of the old houses on Essex street. Referred to the publica- 

 tion committee to be printed in the Historical Collections. 



Some discussion followed relative to the old houses in Salem, 

 participated in by Messrs. Eopes, Goodell and others. 



MONDAY, MARCH 28. Evening meeting. 

 Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. 



Donations to the Library and Cabinet were announced. 



F. W. Putnam made some remarks upon the Trilobites from 

 the Braintree quarry, presented by A. S. Packard Jr. 



The Rev. Mr. Wildes, presented to the Institute, several 

 articles which he had procured in a visit to Newburyport this 

 afternoon. One of these was a framed engraving of the body of 

 Marshal Ney, as it appeared after being taken to a conventieal 

 house in Paris, immediately after his execution. The engrav- 

 ing, suppressed by the Allied Commander in the fear that it 

 might tend to popular tumult, is supposed to be the only one in 

 this country. It presents a most faithful portrait of the Mar- 

 shal, and is not the least interesting among the historical objects 

 in the collection of the Institute. 



Mr. W. also presented to the Institute, on deposit, the bullet 

 by which Capt Greenleaf was wounded in the fight with the 

 Indians near Newbury, in 1695. It is hoped, that the buff 

 coat, worn on the occasion by Capt. G., and still in the posses- 

 sion of his descendants, may eventually be obtained for the 

 Institute. 



A third article presented by Mr. W., on behalf of the Misses 

 Tracey of Newburyport, was the snuff box of the eminent mer- 

 chant Jeremiah Lee of Marblehead, the subject of the exquisite 

 painting by Copley, now, with that of Madame Lee, in the pos- 

 session of the Misses Tracey. . 



Another article presented by Mr. W., in behalf of E. W. 

 Rand Esq. of Newburyport, was a pair of very ancient tongs, 

 used for the purpose of lighting a pipe, and with various pecu- 



