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(Henfiald) Chapman and was born in this city, Sept. 

 4, 1793, and was consequently on the verge of fourscore. 

 He entered the office of the Register in 1807, having been 

 engaged in the duties of a printer, nearly as many years 

 as his venerated pastor, who died a few months previous, 

 had occupied the pulpit of the South church in this city. 

 Having held many offices of trust and being much in 

 public life, few citizens were so generally known or will 

 be so much missed. 



Timothy Ropes died April 25, 1873, aged 75; son of 

 Timothy and Sarah (Holmes) Ropes. In 'early life he 

 made several voyages to India; afterwards became a 

 dealer in crockery and hardware. He was very fond of 

 horticultural pursuits and was a constant contributor of 

 flowers and fruit to the horticultural exhibitions, especially 

 to those held some twenty or thirty years since. 



MEETINGS. Three field meetings have been held dur- 

 ing the season ; first, at Middleton, June 12, 1872, by in- 

 vitation of Mr. Simon F. Esty, who tendered the use of 

 his grounds on the border of "Forest Lake," formerly 

 known as the Great Pond, as the place of rendezvous for 

 the day. At the meeting in the church, remarks were 

 made and resolutions passed to the memory of Dr. Wm. 

 Stimpson ; Mr. David Stiles presented some historical 

 notices of Middleton ; D. J. Tapley of Danvers exhibited 

 a curious Indian relic found by Mr. Seneca Ladd of Mer- 

 edith village, New Hampshire ; Mr. James H. Emerton 

 spoke on spiders ; Rev. E. C. Bolles on Microscopic Fungi 

 also Mr. F. W. Putnam, Dr. A. H. Johnson, A. C. 

 Goodell, Jr., Esq., Rev. Mr. Frary and others, made ap- 

 propriate remarks suggested by the occasion. 



The second meeting at Grovelautl, July 16, 1872, by 

 invitation of Dr. Jeremiah Spofford. An object of 



