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his business bringing him in contact with many of the farmers 

 of the County, and being a man of the strictest integrity, com- 

 bined with social qualities of the highest order, he was most 

 highly appreciated, both in the town where he lived and where 

 his death is most sincerely lamented, and also by the members 

 of this society whose interests he labored to secure and by 

 whom his death is deeply regretted. 



Mr. Lee was for many years an active and influential mem- 

 ber of the society, and for many years held the office of trus- 

 tee, which office he honored by a constant and faithful dis- 

 charge of his duties. Mr. Jjce was largely engaged in agri- 

 cultural pursuits, cultivating one of the largest farms in the 

 town of Manchester, and being a man of upright character 

 and of noble and generous impulses, he was respected and hon- 

 ored by his townsmen, and very highly esteemed by his breth- 

 ren and associates of this society, of which he was an honored 

 and useful member, and by whom his death is most sincerely 

 mourned. 



The following resolutions were submitted and unanimously 

 adopted : — 



Resolved^ That the members of this society have learned of 

 the death of Mr. Ariel 11. Gould and Mr. John Lee, two worthy 

 members of the society, with sincere regret, and would hereby 

 record the expression of their profound sorrow at the great 

 loss which they, in common with the community at large have 

 sustained by their decease. 



Resolved, That we shall ever retain a lively remembranse 

 of their many admirable traits of character, their genial and 

 gentlemanly manners, their public spirit, their active interest 

 in all that pertained to agriculture in general, and their special 

 interest in the Essex Agricultural Society. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the 

 families of these deceased members. 



