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York State Library ; Chicago Historical Society ; New York 

 Mercantile Library Association ; Trustees of Boston Public 

 Library ; Corporation of Harvard College ; Peabody Insti- 

 tute, South Danvers ; Pennsylvania Historical Society ; 

 David Choate of Essex ; N. J. Holden of Lynn ; William 

 Agge ; Thomas H. Barnes ; J. F. Webb, jr. ; Adams Express 

 Co. ; S. P. Fowler of Danvers ; M. A. Stickney ; Joel Mun- 

 sell of Albany ; F. S. Pease of Albany ; S. F. Nichols of 

 Boston ; S. A. Green of Boston ; Wisconsin State Historical 

 Society ; R. C. Kerr of New Orleans, La. ; M. Miles of Lan- 

 sing, Mich. ; Smithsonian Institution. 



A. C. Goodell read a very interesting paper, giving a suc- 

 cinct account of the literary and scientific labors of James 

 Tytler, who emigrated from Scotland to Salem in 1795, and 

 died in the year 1804. Many of our older citizens will prob- 

 ably remember this eccentric and learned person, who resi- 

 ded in a small house on the Neck, a short distance from the 

 Hathorne House. 



After remarks from Rev. Mr. Beaman and Mr. J. Batch- 

 elder, a vote was passed thanking Mr. Goodell for his valua- 

 communication, with a request that he would prepare the 

 same for publication in the Historical Collections of the 

 Institute. 



Adjourned, 



Monday, January 7, 1861. 



Meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Vice President, 

 Henry M. Brooks, in the chair. 



Records of preceding meetings read. 



Donations announced from the following : 



To the Library — from Henry M. Brooks ; George C. 



