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Seven hundred and forty-fourth Meeting. 



June 22, 1881. — Special Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following letter : — 



"Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 

 " Office of the Pkesident, Boston, June 9, 1881. 



" Professor Josiah P. Cooke. 



" Dear Sir, — I have the honor to request, in behalf of the Board of 

 Managers of the Fourteenth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charita- 

 ble Mechanic Association, that the Fellows of the American Academy 

 of Arts and Sciences should do them the honor to bestow, this fall, 

 the Association's ' Grand Medal,' for that single exhibit in the ensuing 

 display most conducive to human welfare. 



" Such medal will be established by the Association, and we are 

 desirous of its bestowment in a manner that will add to its value ; and 

 it has seemed to our Board of Managers that no more renowned 

 or impartial body could be selected than the Academy which you 

 represent. 



" Should this suggestion meet the approval of your Associates, and 

 the duty be undertaken by your body, I shall be very happy to confer 

 further with you in regard to the matter. 



" I am, very respectfully, 



" Your obedient servant, 



" Charles "W. Slack, 



" President:' 



On the motion of Professor Cooke it was 



Voted, To appoint a Committee of seven Fellows of the 

 Academy who, after conferring with the authorities of the 

 Charitable Mechanic Association, shall have full power to 

 decide whether it is advisable for the Academy to accept the 

 proposed trust, and shall report their decision or action to 

 the Academy at their stated meeting in October. 



The President appointed the following Committee in 

 accordance with this vote : — 



