LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE. 51 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

 'Geological Survey, 



J. P. LESLEY, State Geologist, 

 1008 Clinton Street. 



Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1887. 

 HENRY M. BROOKS, 



SEC. ESSEX INSTITUTE. 

 DEAR SIR : 



Please to present my .thanks to the President and members 

 of the Institute for the honor they have done me in electing me an 



honorary member. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



J. P. LESLEY. 



Jamaica Plain, 5 Dec., 1887. 

 DEAR SIR, 



I beg to acknowledge your obliging communication of 28 

 November, and to accept with thanks the honor done me by the 

 Essex Institute at its meeting on 3 October. 



I am glad, at the same time, to have an opportunity to express my 

 high sense of the excellent service rendered by that association of 

 which I am proud to be an honorary member. 



Yours respectfully, F. PARKMAN. 



HENRY M. BROOKS, ESQ. 

 Secy, pro tern. 



Cambridge, Dec. 5, 1887. 

 DEAR SIR, 



I have great pleasure in accepting the honor conferred on me 

 in my election to honorary membership of the Essex Institute, & it 

 will be my pleasure to render to the Institute any service within my 

 ability. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Very truly yours, 



A. P. PEABODY. 

 HENRY M. BROOKS, ESQ. 



JBoston, Mass ttB ., 



90 Marlborough Street. 



5 December, 1887. 

 HENRY M. BROOKS, ESQ. 



Secy, pro tern. 

 DEAR SIR, 



It gives me great pleasure to signify my acceptance of the 

 Honorary Membership of The Essex Institute, for which I offer my 

 grateful acknowledgments to the officers and members. 



Yours, respy. & truly, 



EOBT. C. WlNTHROP. 



