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(3) To aid as far as possible the Government Exhibit 

 in the Department of Justice. 



(4) To furnish the Reception Room in the Massachu- 

 setts State Building with portraits, paintings of old houses, 

 collection of Salem views suitably bound in albums, furni- 

 ture of the early and later colonial periods, cases of his- 

 torical relics illustrating as far as possible the different 

 departments of the historical work and collections of the 

 Institute. 



Mrs. Grace A. Oliver and Mrs. H. M. Brooks were ap- 

 pointed a committee, with power to add to their number, 

 for the purpose of aiding the regular committee in solicit- 

 ing articles for exhibition, etc. 



The collection of pictures, consisting of original paint- 

 ings, copies by Mr. Ross Turner, photographs, etc., mak- 

 ing up the Transportation exhibit was put on public 

 exhibition at W. H. Gardner's, Essex St., and attracted 

 instant and widespread attention. It was followed by an 

 exhibition, at the same place, of the portraits for the 

 State Building ; these also were received with public favor. 

 The articles were boxed and packed under the supervision, 

 of Mr. Tread well, janitor of the Peabody Academy of 

 Science, and Messrs. Ross Turner, A. R. Stone and J. R. 

 Tread well took charge of arranging and installing the ex- 

 hibits at Chicago. 



Whether or not, the committee has succeeded in get- 

 ting an exhibit worthy of the city and county, illustrative 

 of our local history, and redounding to the credit of the 

 Society, a visit to the Exposition alone can tell. The com- 

 mittee present this catalogue somewhat hastily prepared, 

 as a report of its doings. It cannot, however, close 

 without a word of appreciation of the earnest work done 

 by one of its number, Mr. F. H. Lee, to whom was 

 relegated the most ungrateful of tasks, that of collecting 

 contributions of money. His enthusiastic labors in season 



