24 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



driven about the city to points of historical interest. Re- 

 tiirnino; at 12.30 o'clock, a lunch was served in Pluranaer 

 Hall where about one hundred persons, inchiding the Com- 

 mittee, sat down to a lunch by Caterer Wentworth. At 

 two o'clock a meeting was held in Academy Hall at which 

 President Willson, in a few well chosen remarks, intro- 

 duced Prof. E. S. Morse who gave a brief histcn-y of the 

 Institute and Peabody Academy. The Hon. R. S. Ran- 

 toul then delivered a scholarly address, abounding with 

 information, on the history of Salem in the Revolution. 

 He was followed by Professor Powell who made a pleasant 

 speech expressive of the appreciation and thanks of the 

 visitors for the reception and courtesies extended to them. 

 The guests then visited the Museum of the Peabody Acad- 

 emy and afterwards took the cars for Boston or Marble- 

 head. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Aug. 20, 1894. — The 

 Secretary called the attention of the members to the death 

 of Mr. M. A. Stickney which occurred on the 11th inst. 

 The following resolutions offered by Mr. Rantoul, sec- 

 onded by Mr. Cousins, were ado[)ted. Resolved: That it 

 is with a deep sense of loss and regret that the Essex Insti- 

 tute is called to record the death of Matthew Adams Stick- 

 ney, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine. His early, constant, 

 and unfaltering devotion to the interests of this society, 

 dating from a time when its existence from year to year 

 was only secured by the untiring zeal of a few promoters 

 like himself, deserves to be remembered now when the 

 records of the society's stabilit}^ and usefulness cover half 

 a century. Born of an ancient Essex County stock, 

 leading a life pure and lofty in its aims and exemplary in 

 all its relations, his estimable qualities widel}- recognized 

 as they coidd not fail to be, and honored with membershi[) 

 in many leading archivological and literary societies of the 



