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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, Nov. 17, 1873. 



MEETING this evening at 7. 30 o'clock. The PRESIDENT 

 in tho chair. Records of preceding meeting read. 



The SECRETARY announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From Mary J. Safford Blake, Boston, Nov. 6; Samuel A. Drake, Boston, Nov. 12 ; 

 A. P. Hamblet, Oct. '22; C. H. Higbee, Boston, Nov. 11; T. Morong, Ipswich, 

 Nov.; Edward Palmer, Cambridge, O^t. 2; W. S. Perry, Geneva, Nov. 3, 11; C. P. 

 Preston, Danvers, Nov. 10; John L. Robinson, Wenham, Nov. 15; A. Stevens, 

 North Andover, Oct. 28; John A. Vinton, Winchester, Nov. 5, 15; Ashbel Wood- 

 ward, Franklin, Conn., Nov. 3; William H. Yeomans, Columbia, Conn., Sept. 22; 

 Cincinnati Public Library, Oct. 31; New York Genealogical 'and Biographical 

 Society, Nov. 15; Wisconsin State Historical Society, Nov. 11; U. S. Dep't Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, Nov. 12: U. S. Ncival Observatory, Washington, Nov. 3. 



The LIBRARIAN reported the following additions : 



By Donation. 



BALLARD, JOSEPH, of Boston. Account of the Poor Fund and other Charities 

 held in trust by the Old South Society of Boston. 1 vol. 8vo. 



BEMIS, LUKE, of West Chester, Pa. Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne 

 Co., Pa., by H. B. Wright. 1 vol. 8vo. 



DIKE, Mrs. JOHN, HEIRS OF THE LATE. Newton's Works. 5 vols. 8vo. Mil- 

 ler's Retrospect. 2 vols. 8vo. Evangelical Magazine. 1 vol. 8vo. Sermons by S. 

 Worcester, D.D. 1 vol. Svo. Sentiments on Resignation. 1 vol. 12mo. Life of 

 Miss Anthony. 1 vol. Svo. Letters on Early Rising. 1 vol. 12rao. South-Side 

 View of Slavery. 1 vol. 12mo. Sermons by E. Thayer. 1 vol. 12mo. Review 

 of the Mexican War. 1 vol. 12mo. Letters and Papers of the late Rev. 

 Thomas Scott, D.D. 1 vol. 12mo. Family Prayers. 1 vol. 12mo. Force of 

 Truth. 1 vol. 18mo. Scripture Promises, by S. Clark. 1 vol. 12mo. The 

 Family Instructor. 1 vol. 12mo. Moral Sketches by H. More. 1 vol 16mo. 

 Chalmers* Works. 3 vols. 12mo. Salem Directories for 1S37 : 1842, 1846, 1851, 

 1855. 5 vols. IGmo. Monthly Anthology. 1 vol. Svo. Beauties of the Spec- 

 tator. 1 vol. 12mo. Boston Almanac, 1844. 1 vol. K'mio. Questions of Scripture 

 Biography. 3 vols. 16mo. Land of Canaan. 1 vol. 12mo. Almanacs, 39. The 

 Christian World, 91 nos. The Panoplist, 29 nos. The American and Foreign 

 Christian World, 58 nos. Missionary Herald, 75 nos. The Home Missionary, 47 

 nos. African Repository, 64 nos. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 50. 



UNKNOWN. Memoirs of the Marstons of Salem. Svo pamph. 



U. S. NAVAL, OBSERVATORY, of Washington, D. C. Washington Astronomical 

 Observations, 1851-1852. 1 vol. 4to. Astronomical and Meteorological Observa- 

 tions, 1870. 1 vol. 4to. Catalogue of Stars, 1845-1871. 1 vol. 4to. Washington 

 Observations for 1870, Appendix. lvol.4to. Washington Zones, 1846-1849. 3 vols. 

 4to. 



J. P. Franks, of Salem, was elected a resident member. 



