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Island, Ohio ; Professor Richard Owen, of New Harmony, 

 Ind., and Professor Leo Lesquereux, of Columbus, Ohio, 

 were elected Corresponding Members. 



On motion of Mr. Tracy the thanks of the Institute 

 were voted to the Proprietors of the Methodist Church for 

 the use of their House for the meeting, and to Messrs John 

 Q. Hammond, Edmund Johnson, George A. Perkins and 

 other friends in Nahant for their favors on this occasion. 



MONDAY, JUNE 14. Regular Meeting. 

 The President, Francis Peabody, in the chair. 



Letters were read from : 



W. W. Deuslow, Inwood, N. Y. ; S. M. Buck, Hancock, Mich. ; A. S. 

 Taylor, Santa Barbara, Cal. ; Prof. J. G. Norwood, Columbia, Mo. ; E. 

 S. Morse, Gorham, Me. ; Prof. Joseph Henry, Sect. Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution; N. Brown, Boston; Geo. C. Huntington, Kelley's Island, Ohio; 

 II. W. S. Cleveland, Danvers; Andrew Lackey, Marblehead; Leverett 

 Saltonstall, Newton, relating to general business and the transmission 

 of books and specimens: Geo. Scarborough, Sumner, Kansas; Rev. A. 

 P. Chute, Sharon, relating to the publications : J. J. H. Gregory, Mar- 

 blehead; C. M. Tracy, Lynn; G. W. Skinner, New Bedford; N. K. 

 Atwood, Provincetown, relating to the Field meetings : Abner II. 

 Davis, accepting membership : G. II. Peirson, containing an invitation 

 to join in the celebration of the fourth of July in Salem. 



The Secretary submitted the following resolutions 

 which were unanimously adopted. 



The Institute having been invited to join in the celebra- 

 tion of the fourth of July in Salem : 



Resolved: That the coming anniversary of American 

 Independence marks an epoch in the progress of civiliza- 

 tion and the life of Nations to which no studious observer 

 can be indifferent, and that this Historical Body cordially 

 unite, in spirit, with the people of this community, in such 

 demonstrations as shall impress upon the minds of all the 

 character of the crisis through which the Nation has pass- 

 ed and the honorable place in history which awaits the 

 defenders of their Country. 



Resolved : That, whereas, the Members are widely 

 scattered, and many of them will take part in the demon- 



