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neighborhood worthy of a visit. He stated that the libraries, muse- 

 ums, etc., of the Theological Institution would be open, as also the 

 new Phillips Academy Building, and that the members of the Essex 

 Institute and their friends were cordially invited to call and examine 

 them. 



Prof. Crosby, of Salem, in behalf of the Institute, expressed appre- 

 ciation of the kind welcome and valuable suggestions of Mr. Thayer 

 in reference to the interesting localities of the town. 



After some explanatory remarks by Mr. F. G. Sanborn, of Andover, 

 the company divided into small parties, and in accordance with their 

 respective tastes started in different directions, some to the woods 

 and ponds in search of specimens of natural history, others to " Indian 

 Ridge," and many to the new hall of the Theological Seminary, known 

 as the " Brechin Hall," recently erected through the liberality of the 

 Messrs. Smith & Dove, extensive manufacturers in Andover, the 

 lower floor of which is dedicated to a rare and valuable museum prin- 

 cipally made up by contributions from the various missionaries who 

 have gone out from the Seminary, and the second story to the valua- 

 ble library, where Rev. William L. Ropes, the librarian, was very atten- 

 tive and courteous to the visitors. From the tower of this hall is a 

 most comprehensive view of the surrounding country. 



The new building of the Phillips Academy was also visited ; and 

 the convenient arrangement of the various recitation, lecture, library, 

 and apparatus rooms, etc., was much admired. 



At 1 o'clock the company reassembled at the Town Hall and par- 

 took of refreshments, and at 2 o'clock the public meeting was held at 

 the South Congregational Church, 



Dr. G. B. LORING in the chair. 



On taking the chair, Dr. Loring, alluding to the town, said he liked 

 to think of Andover as a whole before its division, and spoke in high 

 terms of many of the earlier inhabitants. He spoke of the educational 

 institutions of the place, whence so many earnest Christian men had 

 gone as missionaries to- nearly every part of the globe ; of the en- 

 terprise of the people as pioneers in the manufacturing interests, and 

 also in securing the advantages of railroad communication. He then 

 briefly stated the general objects of the Essex Institute, and called for 

 the reading of the records and the announcement of correspondence 

 and donations. 



Letters were announced from, Samuel Agnew, Librarian Presby- 

 terian Hist. Societv, Philadelphia, Pa. (July 15) ; J. M. Barnard, Bos- 

 ton (July 15) ; A. J. Biggar, Ballardvale (July 13) ; Henry Davis, Dc- 

 corah, Iowa (July :3, 15) ; Mrs. P. A. Hanaford, Boston (July 2) ; Wm. 

 Merritt, Superintendent Boston atod Maine R. R. (July 2, 13) ; Prof. 

 Richard Owen, New Harmony, Ind. (July 5) ; Dr. B. Pickman, Boston 



