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oak timbers (13 by 16 and 8 by 15 inches), the brick 

 lined walls and the old-fashioned lathing were 'well pre- 

 served. A passing call upon Mr. Francis Curtis, whose 

 store of skulls, skeletons, skins and Indian relics was 

 interesting ; and a visit to the old copper mine, worked 

 experimentally but not successfully, were among the 

 attractions noticed by the party, who made a circuit 

 through the edges of Boxford and Danvers. The old 

 cemetery was visited by many ; in this enclosure lie the 

 remains of a large number of men who are distinguished 

 in our annals. The grave of Hon. Asahel Huntington, 

 ex-prcsident of the Essex Institute (1861-1865) is in 

 this cemetery, and the members felt a deep interest in it 

 on that account. The new town hall, when completed, 

 will be a most convenient municipal building, and a great 

 ornament to the town. 



The several parties, returning by noon, partook of their 

 collation in Union Hall, where an abundant supply of tea 

 and coffee was furnished by the good people of the town. 



The afternoon session for the reports and addresses was 

 held in the Methodist church, and the citizens attended 

 in goodly numbers. The President, H. Wheatland, in 

 the chair. In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Rob- 

 inson, Mr. N. A. Horton was elected secretary pro tern. 

 Records read. 



The Secretary announced the following correspon- 

 dence : — 



From Charles H. Baker, Annapolis, M<1., June 15; C. J. P. Floyd, Topsfield, 

 June 15; Rufua King, New York, July 10; II. W. Lowry. Cincinnati, Ohio, June !); 

 ( >gd< d & Brooks, New York, June !); I). Pel kins, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1 ; Charles 

 W. Richardson, June 10; George Russell, Boston, June 12 anil l:J; Jacob II. 

 Studer, Columbus, Ohio, June 5; Augsburg, Naturhistoricher Verein, Feb. 20; 

 Buffalo Historical Society. June 10; Boston Athenaeum, June G; Danzig, Die Natur- 

 forschende Uesellschaft, Jan. 1'.); Darmstadt, Verein pers Brdkunde, April l; 

 Hague, The Entomological Society of the Netherlands, Sept. 26, 1873; New Jersey 

 Historical Society, June.").;); New York Historical Society, June 10; New Fork 

 State Library. Albany, June 15; < >hi'> Historical and Philosophical Society, June 8, 

 11; Rhode Island Historical Society, June G; Rega, Der Naturi'orsher, Verein, Oct. 



