CONTENTS. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 2, ... Pag i' 



tion of Thanks, 7. 

 Letters Announced, 8, 11, 21, 23, 30, 31, 38, 41,- 59, 76, 79, 100, 



120, 132, 145, 155, 161, 163 

 Additions to Library, 8, 12, 22, 24, 30, 32, 38, 41, GO, 76, 79, 100, 



120, 132, 146, 155, 162, 164 



Additions to Cabinets, . . . . ' . . 165 



Additions to Historical Department, .... 147, 156, 162 



Deficiencies in Library, 12, 13, 96, 132 



Publications of Institute, 14^ 96 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 16, 9 



J. Kimball, on the Early Mills in this Vicinity, 9. 

 Regular Meeting, Monday, February 6, 17 



J. H. Emerton, on the Flying Spiders, 17. M. A. Stickney's commu- 

 nit'atiou "on Nathaniel Ames and his Almanacs," 18. Autographic 

 passes by H. T. Brasmahe, John Winslow and B. Arnold in 1775-0, 23. 



Regular Meeting. Monday, February 20, 28 



Regular Meetiag, Monday, March. 6, 25 



The Ancestry and Birthplace of Hawthorne, communication from the 

 President, 25. F. W. Putnam 011 Tetraodou and Diodon, 29. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 20, . . . . 31 



J. S. Cabot's communication, "Genealogy of the Cabot Family," 31. 

 Remarks of A. W. Dodge on the Habits and Customs of our Ances- 

 tors, 31. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 3, ..... 33 



J. L. Russell's communications on The Salem Female Anti-slavery 

 Society, 34. Remarks of the President, 34. Paper Money, by J. 

 Robinson, 35. Eggs of the Daddylonglegs, by J. H. Emerton, 37. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 17, 39 



F. W. Putnam, on the New Australian Fish, Ceratodus, 40. 



Semi-centennial Anniversary, Friday, April 21, ... 42 



Remarks of the President, 42. Original Hymn, by J. Very, 45. Ab- 

 stract of the Address, by A. C. Goodell, Jr., 46. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 1, ..... 49 



The Geological Survey of Essex County by A. Hyatt, 49. Note by Dr. 

 T. Sterry Hunt, 53. Geology of the Phosphate Beds of South Caro- 

 lina, by A. S. Packard, Jr., 55. J. H. Emerton's Remarks on Flow- 

 ers, found in South Salem and Swampscott, 58. A Committee ap- 

 pointed to nominate officers for election, at the Annual Meeting, 60. 



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