PEESENTATION OF THE CALEB COOKE MEMORIAL TABLET 



TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PEABODY ACADEMY 



OF SCIENCE, JAN. 12, 1883. 



THE subscribers to the Caleb Cooke Memorial Tablet 

 met in' the lecture room of the Academy on Friday 

 evening Jan. 12, 1883, for the purpose of transferring to 

 the trustees of the Academy the mural tablet which had 

 been placed in the hallway a few days before. 



Mr. John Robinson presided at the meeting and intro- 

 duced the subject as follows : During the spring of 1882, 

 a few friends of the late Caleb Cooke, feeling that his un- 

 tiring interest and long continued services in behalf of the 

 scientific institutions of Salem should in some way be 

 recognized, and that a simple record of his work should be 

 placed before the eyes of the public, suggested the advis- 

 ability, by a general subscription, of raising a sum of 

 money sufficient to purchase and place in the museum, 

 where so much of Mr. Cooke'slife had been spent, a fitting 

 mural tablet to his memory. 



The suggestion met with the cordial approval of all 

 and, without solicitation other than a short notice in the 

 Salem newspapers, nearly the required sum was raised in 

 fifty cent subscriptions. This was augmented by the pro- 

 ceeds of an entertainment and a few larger subscriptions 

 from intimate friends. 



The trustees of the Academy gladly approved of the 

 project, and at once a committee of the subscribers ar* 

 ranged with the Boston Terra Cotta Company for a suit- 



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