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now Death (that great leveller of all worldly and social dis 

 tinctions) leaves only the grand example of the deceased for 

 imitation. Though life be extinct, his character remains 

 and will long be remembered ; and this, with the record of 

 his Judicial and public life, neither time nor death will 

 erase or obliterate. 



I need hardly to add that I sincerely concur in the Report 

 and its recommendation, and trust they may be adopted 

 without any dissent. 



The Report was then unanimously adopted and the Insti- 

 tute adjourned. 



Monday, April 15, 1.861. 



Meeting this evening, H. M. Brooks, Vice President, in 

 the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



Donations since the meeting of the 18th of March were 

 announced 



To the Library from Samuel A. Green of Boston ; New 

 England Historic Genealogical Society ; Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy of Natural Science ; John L. Sibley of Cambridge ; 

 Theodore Gill of Washington, D. C. ; Canadian Institute at 

 Toronto ; Samuel Emery ; Albert Ordway of Cambridge ; 

 D. A. White ; City of Boston ; Charles B. Richardson of 

 New York; Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Brookline; G. M. 

 Whipple ; James A. Gillis ; George B. Loring; N. J. Lord; 

 Mrs. L. P. Johnson ; Boston Society of Natural History ; 

 Peabody Institute at South Danvers ; John L. Russell. 



To the Cabinets from Henry Felt Simon ; John B.urch- 

 stead of Hamilton ; L. L. A. Very ; William J. Chever ; 

 Nathaniel Ingersoll. 



Letters were read from W. 0. White of Keene, N. H. ; 

 A. Huntington. 



