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to consider the propriety of having a course of lectures on 

 subjects appertaining to the objects of the Institute, and if 

 concluding in the affirmative, to make all needful arrange- 

 ments for the same. Messrs. A. 0. Goodell, Jr., C. C. Bea- 

 man, Jacob Batchelder, G. D. Phippen, C. H. Norris, James 

 Kimball, F. W. Putnam were appointed on this committee. 



Adjourned. 



Thursday, June 18, 1861. 



FIELD MEETING AT EAST BOXFORD. This was the first of 

 these gatherings for the present season, and was attended 

 by a company whose numbers and apparent interest gave 

 ground of encouragement as to the future efforts to be 

 made in continuing these meetings. The principal party, 

 from the seaboard towns, obtained passage by an extra train 

 over the Essex Railroad as far as Danvers, when the George- 

 town road was resorted to instead, and another short trip 

 ended at the old and truly rural village of East Boxford. 

 On halting at the station, rather more than a mile from the 

 church, a goodly number of the hospitable farmers, with 

 haracteristic spirit, were present with teams to convey the 

 party to the rendezvous, a service speedily and pleasantly 

 performed. Near this station is the residence of the late 

 Gen. Lowe, who was lately buried at this place with military 

 honors. 



Up to the year 1685, it appears that Boxford was a suburb 

 of Rowley and only known as Rowley Village. In that 

 year, however, it acquired a name and identity of its own, 

 which it has since preserved. There is much here to enter- 

 tain and instruct the rambler, more than would at first 

 appear. The honest and thrifty people keep in activity most 

 of the time, several saw-mills, a box and peg factory, and 

 other manufacturing establishments ; and, we are glad to 



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