TRANSACTIONS 



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Saturday, May 6, 1876. 



An adjourned meeting of the Societ}' was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 President Parkman in the chair. 



The President read a letter addressed to him ])y William Gra}', 

 Jr., presenting to the Societ}' a cop^- of Alphand's " Les Prom- 

 enades de Paris," and stated that this was the most valuable single 

 work ever presented to the Society. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to Mr. Gray 

 for his generous gift. 



On motion of the Chairman of the Library Committee, the Lil)ra- 

 rian was authorized to have the volumes presented by Mr. Gray, 

 bound. 



The following named persons, having been recommended for mem- 

 bership by the Executive Committee, were severally elected : 



Hugh Morrison, of Gloucester. 

 Thomas C. Thurlow, of Newburyport. 

 Aaron Davis Capen, of Mattapan. 

 John J. Richards, of Boston. 

 Leonard W. Weston, of Lincoln. 

 Frederick Marshall, of Everett. 

 Dr. Henry P. Walcott, of Cambridge. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Jared P. Kirtland, of East 

 Rockport, Ohio, an Honoraiy Member of the Society, giving an 

 account of a curious hybrid between the Western Shag-bark and the 

 Black Oak. The letter was referred to the Committee on Publica- 

 tion. 



Adjourned to Saturday, June 3. 



