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coast, in years past, especially to that on Salem Neck, 

 June 22, 1880, to commemorate the two hundred and 

 fiftieth anniversary of the landing of Winthrop in 1630. 

 He also spoke of the previous arrivals at Salem : Conaut 

 in 1626, Endicott in 1628 and Higginsou in 1629 and read 

 extracts from the diary of Higginson under dates of June 26 

 and June 29, 1629, giving a very pleasing and flattering 

 description of the harbor of Salem, its shores and its isl- 

 ands. 



Mr. Henry Fitz Waters was introduced, and gave a very 

 interesting account of his recent genealogical researches 

 in London. He commenced by presenting his method of 

 work, the difficulty experienced by those not possessed of 

 special privileges in gaining access to the records, and al- 

 luded to some of the famous places where he sought for 

 information. He spoke of himself as a gleaner gathering 

 everything within his reach of value to America and espec- 

 ially to New England. Short descriptions were given of 

 the Somerset House, where are kept the wills for a period 

 of five hundred years, and of the British Museum with its 

 vast fund of historical information, especially the valuable 

 and interesting manuscripts, including the Maverick man- 

 uscripts and an old map of New England made in 1634 or 

 1635. Mr. Waters acknowledged the help he had re- 

 ceived from antiquarian friends, and especially from James 

 Russell Lowell, the U. S. Minister to England. He con- 

 cluded by reading some extracts from curious old wills. 



Prof. E. /S. Morse said that, owing to the great heat, he 

 was unable to take his anticipated stroll on the beach to 

 collect specimens upon which to base his remarks ; in lieu 

 thereof he gave a short but very interesting description of 

 the process of photo-engraving, showing several specimens 

 of the work, and plaster casts, in illustration. 



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