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the death of John C. Lee, Esq., and of the respect in 

 which his memory is held, offer the following resolutions 

 to be entered upon the records of the Institute. 



Resolved, That the Essex Institute has heard the an- 

 nouncement of the death of John C. Lee with unaffected 

 sorrow : 



That by this event it loses one of its honored founders ; 

 a faithful officer bearing important trusts ; a true and con- 

 stant friend, : who has rendered it valuable and continuous 

 service through the whole period of its existence : 



That by his many liberal gifts, by repeatedly procuring 

 liberal contributions from others, and by affording it the 

 benefit of his experience and judgment in the care and 

 management of its funds, he met its pressing need in 

 more than one exigency with a timely and substantial 

 support, placing it deeply in his debt : 



That by the interest he took in its proceedings, the 

 time and gifts he contributed to its collections and horti- 

 cultural exhibitions, especially in its earlier and forming 

 years, he stimulated a public interest in its objects and 

 its prosperity : 



That, holding in grateful remembrance his gratuitous 

 labors in its behalf, and his large and varied benefactions 

 as a generous and steadfast promoter of its peculiar aims, 

 the Essex Institute at the same time, in common witn the 

 whole community, pays honor to his upright character, 

 his strong understanding, his public spirit, his ever ready 

 cooperation in whatever was to be done for the general 

 good of society. 



Resolved, That we offer our sincere sympathy to his 

 family in their great bereavement. 



E. B. WILLSON, 

 HENRY M. BROOKS, 

 GEORGE M. WHIFFLE. 



