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remembrance, their high appreciation of the character and 

 services of their deceased President. He was largely and 

 most honorably identified with all the institutions of this 

 community for nearly half a century. His whole life here 

 has been in close alliance with whatever was adapted to illus- 

 trate and adorn our annals, or to improve and elevate the char- 

 acter of our people. He was one of the Trustees of the Essex 

 Historical Society, from 1823 to 1837 its President from 

 1837 to its union with the Essex County Natural History 

 Society, in 1848, under the name of the Essex Institute, of 

 which he has been President, since the date of its organiza- 

 tion, March 8, 1848, to the time of his lamented decease. 

 He was largely influential in the founding and organization 

 of the Salem Lyceum, and delivered the Introductory Lec- 

 ture at the opening of that institution, of which he was the 

 first President, and held the office from 1830 to 1833. He 

 was in the Board of Trust of the Salem AthenaBum, from 

 1824 to 1840, and President, from 1838 to 1840. He has 

 served most usefully as President and Trustee of the old 

 Savings Bank of Salem and vicinity, one of the earliest 

 institutions of the kind in the country ; and also of the Salem 

 Dispensary. He took an active part in the formation of the 

 Harmony Grove Cemetery, and delivered the Discourse of 

 Consecration on a most beautiful Sunday in June, 1840, 

 towards the close of the day ; and his remains were borne 

 and deposited there, April 2, 1861, in all the contrasts of an 

 apparently mid winter storm, the grounds and the trees being 

 heavily laden with the fallen, and the falling snow. Of 

 many of these institutions he was a liberal benefactor : of 

 this, he has been a most munificent patron, and we desire 

 here to acknowledge and record our deep sense of obligation 

 for his large endowments, and his never failing thoughtful- 

 ness for this, and kindred institutions. He always dispensed 

 of his means for all good objects, with a free and open hand 

 and heart, and giving- became the habit and happiness of 

 his life. 



He has been one of the distinguished and marked men of 

 the Commonwealth, since his first entrance on public life, 

 more than fifty years ago. He has always been eminently 

 a trusted man during his whole and honorable career. He 

 had that as the basis of his character which commanded and 

 justified full and entire confidence in all the relations and 



