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naval and scientific literature and a miscellaneous collection of maga- 

 zines. The museum is in charge of a naval officer with title of curator, 

 responsible to the commandant. The object of the library and museum 

 is to form a collection of works on naval literature and science; to 

 supply a place of deposit for paintings, engravings, maps, and charts, 

 for cabinets of curiosities of natural history, and for models of naval 

 architecture and machinery connected with the naval profession; and 

 to afford means of exhibiting and preserving specimens of useful inven- 

 tions in the arts and sciences which relate to navigation and nautical 

 defense. All books and specimens are donated; there is no financial 

 support. The museum and library are open on week-days from 9 to 

 12 and i to 4, except on Saturday afternoons during July, August, 

 and September. The attendance is estimated at about 15,000 a year. 



CLINTON: 



CLINTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society possesses a small collection of articles illustrating the 

 early history of the town and vicinity, and open to the public in the 

 Holder Memorial building on week-days from 1.30 to 4. 



DANVERS: 



DANVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society at present occupies about 1250 square feet of floor 

 space on the second floor of the First National Bank building, where it 

 maintains a museum, in charge of Henry N. Comey, curator, and 

 Sarah W. Mudge, assistant curator. The collections include weapons 

 and military accoutrements; a large assortment of rare old china; 

 coins and medals; manuscripts; autographs; documents relating to 

 the early shoe trade and other trades in New England; pictures, etc. 

 The most valuable single collection is a series of guns, pistols, uniforms, 

 swords, saddles, commissions, medals, etc., owned by the late Francis 

 Dodge, paymaster-general of the United States, and given to the 

 society by his widow. There is also a historical library of about 2500 

 books. 



The financial support of the society is derived from dues of 

 members and from voluntary contributions. The latter have been 

 sufficient for the purchase of a lot of land and to form a substantial 

 nucleus for a building fund. The society's rooms are open to the public 

 on Saturdays from 2 to 5. During the winter at least one lecture a 

 month is given and papers are also read at the quarterly and annual 

 meetings. 



