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The committee are — Willirtm Sutton, George B. Loring, 

 Benj. P. Ware, J. D. W. French and Chas. P^ Preston. 



Dr. Loring offered resolutions of respect to the memory of 

 John Keeley, one of the Vice Presidents recently deceased, 

 which are published herewith. 



Chas. P. Preston, Secretary. 



JOSHUA L. XEWHALL. 



At a meeting of the Trustees held at Salem, June 23d, 

 1874, Hon. Allen W. Dodge offered the following resolutions 

 on the death of Joshua L. Newhall, Esq., one of the Vice 

 Presidents of the Society, which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That we have heard with a deep sense of our 

 loss, of the death of one of our Vice Presidents, Joshua L. 

 Newhall, who through so many years manifested the great- 

 est interest, intelligence and activity in the affairs of this So- 

 ciety. 



Resolved, That we cherish with high regard the memory 

 of his well directed and persevering efforts to exemplify what 

 may be accomplished by farming in his own County. 



Resolved, That we sympathize with the family of the de- 

 ceased in their bereavement, and that the Secretary send them 

 a copy of these resolutions. 



Mr. Dodge, in addressing the meeting, said, that next tO' 

 yourself, Mr. President, our deceased friend was probably the 

 largest land holder in the County. In saying this, I mean, 

 said Mr. Dodge, owner of the largest acreage of productive 

 land lying together in Essex County. His farm lying on 

 Turkey Hill in Newburyport consisted of five hundred acres 

 in one compact body that he had bought from time to time, 

 and from an impoverished condition brought to a high state of 



