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EEGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1870. 

 President in the Chair. 



Edward D. Ropes and William G. Webb, both of Salem, were 

 elected resident members. 



QUARTERLY MEETING, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1870. 



President in the Chair. 



The following amendment to the constitution having been submitted 

 at the annual meeting in May, and the quarterly in August, was 

 unanimously adopted. 



Instead of Article 1, substitute the following : " Article 1 :-*The 

 objects of the ESSEX INSTITUTE are the collection and preservation 

 of materials for the Civil and Natural History of the County of Essex, 

 and the advancement of Science, Literature, and the Arts." 



Miss Lucy Larcom of Beverly, Charles H. Goss, Isaac M. Gattman 

 and George R. Harris, all of Salem, were elected resident members. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. 



The first evening meeting of the present season was held at the 

 rooms to Plumraer Hall. The President in the Chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



The Secretary announced the following correspondence : 



Abell, T. P., Salem; Ames, James T., Chicopee, Oct. 1; Ames, R. W., Boston, 

 Oct. -14, 17; Andrews, Wm. P., Salem, Aug. 18; Appleton, Francis II., West 

 Peabody, Oct. 7; Ball, Mary F., Presidio, Oct. 15; Bergen Museum, Oct. 1; Bollee, 

 E. C., Brooklyn, Sept. 30; Boston Public Libraiy, Nov. 29; BrooKs, H. A., Salem, 

 Oct. 21; Brooks, W. G., Boston, Nov. 17; Buffalo Historical Society, Oct. 28, Nov. 

 14; Calkins, W. W., Chicago, 111., Oct. 20; Chamberlain, James A., Salem, Oct. 9; 

 Chipman, R. 31., Ware, Mass., Oct. 11; Choate, Abby P., Salem, Nov. 11; Cogswell, 

 Geo., Bradford, Nov. 2(>; Edgerly, Albert W., Lynn, Nov. 12; Endicott, Eobert R., 

 Beverly, Oct. ; Emery, Geo. E., Lynn, Oct. 18; Gattmaii, J. M., Salem, Nov. 18; 

 Goss, Chas. H., Salem, Nov. 14; Higbee, Chas.H., Boston, Sept. 22; Iowa Historical. 

 Society, Nov. 19; Johnson, A. H., Bradford, Oct. 13, 19; Kongelige Danske Viden- 

 skabernes Selskab, Nov. 5; Larcom, Lucy, Beverly Farms, Nov. 5, 21; Lincoln, 

 S., Jr., Salem, Oct. 13; Loring, A. K., Boston, Nov. 2, 4, 7, 17; Lath, M., Cincinnati, 

 Nov. 2, 3; Maine Historical Society, Nov. ; Massachusetts Historical Society, 

 Nov. 26; Minnesota Historical Society, Sept. 30, Oct. SO; Moravian Historical 

 Society, Nov. 18; Munsell, Joel, Albany, N. Y., Oct. 24; New England Historic- 

 Genealogical Society, Oct. 27, Nov. 23; New York Genealogical Society, Nov. 14; 

 New York Lyceum of Natural History, Oct. 4; New York State Library, Sept. 7, 19, 



