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BULLETIN 



ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Vol. 6. Salem, Mass., Mat, 1874. No. 5. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, Apeil 20, 1874. 



[ Continued. } 



Previous to the adjournment the President alluded 

 to the recent death of Prof. Alpheus Crosby, who during 

 his residence in Salem had been an interested member, 

 held several offices, and taken an active part in some of 

 the operations of the Institute. He had also been Presi- 

 dent of the Salem Athenaeum, and from 1858 to 18G4 

 Principal of the State Normal School in Salem. 



Dr. George A. Perkins, after some appropriate re- 

 marks, introduced the following resolutions : — 



Whereas, in the providence of God, the earthly life 

 of our associate and friend, Professor Alpheus Crosby, 

 has reached its close : 



Resolved, That, with profound sorrow at the loss we 

 sustain in his lamented death, we place on record our sin- 

 cere testimony to his eminent talents and -exalted worth. 



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