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April 20, 1864. 

 Mr. C. K. Dillaway in the chair. 



Thirty-two members present. 



A Committee was apiDointed, consisting of Dr. A. A. Gould 

 and Messrs. C. J. Sprague and Charles Stodder, to nominate 

 a list of officers for the ensuing year. 



The Chair also appointed Messrs. J. M. Barnard and 

 Thomas Gaffield a Committee to audit the accounts of the 

 Treasurer, and to report at the next and annual meeting. 



The following Members were elected : — Messrs. T. P. 

 Chandler, Edwin P. Dutton, Charles W. Wrightington, Jas. 

 B. Richardson, J. S. Fay, Henry Hooper, Frederic G. Froth- 

 ingham, Samuel Frothingham, Jr., Donald McL. Frothing- 

 ham and S. Weld, 



May 4, 1864. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the chair. 



Sixty-five members present. 



The Secretary read a report of the last annual and last 

 regular meetings. 



Before proceeding to the regular business of the meeting, 

 Mr. T. T. Bouve presented for the Committee, the following 

 address upon the character of the late Dr. Hitchcock, and a 

 series of resolutions which were adopted and with the address, 

 ordered to be communicated to the family of the deceased. 



Mr. President : — In proposing to the Society resolutions of respect 

 to the memory of our late distinguished honorary member, Professor 

 Edward Hitchcock, I do not feel that there is any need of reviewing, 

 even briefly, his career as a man of science, or of dwelling at any 

 length upon his character as a man. His long spent life of service in 



