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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1867. Regular Meeting. 

 Vice President GOODELL in the chair. 



Letters were announced from, Smithsonian Institution; The Nu- 

 mismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia ; New York Lyceum 

 of Natural History ; Buffalo Historical Society ; Library of Congress ; 

 Trustees of Beverly Public Library; The Corporation of Harvard Col- 

 lege (March 19) ; J. A. Smith, Bethel, Me. ; J. T. Rothrock, McVey- 

 town, Pa. ; Presbyterian Historical Society ; William L. Montague, 

 Lib. at Amherst College ; Rev. E. C. Bolles, Portland, Me. (March 21) ; 

 Dr. Lincoln R. Stone, Newton ; J. P. Haskell, Marblehead (March 22) ; 

 Tryon Reakirt, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Francis B. Crowninshield, Boston 

 (March 23) ; R. Hoe & Co., Boston (March 24) ; Boston Society of 

 Natural History (March 25) ; Buffalo Historical Society (March 26) ; 

 E. T. Cresson, Sec'y American Entomological Society; William J. 

 Turnbull, Philadelphia ; Capt. Samuel A. Lord, Salem (March 28) ; 

 Francis B. Crowninshield, Boston (March 29) ; Prof. Theo. Gill, Smith- 

 sonian Institution ; W. H. Leggett, New York (March 30). 



Mr. William P. Upham read certain extracts from records of wills, 

 deeds, etc., bearing upon the question whether the Epps or Newhall 

 house, so called, on the corner of Church and Washington streets, is, 

 as has been supposed, the original house that belonged to Governor 

 Endicott, and was brought from Cape Ann for his use. This house 

 has been frequently referred to in our local histories, and, as the cor- 

 rectness of the tradition relating to it had been called in question, it 

 was thought proper to collect all the evidence that could be found on 

 the subject. Mr. Upham read copies of and explained the different 

 deeds of land in that vicinity from the earliest date, and it appeared 

 quite conclusive^, by this and other evidence, that the Governor's 

 house did not stand on this precise spot, but about ten rods north of 

 it, where Federal street enters Washington street from the east, and 

 that there is good reason to believe that the original house was moved 



