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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1877. 



MEETING this evening, the PRESIDENT in the chair. 

 Records rend. Correspondence and donations announced. 



Dr. J. W. Goodell and Mr. E. L. Sargent, both of 

 Lyn'n, and Mr. George C. Peirce, of Peabody, were 

 elected resident members. 



FIELD MEETING AT MAUBLEHEAD NECK, WEDNESDAY, 

 AUGUST 22, 1877. 



THE field meeting this day was very largely attended 

 by members and friends. It is almost twenty years since 

 the Institute held a meeting in this locality, and during 

 this interval many changes have taken place, the most 

 important of which is the building of a very fine road 

 around this beautiful peninsula and the laying out of 

 the grounds for sea-side residences, several having been 

 erected. 



Mr. J. J. H. GREGORY took some of the party to visit 

 the most interesting of the historic localities of the town. 

 Undoubtedly every one of the party had heard more or 

 less of Marblehead, her hills, streets and ancient build- 

 ings, but very few had probably before realized the ex- 

 tent of the town's resources in that direction. The fol- 

 lowing may be specified: the place where "Find" Ireson 

 lived, his true character and mode of life; where Moll 

 Pitcher was born ; the beach upon which the British sol- 

 diers landed from the Frolic when coming to Salem to be 

 repulsed at the North Bridge ; where lived Vice President 

 Gerry, Gen. Glover, Col. Lee, and a host of other celeb- 

 rities ; where the first house in town stood, and the beauty 



