BULLETIN 



OF THE 



UsTSTITTJTIE 



VOL. 4. SALEM, MASS., MARCH, 1872. No. 3. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 4TH, 1872. 



THE President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



THE OLD CARVED CHAIR. 



From a letter of E. W. Farley, Esq., of Newcastle, 

 Me., recently received, we learn that the curious old 

 carved oaken chair, which was given to the Historical 

 Society, June 27, 1821, by Robert Brookhouse, of Salem, 

 is a complete counterpart of the one in his possession, and 

 as far as antiquity and style are concerned, these two 

 chairs are perhaps unequalled by any to be found in New 

 England. Mr. Brookhouse received this chair from the 

 family of Major John Farley, of Newcastle, Me., a 

 native of Ipswich, Mass. Mr. Brookhouse's first wife 

 was a daughter of said Farley, and Mr. Farley's wife was 

 Sarah Dennis of Ipswich. This chair was one of four 

 pieces of furniture of similar wood and carvings belong- 

 ing to said Sarah Dennis, and was taken to Newcastle on 

 her removal there in 1772 or 1773 consisting of two 

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