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curiosity for things rare and of historical and antiquarian val- 

 ue ; also, to Mr. Ashby, for his generous hospitality. 



Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the Ladies' Be- 

 nevolent Society of Ncwbury, for the generous loan of their 

 hall, and to Dr. Withington and Mr. Edmund Smith, for 

 their polite attentions during the day. 



The meeting then adjourned and the company made a 

 pleasant call upon the venerable Joshua Coffin, Esq., to pay 

 their respects to the historian of "Quid Newberry." Mr. 

 Coffin's health has been quite feeble and would not permit 

 him to attend the meeting, but it is now improving and all 

 were glad to take him by the hand before proceeding to the 

 cars for home, which was reached safely after a day of unin- 

 tfcrrupted interest and enjoyment. 



Monday, October 26, 1863. 



Meeting this evening, at 7 1-2 P.M. A. 0. (loodell Jr. 

 Vice President in the Chair. .<<; 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



Donations were announced from the following : 

 To the Library From C. B. Richardson of New York ; 

 G. F. Bagley of Amesbury ; Francis II. Wade of Ipswich. 



To the Cabinets From James 1?. Emerton ; George Har- 

 rington ; John Robinson ; James M. Caller ; H. P. Nichols. 



Letters were read from Trustees of Newburyport Public 

 Library ; Department of the Interior ; Benjamin Peirce of 

 Cambridge. 



Mr. F W. Putnam read the 1 follow ing communication from 

 Mr. James G. Shute of Woburn on the manner of birth in 

 the Opossum, observed by him while in Beaufort N. C. 



The date of the birth was March l(3th, 1863. During the 









