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Besolved : That we recognize with especial gratitude 

 the new evidence of his continuous interest in the So- 

 ciety, in the provision by himself of his portrait, to be 

 suspended in our Hall in the goodly company of his life- 

 long associates. 



Resolved : That in accepting his generous bequest of 

 a sum of money, we desire to show our thankfulness in 

 the most appropriate way ; and that we therefore 

 solemnly pledge the fiiith of the Society to ''invest the 

 same and to apply the income thereof to the purchase of 

 books for our library." 



Resolved : That a copy of these resolutions be trans- 

 mitted to the family of our late President ; and that the 

 resolutions, together with the record of the action and 

 expressions of sentiment by the Trustees, at the time of 

 his decease, be published in the next issue of the Trans- 

 actions of the Society. 



On motion of Salisbury, F. P., Voted : to adopt the 

 Resolutions, and furthermore to instruct the Finance 

 Committee to keep the principal of the sum intact ; to 

 expend only the income from it ; and that the bequest 

 be known as the 



A Record : Attest : 



EDWARD WINSLOW LINCOLN, 



8ec7^etary. 



