150 

 The Secretary announced the correspondence : — 



From Charles F. Crocker, Lawrence, Aug. 15; Pardee & Chamberlin. Fulton, 

 N. Y., Aug. 31; W. F. Poole, Cincinnati, Oliio, Aug. 23; Charles B. Rice, Dauverg 

 Centre, Aug. 21; S. J. Spalding, Newburyport, Aug. 30; E. R. Sullivan. Zanesville, 

 Ohio, Aug. 23; E. N. Walton, Salem, Aug. 26; A. Williams & Co., Boston, Aug. 

 15; M:ir.shall P. Wilder, Boston, Aug. 15; U. S. Bureau of Education, WaBliington, 

 Sept. 1; Buffalo Historical Society, Aug. 22. 



The Librarian announced the following additions : — 



By Donation. 



Appleton, Fuancis II., of Peabody. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 25. 



Lee, Joiih C, Commercial Bulletin. July 26, Aug. 2. 9, 16. 1873. 



Morse, E. S. On the Systematic Position of the Brachiopoda, by donor. 8vo 

 pamph. Boston, 1873. 



Mdnsell, Joel, of New York, N. Y. Albany Penitentiary Laws for 1872. 1 

 vol. 8vo. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 16. 



Peabodt, Alfred. San Francisco Directories for 1852-3, 1859. 2 toIs. 8vo. 

 Manual of the Corporation of San Francisco, 1853. 1 vol. 8vo. 



Perkins, A. T., of Boston. Copley's Life and Paintings, by A. T. Perkins. 1 

 vol. small 4to. Boston, 1873. 



Rice, Ciias. B., of Danvers. Centennial Celebration at Conway, June 19, 1S67. 

 8vo pamph. 



U. S. Patext Office. Official Gazette, July 22, 29, Aug. 5, 11, 187J. General 

 Index of " The Official Gazette.'' 1872. 



By Exchange. 



BiBLiOTHfeQUE Ui^ivERSELLE ET Revue SUISSE. Archives des Sciences phys- 

 iques et naturelles, Mai, Juin. Nos. 185, 180. 1873. 



Georgia Historical Society. Collections of. Vol. iii. 1 vol. 8to. Savan- 

 nah. 1873. 



Publishers. American Katuralist. Forest and Stream. (Jloucestcr Tele- 

 graph. Hardwicke's Science Gossip. Haverhill Gazette. Historical ISIagazine. 

 Ipswich Chronicle. Lawrence American. I.,ynn Reporter. Lynn Transcript. 

 Medical and Surgical Reporter. Nation. Nature. Peabody Press. Western 

 Lancet. 



The President in his opening remarks mentioned that 

 this is the first time that the Institute has held a meeting 

 in this spot, so full of historic incidents, some of which 

 are of national importance, although it has convened in 

 three other places in the town. 



It possesses some attractions to the naturalist. Within 

 a short distance in one direction is the locality where 

 William Oakes, the noted botanist of Essex County, and 



