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observe, pay a commendable care to the good condition of the- 

 cemeteries of the town. In these some of the antiquaries of 

 the company spent a share of time with much satisfaction. 

 Among the antiquities of this village, was noticed the old 

 parsonage. This was the residence of Rev. Elizur Holyoke, 

 third minister in this place. This gentleman was a relative 

 of the venerable Dr. Holyoke of Salem, was born in Boston^ 

 May 11, 1731, and graduated at Harvard in 1750. In 1759 

 he became pastor of the church at East Boxford and so con- 

 tinued till 1806, when he died. His daughter, now 87 years 

 of age, still lives on the old homestead. 



The company dividing, as usual, a party went to " Crook- 

 ed Pond ; " others to the woods ; some to " Bald Hill ; " 

 another portion to a sunken meadow near the house of B. 

 S. Barnes ; and yet another to the old quarry. Some, in 

 wagons ventured even further, and sought out " Carey's 

 Eidge," finding along the rustic ways, enough of novelty 

 and interest to ■ compensate amply any trouble arising on 

 account of distance. 



Not long after noon, the Avhole company having re-as- 

 sembled in the vestry of the Congregational Church, the af- 

 ternoon meeting came to order at the call of Hon. Allen 

 W. Dodge of Hamilton. After the reading of the Records by 

 the Secretary, the following letters and donations were an- 

 nounced : — 



Donations since the annual meeting : — 



To the Library — from Connecticut Historical Society; 

 New Jersey Historical Society ; Samuel H. Cougar of New- 

 ark, N. J. ; American Antiquarian Society ; Samuel Emery y 

 William Mack ; J. L. Sibley of Cambridge ; Chas. F. Bar- 

 nard of Boston ; Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science ; 

 Canadian Institute at Toronto ; Jonathan Perley, Jr. ; Jer- 

 emiah Coll}urn of Boston ; C. B. Richardson of New York ; 



