BULLETIN 



OF THE 



IIsTSTITTJTIE 



VOL. 8. SALEM, MASS., JUNE, JULY, 1876. No. 6. 



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



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1876. 

 MEETING this evening. Vice President F. W. PUTNAM 

 in the chair. Mr. T. F. HUNT was elected Secretary, 

 pro tern. Records of the preceding meeting were read. 



Mr. Putnam exhibited and made remarks on a number 

 of ancient gold images recently secured by the Peabody 

 Museum of Archaeology in Cambridge. The articles were 

 principally from graves near Bogota, New Grenada, and 

 were particularly interesting in connection with the my- 

 thology of the ancient race by whom they were made. 



J. F. Lougee of Salem was elected a resident member. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1876. 

 MEETING this evening. The PRESIDENT in the chair. 

 Mr. F. W. PUTNAM was requested to act in the absence 

 of the Secretary. Records of the preceding meeting were 

 read. 



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