BULLETIN 



OF THE, 



i isr s a? i T tj T IE . 



VOL. 7. SALEM, MASS., JUNE, 1875. No. 6. 



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



ANNUAL MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1875. 



[ Continued.] 



The annual reports of the officers and curators were 

 read and accepted, and from them the accompanying 



RETROSPECT OP THE YEAR 



has been compiled, presenting in a concise form the work 

 of the Institute, in its various departments, since the 

 last annual meeting. 



MEMBERS. Changes occur in the list of our associates 

 by the addition of new names, and the withdrawal of 

 some by resignation, removal from the county or vicinity, 

 and by death. In this connection notices of five of the 

 resident and two of the corresponding members, who 

 have deceased during the year, are inserted. 



Joseph /Sebastian Cabot, died at his residence in Salem, 

 on Monday afternoon, June 29, 1874. He belonged to a 



ESSEX INST. BULLETIN. VII. 7 (89) 



