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and value of his reports. He lias rendered valuable service to 

 our Society by several lectures at our Institutes, and at others 

 in differeut parts of the state. 



He married Miss Ellen E. Leland, of Grafton, in 1857, who 

 died in 1875, leaving two sons, both graduates of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, and one daughter. 



After his resignation of his office of Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture in 1878, he was chosen president of the 

 New England Mortgage Security Company, of Boston, which 

 he held at his death. By prudence and careful management of 

 property left by his wife and his own earnings, he left a large 

 property. 



Charles L. Flint was a man of fine education, superior talents, 

 a genial social companion, beloved and respected by all who 

 knew him. and is a decided loss to this Society, and the com- 

 munity at large. 



(Sue also, notice ot his death and resolutions passed at Institute of Society 

 held in Peabody, Page 150.) 



A. Laburton Kimball, of Bradford, died Feb. 23, 1889, aged 

 about 50 years. He was a retired Shoe Manufacturer, and a 

 citizen greatly respected. He became a member of the Society 

 in 1870. 



William R. Putnam, died at Red Wing, Minn., Sept. 8, 

 1886, aged 75 years. He was for many years a trustee of the 

 Society. During his residence in Danvers, where he was born, 

 and spent a good part of his life, he cultivated the farm of his 

 ancestors ; this he did with a degree of intelligence and success 

 attained by few in those days. He served as Chairman of 

 committees, and has left many reports on our records, of great 

 value to the Society. 



Mr. Putnam made many contributions, showing much thought 

 and knowledge of husbandry, to the agricultural papers of the 

 day. 



After his removal to Minnesota in 1873, although not a prac- 

 tical farmer, he took a deep interest in Western agriculture. It 



