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A committee was appointed to report a list of officers to 

 be acted on at the Annual Meeting. 



Messrs. James Kimball, George I). Phippcn and Charles 

 H. Norris were appointed on said committee. 



Adjourned. 



Monday, May 8, 1861. 



Annual meeting this day at 3, P.M., James Upton. Vico 

 President, in the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



Donations since the 15th ult. were announced from Amer- 

 ican Academy of Arts and Science ; Minnesota Historical 

 Society ; J. L. Russell. 



Letters were read irom J. L. Russell ; Minnesota Histori- 

 cal Society ; Trustees of Boston Public Library ; New 

 England Historic- Genealogical Society; Peabody Institute, 

 South Danvers : Henry W. Footc ; J. C. Howard. 



Report of the Treasurer was read and referred to the 

 Finance Committee. 



Reports of the Secretary and of the Curators, were read, 

 accepted and ordered to be placed upon file. 



From these reports we learn that eight of the resident 

 members and four of the correspondents have died during 

 the year ; this brief notice, a deserving tribute to their mem- 

 ory, is appended : 



1st. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, firs| son and seventh child oi 

 Samuel W. and Emily (Williams,) Williams, born at Weth 

 ersfield, Conn., Oct. 2, 1797 graduate of Yale in the class 

 of 1816 ordained at Salem, July 5, 1821, as pastor of the 



