120 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Improvement Society for the exceedingly bountiful colla- 

 tion furnished by them to the Institute and its friends and 

 the thanks of the Institute be also tendered to Alden P. 

 White, Ezra D. Hines and Andrew Nichols, Esqs., for 

 their attention and kindness in pointing out places of in- 

 terest on the route from Salem to this place ; also to those 

 persons who opened their residences to the inspection of 

 the members of the Institute ; also to the proprietors of 

 the First Church for the privilege of visiting their church 

 and to all others who have contributed to the interest of 

 the occasion. 



The meeting then adjourned. At 4.30 P.M., it was an- 

 nounced that the barges were in readiness for the home- 

 ward trip; on the way to Salem, the party visited the 

 birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam of the Revolution, where, 

 in the room in which the general was born, is an old chair 

 which had belonged to him. This house was built in 1648 

 and was therefore rather an old house when the general 

 was born. The party passed the house of Sarah Osborne, 

 one of the first accused of witchcraft ; they also made a 

 call at Oak Knoll. Besides the number who went in 

 barges, several went by horse cars and private carriages. 



THE SECOND FIELD MEETING was held at Ipswich Bluffs 

 on Thursday, Aug. 22, 1889. The weather was remark- 

 ably pleasant, one of the finest days of the season. The 

 party of some seventy persons left Salem at 10 A.M. for 

 Ipswich where, upon arrival, barges were taken to the 

 steamer "Carlotta" which, after a pleasant sail, landed the 

 party at the Bluffs. An hour or two was passed in rambling 

 about the place looking after any objects of interest that 

 might turn up and enjoying the fine air and scenery. At 

 one o'clock a large portion of the company who had taken 

 baskets spread their lunch in an old-fashioned barn and 



