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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1878. 



MEETING this evening. The PRESIDENT in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Daniel Mansfield Shepard was elected a resident mem- 

 ber. 



THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY or THE LANDING OP 

 JOHN ENDICOTT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1878. 



THE 250th anniversary of the landing of John Endicott 

 at Salem, was commemorated this day, under the auspices 

 of the Essex Institute. The day was one of the love- 

 liest of the season. There was no parade, and no pro- 

 cession. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the exer- 

 cises were commenced in the Mechanic Hall ; consisting 

 of organ voluntary by Mr. B. J. Lang ; reading of the 

 Scriptures, and Prayer, by Rev. Robert C. Mills ; original 

 Hymn by Rev. Jones Very ; poem by Rev. Charles T. 

 Brooks; original ode by Rev.'S. P. Hill; oration by 

 Hon. Wm. C. Eudicott; hymn "The breaking waves 

 dashed high," Mrs. Heinans, rendered by Mrs. J. H. 

 West ; poem by Wm. W. Story, read by Prof. J. W. 

 Churchill ; one hundredth Psalm, sung by chorus and 

 audience ; benediction. 



After the literary exercises, the invited guests and sub- 

 scribers proceeded to Hamilton Hall, where an elegant 

 lunch, provided by Mr. E. P. Cassell, was served. The 

 floral decorations, consisted of elaborate centre pieces of 

 choice cut flowers, from the green-houses of Mr. H. W. 

 Putnam. The menu was an elegant piece of typography, 

 and bore a fine line engraving of the old Governor. The 



