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dered to the proprietors of the First Congregational 

 Church for the use of their building, in which to hold 

 this meeting, to the selectmen of the town of Ipswich 

 for the use of the town hall, to the Rev. Mr. Morong, the 

 young ladies of Mrs. Cowles' school, and to other friends 

 for their kind attentions and courtesies shown to the 

 Institute this day. 



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 Remarks were then made by Mr. Morong, after which 



the meeting adjourned to meet on the next day at noon, 

 in the rooms of the Institute. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1874. 



MEETING this evening at 8 o'clock. The PRESIDENT 

 in the chair. 



The propriety of taking suitable notice of the centen- 

 nial anniversary of the meeting of the legislature of 

 Massachusetts in Salem, Oct. 7, 1774, and resolving 

 themselves into. a provincial congress was brought to the 

 notice of the meeting, and, after some discussion, on 

 motion of Mr. James Kimball it was 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to con- 

 sider the subject and to report at the meeting on Monday, 

 July 6. 



Messrs. JAMES KIMBALL, A. C. GOODELL, Jr., and W. 

 P. UPHAM were appointed. The PRESIDENT was after- 

 wards added. 



James W. Lyon, of Salem, was elected a resident 

 member. 



Adjourned. 



