BULLETIN 



OF THE 



INSTITUTE. 



VOL. 3. SALEM, MASS., APRIL, 1871. No. 4. 



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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1871. 



THE President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



THE SALEM FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. 



The PRESIDENT mentioned that the Records, Correspon- 

 dence and other papers of this society had recently been 

 deposited with the Institute, and read the following com- 

 munication from Rev. John L. Russell, accompanying the 

 same. 



To the, Historical Department of the Essex Institute: 



The Abolition of Slavery in the United States of Amer- 

 ica has become an illustrious fact in the History of this 

 Country. By very small beginnings, and by little springs 

 and rills, the mighty stream of events which rolled on- 

 ward to the ocean of universal freedom has been nour- 

 ished and fed. Of one of these, the Records of the 

 "Salem Female Anti-slavery Society," may be mentioned 

 with honor. By a vote of the Society, at the closing 

 meeting of its existence, the records have been entrusted 

 to the historical department of the Essex Institute. To 

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