120 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 
Improvement Society for the exceedingly bountiful colla- 
tion furnished by them to the Institute and its friends and 
the thanks of the Institute be also tendered to Alden P. 
White, Ezra D. Hines and Andrew Nichols, Esqs., for 
their attention and kindness in pointing out places of in- 
terest on the route from Salem to this place ; also to those 
persons who opened their residences to the inspection of 
the members of the Institute; also to the proprietors of 
the First Church for the privilege of visiting their church 
and to all others who have contributed to the interest ot 
the occasion. 
The meeting then adjourned. At 4.30 p.m., it was an- 
nounced that the bai'ges were in readiness for the home- 
ward trip ; on the way to Salem, the party visited the 
birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam of the Revolution, where, 
in the room in which the general was born, is an old chair 
which had l)elonged to him. This house was l)nilt in 1648 
and was therefore rather an old house when the general 
was born. The party passed the house of Sarah Osborne, 
one of the first accused of witchcraft ; they also made a 
call at Oak Knoll. Besides the number who went in 
barges, several went by horse cars and private carriages. 
The SECOND Field Meeting was held at Ipswich Blufls 
on Thursday, Aug. 22, 1889. The weather was remark- 
ably pleasant, one of the finest days of the season. The 
party of some seventy persons left Salem at 10 a.3i. for 
Ipswich where, upon arrival, barges were taken to the 
steamer "Carlotta" which, after a pleasant sail, landed the 
party at the Blufls. An hour or two was passed in rambling 
about the })lace looking after ajiy objects of interest that 
might turn up and enjoying the fine air and scenery. At 
one o'clock a large portion of the company who had taken 
baskets spread their lunch in an old-fashioned barn and 
