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VOL. 9. SALEM, JAN., FEB., MAR., 1877. Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1877. 



MEETING this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The PRESIDENT 

 in the chair. Records read. 



The PRESIDENT stated that the occurrence of this meet- 

 ing on the evening of the first day of the year, suggested 

 the propriety of omitting the customary duties, and of 

 devoting the time to the consideration of the results^ and 

 the influence on the cause of education and social culture, 

 of the leading commemorations of the centennial year 

 now closed. The principal and all absorbing event was 

 the Centennial International Exhibition at Philadelphia, 

 which was opened on Wednesday, the tenth of May, and 

 closed on Friday, the tenth of November^ the President 

 of the United States, members of his Cabinet, and other 

 distinguished individuals being present on both of these 

 occasions. 



The interest that has been given to this exhibition by 

 the Institute claims a passing notice. 



The early part of the last year, and the closing of the 

 one preceding, were marked by an earnest effort of the 



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