134 THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 



nor apprehension of loss of dignity to the house of 

 Leicester, through its known complicity in the cattle 

 traffic. 



The events occurring between 1845 and 1850 are 

 few in the record. In 1846 John Chipman Gray be- 

 came the president, in place of John Welles, resigned, 

 and Daniel Webster was chosen as the first vice presi- 

 dent. In 1850 Dr. John C. Warren was chosen second 

 vice president, and the situation remained unchanged 

 until the decease of the former, in 1852. This may be 

 regarded a notable episode in the society's history, in 

 that, for the time being, it had for its two vice presi- 

 dents, men who, confessedly stood preeminent in the 

 professions to which they respectively belonged. In 

 1847 a communication was received from the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of France, asking for any infor- 

 mation in the possession of the Massachusetts Society 

 as to the phenomena of, and the remedy for, the 

 prevalent potato disease. An expert investigation of 

 the disease had recently been made under the direc- 

 tion of the trustees, and the result of it was sent to 

 Paris. In 1849 Dr. Edward Brooks returned from 

 Paris and delivered the expected course of public 

 lectures, in February, at the State House. In 1850 a 

 pair of North Devon cattle was bought and presented 

 to the State's reformatory institution, at Westboro. 

 In 1851 occurred the decease of Dr. Brooks, and the 

 trustees made an arrangement with Dr. D. D. Slade 

 to give a course of public lectures on veterinary 

 science, which he did in a manner to meet the official 

 approval of Dr. Warren, who was of the committee of 

 arrangements. In this case, as in that of the preced- 

 ing course, $600 was paid to the lecturer from the 

 treasury of the society. 



In 1851 an appropriation of $2,500 having been 



