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Regular Meeting, Monday, January 1, 1 



Puritan Holy Days, by A. C. Goodell, Jr., 2. Injurious Insects in 

 Essex County, by Dr. A. S. Packard, 5. F. W. Putnam's Remarks 

 on the Caterpillars and Pupae of the Cabbage Butterfly, 9. 

 Letters Announced, 19, 23, 27, 46, 49, 56, 61, 75, 83, 103, 132, 



151, 160, 165, 177, 178 

 Additions to Library, 9, 11, 19, 24, 27, 46, 49, 56, 61, 76, 83, 



103, 131, 152, 158, 161, 166, 177, 179 



Additions to Cabinet, 85, 178 



Additions to Historical Department, 104 



Deficiencies in Library, 12 



Publications of Institute, ........ 14 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 15, 10 



A Trip to California by Rail, by J. J. H. Gregory, Esq., of Marble- 

 head, 10, 17. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 5, 17 



Florida Indians, by M. R. Kimball, 18. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 19, 20 



Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau, by J. P. Putnam, 20. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 4, 25 



The Old Carved Chair, by E. W. Farley, of Newcastle, Me., 25. A 

 Relic of "Ye Olden Times" Stone Mill D. L. D. Balch, 26. The 

 Closing History of the Branch or Howard St. Church in Salem, by 

 Rev. C. C. Beaman, 26. Communication from Nehemiah Cleveland, 

 of Westport, Conn., 27. Meteorology of Mount Washington, by S. 

 A. Nelson, 29, 41. 



Regular Meeting, Monday March 18, 41 



Essex County Spiders, by J. H. Emerton, 47. 

 Regular Meeting, Monday, April 1, 48 



Communication from James Kimball, 50. Communication from Com- 

 modore B. F. Sands, of the U. S. Naval Observatory, 55. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 15, 57 



On the Transit of Venus, 57. Ancient Topography of Salem, by 

 James Kimball, 59. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 6, 61 



Ancestry of Susannah Ingersoll; The Fairfax and the Hathorne 

 House, by the President, 62. The Rattle of the Rattlesnake, by F. 

 W. Putnam, 65. 



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