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land and England and America, and Salem among the 

 number, is dead, and that the products of the East will 

 hereafter find their way to Europe and America, not by 

 the Cape of Good Hope, but through other channels. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1870. 



THE President in the chair. Records of preceding meeting read. 



After adopting a plan of arrangements for the annual Horticultural 

 Exhibition, and the transaction of some other business, the President 

 announced the death of our Ex-President, the Hon. ASAHEL HUNT- 

 INGTON, of Salem, which occurred at his sea-side residence in Beverly, 

 this forenoon, after a brief illness. 



Mr. H. was the second son of the Rev. Asahel Huntingtou, the 

 much respected pastor, for many years, of, the church in Topsfield; in 

 that town the subject of our notice was born, July 23, 1798. He was 

 descended from the old Puritan stock which settled in Connecticut in 

 the early period of our history, both on the paternal and the maternal 

 side. His father was born in Franklin, Conn., where the family re- 

 sided for several generations and tilled the same acres, and took a 

 prominent position in the church, performing the duties of some of 

 its most important offices. His mother, Alethea, was the daughter of 

 Dr. EHsha Lord, a celebrated physician of Abington, Conn., and a 

 grand-daughter of Rev. Hezekiah Lord, a noted preacher of his time. 

 Inheriting the traits of character peculiar to these worthies of the 

 olden times, he became a very useful member of the Tabernacle soci- 

 ety in this city ; to them hi%loss must be very great. 



He was fitted for collegj? at Phillips Academy, Andover, and was a 

 graduate of Yale College in the class of 1819. He always took a 

 lively interest in those two institutions, frequently attending the 

 annual commencements, and ready to cooperate in all measures tend- 

 ing to the extension of their usefulness in every direction. 



He commenced his legal studies in Newburyport and completed 

 them in Salem, being admitted to the bar in March, 1824. He com- 

 menced practice in this city, and his appearance in the courts has 

 always been marked by distinguished energy and ability. He held 

 the offices of County Attorney and of District Attorney for many 

 years, and, since 1851, has been the Clerk of the Courts for Essex 

 County. 



He was always ready for every good cause, and shrank from no 



