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Me. ; Prof. S. Tenney, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; Moses W. Putnam, Ha- 

 verhill (Oct. 5) ; A. H. Curtiss, Liberty, Va. ; Prof. J. Lovering, Cam- 

 bridge ; G. D. Phippen, Salem (Oct. 7) ; Prof. W. B. Eogers, Lunen- 

 burg, Mass. (Oct. 8) ; John H. Silsbee, Salem (Oct. 9) ; J. P. Cowles, 

 Ipswich (Oct. 10) ; Lyceum of Natural History, New York; A. Hyatt, 

 Watertown, N. Y. (Oct. 11) ; W. E. Merriman, President Ripon Col- 

 lege, Ripon, Wis. ; A. H. Curtiss, Liberty, Va. (Oct. 12) ; Dr. C. C. Ab- 

 bott, Trenton, N. J. (Oct. 13) ; Eev. E. C. Bolles, Portland, Me. ; Geo. 

 A. Pope, Baltimore, Md. (Oct. 14) ; G. W. Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; 

 Charles Reed, Librarian Vt. State Library, Montpelier, Vt. (Oct. 15) ; 

 Dr. B. Pickman, Boston; J. .Wassail, Newburyport (Oct. 17); R. 

 Brookhouse, Salem (Oct. 18) ; Dr. J. B. Holder, U. S. A., Fort Monroe, 

 Va. ; A. Hyatt, Rochester N. Y. ; Prof. L. W. Bailey, Fredericton, N. 

 B. ; Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, 111. ; George A. Pope, Balti- 

 more, Md. (Oct. 19) ; Prof. Richard Owen, Bloomington, Ind. ; Samuel 

 L. Ward, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 Boston ; Surgeon-General's Office, Washington, D. C. (Oct. 21) ; S. Jill- 

 son, Hudson; H. F. Bassett, Waterbury, Ct. ; R. M. Chipman, East 

 Granby, Ct. ; S. L. Boardman, Augusta, Me. ; A. Hyatt, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 (Oct. 24); W. S. Clark, President Mass. Agricultural College; C. C. 

 Hitchcock, Ware ; Henry O'Reilly, New York (Oct. 26) ; Joseph Ban- 

 vard, Paterson, N. J. (Oct. 28) ; Naturwissenschaftlicher-Verein zu Bre- 

 men (Oct. 29) ; A. C. Hoyt, Boston (Oct. 30) ; L. W. Schmidt, New 

 York; C. J. Maynard, Newtonville; R, H. Seeley, Haverhill (Nov. 1); 

 E. T. Cresson, Sec. Am. Entomological Soc'y ; S. H. Scudder, Sec. Bos- 

 ton Society Nat. Hist. ; A. P r Garber, Lancaster, Pa. ; Prof. A. Gray, 

 Cambridge (Nov. 2); Triibner & Co., London; P. R. Uhler, Peabody 

 Institute, Baltimore, Md. (Nov. 7) ; A. O. Dobbear, Lexington, Ky: ; 

 Cleveland Abbe, U. S. Naval Observatory. (Nov. 8); W. H. Dall, St. 

 Michaels, R. Am. ; Henry Gillman, Detroit, Mich. (Nov. 11) ; Chas. 

 H. Nauman, Lancaster, Pa. ; Dr. H. C. Wood, jr., Philadelphia, Pa. ; 

 C. Fred. Hartt, New York; Prof. O. C. Marsh, Cazenovia, N. Y. (Nov. 

 12); Horace Mann, Cambridge (Nov. 14). 



F. W. Putnam gave an account of the explorations of several mem- 

 bers of the Institute to examine the Indian shell-banks at Goose Island 

 in Casco Bay, and at Ipswich. Many relics were found of great in- 

 terest to the archaeologist. An appeal was made to members of the 

 Institute and others who may discover Indian relics, such as arrow- 

 heads, axes, gouges, etc., which are occasionally ploughed up in our 

 fields, to forward them to the Institute. He also requested that in- 

 formation of the discovery of any Indian's grave be sent to the Insti- 

 tute, that it might be properly examined and a description of the same, 

 with all the accompanying circumstances, be made and deposited in 

 the archives. 



Donations to the Library and Museum were announced. 



William H. Little, of South Danvers, and James P. Boyce, of Lynn, 

 were elected Resident Members. 



