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and Wm. Hathorne (west corner of Liberty street). On 

 the west corner of Elm street lived Wm. Allen, one of 

 the Old Planters. East of Elm street was the homestead 

 and wharf of Elder John Brown. 



From there to the Neck, the house-lots were mostly 

 occupied by merchants, seamen, ship-builders, and others 

 connected with maritime affairs. 



ORDER OF MEETINGS. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, December 20, 1869. The President in the 

 Chair. 



Records of preceding meeting were read. Correspondence and 

 donations were announced. 



Mr. JOHN ROBINSON was elected Home and Recording Secretary for 

 the remainder of the year, and until another shall be chosen in his 

 stead. 



A letter from Dr. F. B. HOUGH, contained a full account of his 

 opinion in regard to " the Onondaga giant," which he considered was 

 undoubtedly a deception. 



Mr. ALPHEUS HYATT gave an account of this deception, which he 

 received from a friend who had made extensive enquiries in relation 

 thereto. "'"[' ' 



The PRESIDENT read a letter from Mr. THOMAS SPENCER, a former 

 resident in this city, and an officer of the Natural History Society at 

 the time of its organization and for several years afterwards, giving 

 an account of two visits to Scrooby, the 'Home of the Pilgrims ; one 

 about ninteeen years since, the other in October last. He remarked 

 that this letter comes at an opportune time, within a day or two of 

 the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1620, 

 a day memorable in <jr annals, and one which is appropriately 

 noticed by the children of New England wherever located. He gave 

 a brief history of Scrooby, alluding to Elder Brewster and some of 

 his companions their removal to Holland, and finally coming to New 

 England, and the founders of a colony which has had so much influ- 

 ence in the organization of this government. 



To the President of the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, . U. S. 

 MY DEAR DR. WHEATLAND : I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your very kind letter, and the certificate constituting me a corres- 

 ponding member of the Essex Institute. It has given me much 

 pleasure to find myself once more associated with friends that I 



