BULLETIN 



OF THE 



VOL. 19. SALEM: APRIL, MAT, JUNE, 1887. Nos. 4-5-6. 



ANNUAL MEETING, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1887. 



Held this evening at 7.30 o'clock: The President in 

 the chair. Records of preceding annual meeting read and 

 approved. 



This is the first annual meeting of the Institute, when 

 it can be said that a portion of its library and of its col- 

 lections is deposited in a building of its own and that the 

 remainder is in process of removal. On this occasion it 

 may be appropriate to allude to some incidents in its or- 

 ganization. 



In the winter of 1832-3, the bookstore of Mr. John M. 

 Ives (the same now occupied by Jacob Young, 201 Es- 

 sex street) was frequented by many of the professional 

 men, teachers, and others especially who had a penchant 

 for literary pursuits. Among them were several recent 

 graduates of our colleges engaged in professional studies 

 and some in the various business pursuits. 



Mr. Edwin P. Whipple, in his reminiscences of eminent 

 men, speaking of Rufus Choate says, "At the period when 

 he was a young man, practising in the courts of Essex 

 County, he 'pervaded,' if I may use his own term, the 

 Salem bookstores in his leisure hours. He was specially 



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