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Mr. Putnam was born in 1835, at Houlton, ^Nlaine. He spent 

 his boyhood days in Xew England, and graduated from WilHams' 

 College in the year 1858. At the opening of the Civil War, Mr. 

 Putnam enlisted in the Third Minnesota Infantry. In 1862 he 

 was made lieutenant of that infantry, and in 1864 lieutenant- 

 colonel of the Forty-Third Colored U. S. Infantry. Soon after 

 that he was taken prisoner. While on parole on account of ill- 

 ness, he served in General Sibley's staff in the Sioux Indian 

 campaign. Later, upon his return to his own company, Mr. Put- 

 nam served on the Signal Corps until the close of the war. He 

 served in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and 

 Lookout Mountain. 



Following the close of the Civil War, Mr. Putnam came to 

 Chicago and soon established himself in the real estate business. 

 As a citizen of Chicago he took an active interest in the general 

 welfare of the community. He became a member of the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences before the great fire in 1871. when the 

 records of the Academy were destroyed. He was among the 

 most enthusiastic members in the re-establishment and growth of 

 the Academy after the fire, and up to the time of his death gave 

 a great deal of attention to the welfare and development of the 

 institution. 



In the year 1892 he was elected to membership on the Board 

 of Trustees, and in 1899 chosen as the president of that Board. 

 in which capacity he served until the time of his death. During 

 Mr. Putnam's association with the Academy he endeared himself 

 in many ways to the members of the Society. 



JOHX FAR WELL FERRY.* 

 By Benj. T. Gault. 



The sudden and untimely death at St. Luke's Hospital, Chi- 

 coga, February 11, 1910, from acute pneumonia, of our fellow 

 member, John Farwell Ferry, came as a great surprise and shock 

 to his many friends in and about the city and throughout the 

 country at large. 



Born October 12, 18T7, Mr. Ferry developed early in life a 

 fondness for natural history pursuits and, before entering the 

 preparatory school at Andover, Mass., had gathered together a 

 collection of Xorth American birds that would have done credit 

 to a much older person. 



