ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY & 



David Cummings of Salem. 



Elisha Mack of Salem. 



Ichabod Tucker of Salem. 



John Peabody of Topsfield. 



Jacob Towne Jr. of Topsfield. 



Ichabod Tucker Esq. was chosen Moderator, and 

 David Cummings Esq. Secretary of the meeting. Quot- 

 ing from the Records : 



A Committee of Five was appointed to take the sub- 

 ject of forming a Society for the County of Essex into 

 consideration and make report to this meeting as soon 

 as might be convenient. The following gentlemen were 

 appointed said committee, viz.: 



Ichabod Tucker Esq., Capt. Paul Kent, David Cum- 

 mings Esq., John Adams Esq., and Elisha Mack Esq. 



The meeting was then adjourned for an hour. The 

 Committee after due deliberation upon the subject at 

 said adjournment made their report. 



Evidently the preliminary caucus at the Coffee House 

 in Salem had made wise preparation, and the Committee 

 was able to report at once that it was expedient to form 

 such a Society, and to submit a proposed series of Rules 

 and Regulations. Their report was adopted unani- 

 mously. Two articles of the Rules are of especial in- 

 terest, as indicative of the scope of the new organiza- 

 tion. 



Article 8. The Trustees shall regulate all the con- 

 cerns of the Society during the intervals of its meetings ; 

 propose such objects of improvement to the attention of 

 the public, publish such communications and offer such 

 premiums in such form and value as they shall think 

 proper, provided the premiums offered do not exceed 

 the funds of the Society. . . . 



Article 16. A Committee shall be raised from time 

 to time, severally to solicit and receive subscriptions for 

 raising a fund for encouraging the noblest of pursuits, 

 the agriculture of our country, the same to be sacredly 

 appropriated to that purpose. 



