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time superstition, and of that ignorance which it is the blessed mission 

 of " Star-eyed Science" to counterwork and dispel. 



The PRESIDENT alluded to this town as the birthplace of Judge 

 White, the first President of the Institute, who held the office from 

 its organization in 1848 to his decease in 1861, and who was one of its 

 most liberal contributors, having donated, at several times, nearly 8000 

 volumes to the library ; he called upon Rev. T. T. STONE, formerly of 

 Salem, who made a brief response, bearing testimony to his excel- 

 lence and worth. 



Mr. PUTNAM exhibited a dress, presented to the Society by Mrs. 

 Tyrrel of Methuen, which probably had been made by the Indians 

 of the Northwest coast of America. He read a circular from Prof. 

 C. H. Hitchcock, of Hanover, N. H., soliciting aid from all friends 

 of scientific research and mountain explorations, to enable Prof. J. H. 

 Huntington, Assistant Geologist of the State of New Hampshire, and 

 his associates, to spend the next winter (1870-1) upon the top of 

 Mount Washington, with all the needed comforts of life, the proper 

 instruments, and the means of communicating by telegraphic cables 

 daily reports of their observations. He remarked upon the impor- 

 tance of the proposed expedition, and Commended its claims upon the 

 public. 



Brief remarks were then made by Messrs. Chas. Ingalls, Joseph 

 How, and others of Methuen. 



After unanimously adopting the following resolutions, the meeting 

 adjourned. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Essex Institute be tendered to the 

 Selectmen of Methuen for sfte use of the Town Hall ; also to Messrs. 

 Joseph How, Win. M. Rogers, Charles Ingalls, Samuel G. Sargent, 

 John Low, Ebenezer Sawyer, E. A. Archibald, Albert Dame, Rev. 

 Messrs. C. A. Bradley, James Noyes, T. G. Grassie and N. M. Wil- 

 liams, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Grassie, the Misses How and the Misses 

 Barker, and other ladies and gentlemen who have aided in giving in- 

 terest to the meeting this day. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1870. 



President in the Chair. 



T. P. Abell and David Wentzell, both of Salem, were elected 

 resident members. 



