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characterized by the skeleton, and exhibited a skeleton of 

 the Chelys Matamata from the Amazon, which had been 

 in the possession of the Institute for nearly thirty years, 

 but had only recently been prepared for exhibition. 



The Secretary presented, in the name of the Heirs of 

 the late Perley Putnam, an autograph letter of General 

 Lafayette, accepting the invitation to visit Salem in 1824, 

 and made some remarks on the visit of Lafayette to this 

 country in 182425. 



The request of the " Picture Committee " of the National 

 Sailor's Fair, for the loan of the portraits of John Rogers, 

 Andrew LeMercier, Samuel Sewall, William Pinchon, Sam- 

 uel Cooper, Benjamin Colman, Thomas Prince and Edward 

 Holyoke, was referred to the Board of Directors. 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. Stated meeting. 

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

 F. W. Putnam proposed several amendments to the By- 

 laws, which were adopted. 



Solomon Lincoln Jr., of Salem, was elected a Resident 

 Member. Edward S. Morse of Gorham, Me., and Edwin C. 

 Bolles of Portland, Me., having been nominated by the 

 Directors, were elected Corresponding members. 



MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14. Evening meeting. 

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

 Letters were read from the following : 



Minnesota Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications : 

 Major Albert Ordway, 24th Mass. Infantry ; Lt. John S. Allanson, 1st New 

 York Engineers ; Alex. Agassiz, of the Museum of Comp. Zoology ; Alpheus 

 Hyatt, of Cambridge, relating to the transmission of specimens : James C. 

 Ward, of Northampton ; E. M. Stone, of Providence, R. I., relating to the 

 transmission of books : Prof. A. S. Packard, of Brunswick, Me.; J. S. Lewis, 

 of Batavia, N. Y.; E. S. Morse, of Gorham, Me.; S. I. Smith, of Norway, 

 Me., in relation to the publications. 



F. W. Putnam read a communication from J. A. Allen of 



