164 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



THE MUSEUM. The donations, to the Museum during the 

 year number 3t>9 from 102 contributors. The specimens in 

 natural history, including those in archaeology, which have 

 been received during the year, haye been placed on deposit 

 with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, in 

 accordance with previous arrangements ; those of an histor- 

 ical character, or which possess an artistic interest, have 

 been placed in the rooms of the Institute. They have been 

 received from the following donors : 



James A. Chamberlain; Andrews, Moulton & Johnson; Edw. A. 

 Smith ; H. M. Brooks, mourningrings, etc. ; Wellington Pool of Wenliam ; 

 Prescott Whipple ; Mrs. R. S. Andrews, a miniature of Rev. S. P. Hill ; 

 A. Averill; John P. Andrews, picture of Bark Patriot of Salem 1817; 

 George R. Curwen, miniature, Para rubber shoes; Francis H. Wade, 

 collection of log books ; Edward S. Morse ; Chas. H. Andrews ; Win. M. 

 Hill; Mrs. Chas. Osgood; Mrs. H. M. Brooks, scrap-box made by the 

 Misses Derby of South Salem with collection of plaster casts; Mrs. 

 Maria H. Bray of East Gloucester ; J. Archer Hill; Miss Sarah E. Smith, 

 fan made in Paris, 1796, with American and French emblems; Arthur 

 H. Tibbets, oil painting by B. F. West of Salem, whaling scene about 

 1837; Perry Collier; Dan'l Henderson; Thomas H. Johnson; Edwin 

 O. Foster; C. VV. Browne; Edw. B. Lane; E. H. Payson, steelyards 150 

 years old and pocket-book of Col. Abner Cheever of the Boston Tea 

 Party: John P. Til ion; Francis H Lee; John Robinson, lith. death bed 

 of Harrison 1841, Franklin stove, mourning ring 1740, autograph letter 

 of W. E. Gladstone; Geo. H. Allen, photograph of ship Panay, framed ; 

 W. L. Welch; Henry M. Batchelder; Chas. B. Lucomb of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. ; Samuel Thorner; Geo. L. Ames, Washington plate; Mrs. D. A. 

 Russell of Waverly ; Mrs. Eliza G. Waters ; John B. Skinner; Josiah M. 

 Crocker; James Chamberlain ; Misses M. E. and H 0. Williams; Mrs. 

 Anna J. Ha^kell of W. Roxbury, wax dolls from Paiis in 1838; Samuel 

 P. Andrews; Merchants National Bank; Geo. M. White; Margaret M. 

 Haskell; E. M. R. Brooks; Mary S. Cleveland; Mary Otis Bailey of 

 Dorchester, old papers, deeds, etc. ; Lucy H. Cleveland ; Annie E. Snell ; 

 Fielder Israel; M. H. Flynn; Charlotte Crowninshield ; Ross Turner; 

 Thos. F. Hunt; Frank V. Wright; Mrs. Jos. Winn of Newton; Capt. 

 Win. H. Nelson, painting of the destruction of the ship Harvey Birch 

 by Confederate cruiser Nashville, Nov. 19, 1861 ; Miss Susan V. Hotch- 

 kiss of New Haven; the Misses King of Beverly, framed portrait of 

 Hon. John G. King, 1825; Caleb Buffum ; Rev. Chas. Noyes of North 

 Andover; John Cross of Liverpool, Florida; Misses Chadwick, loom 



