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Welch ; Henry Merritt ; George Cassey of South Danvers ; 

 0. H. Saunders ; A. H. Stevens of New York. 



On motion of Rev. E. B. Willson the thanks of the Insti- 

 tute were tendered to Messrs. Goodell and Putnam for their 

 interesting remarks. 



Adjourned. 



Wednesday, May 14, 1862. 



Annual meeting, this day, at the rooms, Plummer Hall, 

 at 3 P.M., Vice President, S. P. Fowler in the chair. 



Records of the preceding annual meeting read. 



Donations since the meeting of the 25th ult. were an- 

 nounced from the following : 



To the Library from S. G. Wheatland ; J. B. Alley, 

 M. C. ; William Briggs ; John L. Sibley of Cambridge ; E. 

 B. Willson ; J. J. Rider ; Mrs. G. H. Chase ; Charles F. 

 Barnard of Boston. 



To the Cabinets from J. J. Rider ; Henry F. Shepard ; 

 Joseph Short of Philadelphia ; James B. King ; J. C. Trask 

 of Gloucester ; Eben Sutton of South Danvers. 



Letters were read from the Trustees of the Public Library 

 of Boston ; New Jersey Historical Society ; S. A. Allibone 

 of Philadelphia ; Henry M. Brooks. 



Also from W. 0. White of Keene, N.H., tendering to the 

 Institute a portrait of his father, Hon. Daniel Appleton 

 White, our late lamented President a vote of thanks was 

 unanimously passod to Mr. White for this valuable acquisi- 

 tion to the collection of portraits. 



Report of the Secretary was read and accepted. 



Report of the Treasurer was read and referred to the Fi- 

 ^nance Committee. 



