134 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



John Woodbury, one of the first band of settlers of this 

 part of the country, who came from Gloucester in 1626. 

 Mr. Woodbury prefaced his remarks by a brief history 

 of the work in the legislature of 1893, resulting in the 

 passage of a law incorporating the Metropolitan Park 

 Commission. The lecture was illustrated by Mr. George 

 Newcomb with lantern slides, the first of which was a 

 circular map with the State House as the centre, and the 

 various roads radiating out, or, as the speaker expressed 

 it, "The Hub of the Universe." The arc of the circle 

 was twelve miles from its centre, and embraced the Stony 

 Brook Reservation, the Blue Hill District, Middlesex 

 Fells, Lynn Woods and Revere Beach. 



Necrology of Members. 



George L., son of C. Martin and Mary (Smith) Ames, 

 was born in Salem, Nov. 26, 1829 ; elected a member 

 of the Essex Institute, Dec. 2, 1857 and died in Salem, 

 March 28, 1898. 



Frances E. (Mrs. John J.) Bagley, daughter of Sam- 

 uel and Mary A. (Sergeant) Newbury, was born in Rut- 

 land, Ohio, March 4, 1833 ; elected a member of the 

 Essex Institute, April 1, 1895 and died at Colorado 

 Springs, Feb. 7, 1898. 



George W., son of Samuel and Sarah M. (Prentiss) 

 Benson, was born in Salem, Sept. 25, 1835 ; elected a 

 member of the Essex Institute, Dec. 20, 1875 and died 

 in Salem, March 4, 1898. 



Israel Putnam, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Dodge) 

 Harris, was born in Danvers, Feb. 26, 1825 ; elected a 

 member of the Essex Institute, May 23, 1860 and died 

 in Hamilton, Sept. 9, 1897. 



