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public liberty in which is involved the happiness of your own as well 

 as the children of those who have ill treated you, and whom to rescue 

 from bondage will afford you the most exalted pleasure, is in danger 

 of suffering injury. 



We wish most ardently that by the exercise of moderation and 

 prudence the differences subsisting among the good people of Mar- 

 blehead may be settled upon righteous terms. And as we are in- 

 formed that the town at their late meeting did not see cause to make 

 choice of other gentlemen in your room in consequence of your de- 

 clining to serve any longer as a committee of correspondence, we beg 

 leave still to consider and address you in that character. 



We are, with unfeigned respect, 



WILLIAM COOPER, Clerk. 

 By order, and in behalf of the Committee 



of Correspondence for Boston. 

 To gentlemen of the Committee of Correspondence 

 for Marblehead. 



The gentlemen addressed resumed their places on the 

 Committee, and so the Cat Island Imbroglio ended. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



By the polite invitation of Col. William L. Palmer, 

 the lessee of the island and the buildings thereon, the In- 

 stitute selected this pleasant seaside resort for one of its 

 Field Meetings. 



The large hall, erected for the various entertainments 

 incident to these places, was appropriated for the use of 

 the Institute during the day, and here were spread the 

 tables for the lunch at 1 P. M., and at 2.30, the afternoon 

 session was held. 



The Meeting was called to order by the PRESIDENT. 

 The records of the last meeting were read by the Secre- 

 tary, and the usual routine of business was transacted. 



The PRESIDENT alluded briefly to the progress that 

 had been made in scientific research, and the increased 



