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sugar refinery of Mr. Brackley Rose. So the British 

 prisoners of war repaired the damage and the model is 

 still preserved at the Museum. The following letter is 

 from the Museum files : 



Portsmouth 5th. August 1813 

 Sir. 



I have the honour to receive your letter of the 3cl instant, 

 covering a vote of thanks passed by the Salem East India Marine 

 Society at a meeting held by them on the 7th July last, for a. model 

 of the Frigate Constitution which I had the pleasure of presenting 

 them. 



I beg leave, Sir, through you to return my thanks to the Society 

 for this mark of their attention and for their polite invitation to visit 

 the museum, which I shall with pleasure do when a convenient oppor- 

 tunity ofl'ers. 



I am 



With very great respect 



Sir, Your Obt. Servant, 



Isaac Hull 

 William Lander Esqr. 



Secretary of the Salkm 



East India Marine Society. 



Monday Evening, Jan. 24, 1898.— Prof. T. C. Men- 

 denhall of Worcester, a member of the Highway Com- 

 mission, lectured in PlummerHallon the work being done 

 by the Massachusetts Highway Commission. The Presi- 

 dent called the meeting to order and spoke feelingly of 

 the great loss the Institute had sustained in the recent 

 death of Mr. Thomas F. Hunt, one of its most valued and 

 active members. Mr. Rantoul presented the following 

 resolutions, prefaced with these remarks : It is impossible 

 to so on with the work of the Institute to-niijht without 

 a thouo;ht of Mr. Hunt. This is the first meeting since 

 his death. No one, not cognizant of the inner workings 

 of this organization, has an idea of the extent to which 

 his spirit permeated everything. Early and late, the In- 

 stitute was close to his irreat heart. In his death we have 



