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Resolved, That the thanks of the Essex Institute be 

 presented to the proprietors of the First Congregational 

 Church and to the citizens of Danvers generally for their 

 generous and kind attentions, which have contributed so 

 much to the pleasure and interest of the day. 



Messrs. J. Fletcher, of Lawrence, and J. Henry Badger 

 and Edgar Vivian, of Salem, were elected resident mem- 

 bers. 



Adjourned. 



SPECIAL MEETING, THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1873, 



Was held this evening, commencing at 7.15 o'clock, in 

 the Whitcfield church, Newburyport, for the reading of 

 a memorial address by Rev. SAMUEL J. SPALDING, D.D., 

 upon the late HENRY COIT PERKINS, M.D., of Newbury- 

 port, an interested and esteemed member of the Insti- 

 tute. 



The following exercises were observed on this occasion : 



1. Hymn. "The spacious firmament on high." 



2. Reading of Scripture and Prayer, by Rev. R. Campbell. 



3. Singing. " Blessed ^are the dead who die in the Lord." 



4. Address by Rev. S. J. Spalding, D.D. 



5. Singing. "God who madest earth and heaven." 



6. Benediction. 



The singing was by a quartette under the direction of Mr. 

 Wm. P. Dodge. 



The thanks of the Institute are due to Rev. Dr. Spald- 

 ing for his faithful and correct delineation of the character 

 and services of our late associate. The request for a copy 

 of the address for publication has been freely granted, 

 and the same will accordingly be printed in the twelfth 

 volume of the "Historical Collections." 



