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New York (son of the above named Benjamin,) giving the 

 particulars of the same, addressed to Ichabod Tucker, of Sa- 

 lem, and dated August 19, 1814. 



A conversation then' ensued on the subject of witchcraft,, 

 the trials, <fcc., which took place at Salem in 1692. 



Adjourned. 



Monday, February 18, 1861. 



Meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock, A. C. Goodell Jr., iik 

 the chair. 



Records of the preceding meeting read. 



Donations were announced from the following : 



To the Library from Henry B. Hooker of Boston ; Sam- 

 uel G. Drake of Boston ; Samuel A. Green of Boston ; Sec- 

 retary of State Mass. ; Canadian Institute ; C. B. Richardson 

 of New York ; Boston Society of Natural History ; E. M. 

 Stone of Providence, R. I. ; N. J. Lord ; J. B. Alley, M. C. ; 

 Elliott Society of Natural History, Charleston, S. C. ; Dor- 

 chester Antiquarian and Historical Society ; "W. D. Pickman; 

 G. C. Chase; W. Brown. 



To the Cabinets from James B. King; H. M. Brooks; 

 Miss R. E. Stickney ; W. S. Roberts. 



Letters were read from Massachusetts Historical Society ; 

 Wisconsin State Historical Society ; Trustees of Boston Public 

 Library ; Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of 

 Cincinnati ; Franklin Bacheller of Lynn ; H. R. Stiles of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ; A. S. Packard, jr., of Brunswick, Me. 



Jacob Batchelder read a translation of a paper by M. 

 Louis Vilmorin. It consisted of a detail of the author's 

 experiments, undertaken for the purpose of improving tho 



