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BULLETIN 
'-ESSEX IlsrSTITTJTE. 
Vol. 22. Salem: Oct., Nov., Dec, 1890. Nos. 10-12. 
Monday, May 19, 1890. 
The annual meeting was held this evening at 7.30 o'clock ; 
the President in the chair. The records of the last an- 
nual meeting were read and approved. 
The Secretary read his annual report which was accepted 
and placed on file. 
The Treasurer read his report on the financial condition 
of the Society ; having been duly audited, it was accepted 
and placed on file. 
On motion of Rev. E. B. Willson it was 
Voted, That the thanks of the Essex Institute be tendered 
to Mr. George D. Phippen, the treasurer (who has de- 
clined being a candidate for re-election), for his faithful 
services during eleven years in this office. After remarks 
complimentary were offered by Rev. E. B. Willson, Dr. 
N. R. Morse, Mr. John Robinson and others, the vote 
was unanimously adopted. 
The report of the librarian, Mr. C. S. Osgood, was 
read, accepted, and placed on file. 
The report of the auditor, Mr. R. C. Manning, was read, 
accepted, and placed on file. 
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