PROCEEDINGS. 173 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 19, 1851. 

 Vice President B. V. French, in the Chair. 



A letter from Dr. J. V. C. Smith, accompanying a package of Seeds, was received. 

 The Seeds were placed in the hands of the Vegetable Committee, for distribution, and the 

 thanks of the Society voted to Dr. Smith. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, July 26, 1851. 

 President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



The Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements reported that they had voted to hold 

 the Annual Exhibition on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of September, commencing on Wednes- 

 day the 17th, at 12 o'clock. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 9, 1851. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



Voted, That a Committee be appointed to prepare suitable Resolutions on the decease of 

 the first President of the Society, Gen, H. A. S. Dearborn. 



Messrs. B. V. French, D. Leach, and J. S. Cabot, were appointed as the Committee, 



Beautiful specimens of Pressed Flowers and Grasses were presented by a Lady of Rox- 

 bury, for which the thanks of the Society were voted. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, August 23, 1851. 



President, Samuel Walker, in the Chair. 



The Committee appointed to prepare suitable Resolutions on the death of Gen. H. A. S. 

 Dearborn, the tirst President of the Society, made the following Report, which was adopt- 

 ed:— 



Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to remove by death the Hon. Henry Alexander 

 Scammel Dearborn, the first President" of this Society, therefore 



Resolved, That we would cherish with profound respect the memory of the departed, and 

 would seek to impress upon our hearts his many eminent and noble virtues. 



Resolved, That we acknowledge with gratitude the many obligations of this Society to the 

 late Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, for his untiring zeal in promoting its best interests, and for his 

 exhibition of classic taste in all that adorns and refines social life. 



Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased, our warmest sympathies in their 

 bereavements. 



On motion of B. V. French, it was 



Voted, That the Corresponding Secretary transmit a copy of the foregoing Resolutions, 

 signed by the President and Recording Secretary, to the afflicted family. 



Voted, That the thanks of this Society be presented to the Hon. Samuel A. Eliot, for his 

 valuable donation of Books to the Society. 



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