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Monday, December 2, 1861. 



Meeting this evening, at Creamer Hall, A. Huntington, 

 President of the Society, in the chair. After calling the 

 meeting to order, he offered few remarks in which the 

 distinctive character of these meetings were alluded to, 

 and expressed the hope that they would be instrumental 

 in diffusing much general information respecting the 

 various subjects here presented. In alluding to the his- 

 torical, labors of people of our county, he referred to a 

 work recently published, giving a genealogical and historical 

 account of the Reed family, by a member of the Essex Bar, 

 living in Groveland, which contains a large amount of val- 

 uable information obtained by great labor and research. 



The records of the preceding meeting were then read by 

 the Secretary, after which Mr. A. C. Goodell, from a Com- 

 mittee appointed for the purpose, submitted a report, which 

 was accepted, respecting the regular evening meetings for 

 the present season. The first and third Monday evenings of 

 each month have been selected for the meetings, which will 

 commence at half past seven o'clock. Creamer Hall has 

 been designated as the place of meeting, and a general invi- 

 tation is extended to all ladies and gentlemen interested in 

 the objects of the Essex Institute, to attend. The order of 

 exercises at the meetings will be as follows : Beading of the 

 records of the preceding meeting and remarks upon the 

 same ; Reports of Committees ; Transaction of Business ; 

 Reading of Communications and Correspondence ; Announce- 

 ment of Donations ; Election of Members ; Adjournment. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam continued his report from the last 

 meeting, on the collection made by Mr. E. D. Ropes, at 

 Zanzibar. He stated that the bottles on the table contained 

 about sixty species of insects, many of which are new. This 

 is the first collection of any number of alcoholic insects that 



