, who, through many years, 

 rendered valuable aid in the promotion of its Interests. He was 

 elected a member of the Society on the 3d of June, 1840, and was 

 chosen Its Recording Secretary on the 4th of May, 1842, which 

 office he faithfully filled until May, 1848. Through these six years, 

 the volume of records, upon the table before us, testifies to his con- 

 scientious fidelity. The account of every meeting, through that ex- 

 tended period, with the statement of each Important measure proposed, 

 and each scientific flict, stated or discussed, all elaborately written 

 out with uufaillng accuracy, proves how much he was able and willing 

 to do in the cause of natural science, and the time and thought he 

 cheerfully gave to promote the objects for which we are here asso- 

 ciated. In addition to his labors as Recording Secretary, he was 



