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Society; William P. Tucker of Portland, Me.; M. A. Stick- 

 ney ; American Geographical and Statistical Society ; James 

 Chamberlain ; Connecticut Historical Society ; William 

 Stone ; Mrs. Lydia D. Parker of Boston; Robert C. Mills; 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science ; George Per- 

 kins ; Lynn Free Public Library. 



To the Cabinets From John Robinson ; Charles F. Nich- 

 ols ; Henry F. King ; R. Deland ; Wm. P. Martin ; A. F. 

 Clark ; James Kimball ; James H. Emerton ; Arthur Upton ; 

 Daniel L. Proctor; Mrs. H. M. Colcord of South Danvers ; 

 C. F. Williams ; Stephen W. Hall ; Charles H. Higbee ; Sam- 

 uel Phillips, Jr., of Boston ; F. H. Lee ; Nathan Nichols ; W. 

 G. Welch ; J. B. Haskell ; Franklin Grant ; Lawrence Phil- 

 lips ; A. S. Peabody ; Mrs. G. R. Mason of Lynn ; N. A. 

 Frye ; Samuel Hultman ; Mrs. M. D. Wallis of Beverly ; B. 

 Brown ; W. B. F. Johnson ; Mrs. J. Chamberlain ; Mary E. 

 Williams; Samuel Shepard ; A. C. Goodell, Jr., Geo. Har-. 

 rington. 



Letters were read from Firelands Historical Society ; Cor- 

 poration of Brown University ; Maryland Historical Society ; 

 George A. Walton of Lawrence ; Amesbury and Salisbury 

 Agricultural Association ; L. Agassiz of Cambridge ; Iowa 

 State Agricultural Society ; Francis H. Wade of Ipswich ; 

 Mrs. L. D. Parker of Boston ; E. P. Robinson of Saugus ; 

 Long Island Historical Society ; J. Hammond Trumbull of 

 Hartford Conn.; Regents of the University of New York;. 

 H. A. Smith of Cleveland Ohio ; Mrs. P. A. Hanaford of 

 Beverly ; John Bertram ; Edward Ballard of Brunswick Me ; 

 Salem Temperance League ; 0. Howe of Beverly. 



The Chair in opening offered some general remarks upon 

 the objects of the Institute and the mode of carrying out the 

 various plans of its organization. He mentioned that the 

 committee having in charge the lectures and evening meet- 

 ings had arranged, that, on the 2d and 4th Monday evenings 



