BU L L E T I N 



OF THB 



VOL. 8. SALEM, MASS., AUGUST, 1876. No. 7. 



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FIELD MEETING AT MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, 

 AUGUST 10, 1876. 



MEMBERS of the Institute and their friends residing in 

 Salem and the neighboring towns,. took the morning train 

 for Manchester. On arriving at the station they were 

 met by several gentlemen, and conducted to the Town 

 Hall,' which had been placed at the disposal of the Insti- 

 tute for the day by the courtesies of the town authorities. 



After a cordial welcome, which was extended by Mr. 

 Lewis N. Tappan in behalf of the citizens, the party, 

 increased by additional arrivals, separated into groups 

 and visited the several places of interest which had been 

 designated, according as inclination prompted. Some 

 went to Agassiz Rock, 1 a boulder of very large size, situ- 

 ated upon the top of Beaver-dam hill, about three miles 

 from the town hall on the Essex road, and rests upon a 

 small point of another rock so as to allow an open space 



iSec Bulletin of Essex Institute, Vol. VI, page 158. 

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