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of Sulcm as assistant, to deliver forty lectures "on the 

 mi('roscM)[)e and what it shows us" illustrated In' the cal- 

 ciiitn light, in such places in Essex County as may be 

 airreed upon during the year connnencing July 1, 1872, 

 eight of them to be given in Mechanic Hall, Salem, on 

 suc(;essive Wednesday evenings commencing on the third 

 Wednesday in October. 



Voted, To accept the report of. the committee, and 

 confirm the doings. 



David Weston of Salem was elected a resident member. 



Voted, That the Essex Institute hereby tenders its hearty 

 tlianks to Mr. Simon F. Esty of JMiddleton for the use of 

 his beautiful and commodious grove, to the Proi)rietors 

 of the Congregational Church in which this session has 

 been held and to Messrs. David Stiles, Henry White, 

 Merriam, Tyler and others of Middleton who have ex- 

 tended courtesies on this occasion. 



Adjourned. 



Field Meeting at Grovel and, Tuesday, 

 July 1G, 1872. 



Soon after nine o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, 16th 

 of July, a goodly number of persons l)egan to assemble in 

 the Eastern Railroad Station, Salem, for an excursion to 

 Groveland, taking the 9.25 train for Danvers on the Essex 

 Road, thence a special train on the Danvers and George- 

 town, now leased and operated by the Boston and Maine 

 Railroad corporation, the remainder of the route. 



The additions to the party from other towns at the 

 several stations considerably augmented the numl)er in 

 attendance. On arrival at Groveland the party was met 



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