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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ESSEX INSTITUTE 



1864. 



MONDAY, JANUARY 11. Evening meeting. 

 The President, A. Huntington, in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. 

 Rev. G. W. Briggs occupied the evening in reading a portion 

 of a Memoir of the late President of the Institute, Hon. D. A. 

 White. 



Adjourned to Thursday evening next, for the continuation 

 of the reading of the Memoir. 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13. Ordinary meeting. 



J. G. Waters, in the chair. 



E. K. Roberts was appointed Secretary pro tempore. 

 Arthur Kemble, and William Neilson of Salem, were elected 

 Resident Members ; Benjamin Peirce of Cambridge, James B. 

 Endicott now in England, and William Endicott now in China, 

 Corresponding Members. 



THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. Adjourned evening meeting. 



The President in the chair. 

 H. M. Brooks was elected Secretary pro tempore. 

 Rev. Dr. Briggs finished the reading of his Memoir of the 

 late Judge White. 



