BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ESSEX! IltTSTITTJTIE. 



VOL. 7. SALEM, MASS., MARCH, 1875. No. 3. 



One Dollar a Tear in Advance. Ten Cents a Single Copy. 



QUARTERLY MEETING, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1.0, 1875. 



MEETING this afternoon at three o'clock. VICE PRESI- 

 DENT F. W. PUTNAM in the chair. Eecords of the pre- 

 ceding quarterly and regular meetings were read. 



Frank L. Smith, of Salem, was elected a resident 

 member. 



Mr. PUTNAM mentioned that the Misses Mary E. and 

 Abby O. Williams, of Salem, would be willing to deposit, 

 in the rooms of the Institute, temporarily, their valuable 

 collection of paintings, many of which were copied \>y 

 them from the "old masters," during a residence in Rome 

 of several years. 



After some conversation, the subject was referred to the 

 Curators of the Department of Art, to make such arrange- 

 ments with the Misses Williams as may be deemed advis- 

 able ; on the understanding that the collection shall be 



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