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F. W. Putnam, made a verbal report on the condition of 

 the collections of Natural History. 



From these reports the following abstract is presented, 

 giving a cursory view of the doings during the year. 



Four resident members have deceased : — 



1. John Felt Webb, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Felt) 

 Webb. Born at Salem, Feb. 9, 18 LI, died at Southampton, 

 England, Oct. 20, 1861. Educated at the old Latin school, 

 under master Fames ; thence into the counting-room of 

 John Forrester, one of the prominent merchants of Salem, 

 in his day ; afterwards supercargo and commander for sev- 

 ■eral years ; and finally established himself abroad, where he 

 resided, with occasional visits at home, a large portion of 

 his time, as a commercial Agent, principall}^ at Zanzibar ; at 

 which latter place he was for many years U. S. Consul. He 

 was a man of strongly marked character, and was highly 

 esteemed for his probity, intelligence and uniform self- 

 reliance, and was exemplary in all the relations of life, 

 •especially as a son, a brother and a friend. 



2. William Macmullen, son of John Macmullen, 

 was born at Salem. In early life he went to Zanzibar, 

 as a commercial Agent, and was for some time the 

 U. S. Consul, at that place. A few years since he re- 

 turned to Salem and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He 

 ■died at Salem, Feb. 9, 1862, aged 35 years and 11 months, 

 leaving a wife — Harriet, daughter of Thomas Perkins, — and 

 three children. He was a person highly esteemed and pos- 

 sessed active business qualifications. 



3. Henry King Fettyplace, son of Thomas and Han- 

 nah (Devereux) Fettyplace. Born at Salem, Jan'y 28, 1820. 

 Educated at the High school ; for some years a clerk in one 

 of the Salem Banks ; afterwards went to Mobile, Ala., and 

 engaged in business,where he had resided for more than twen- 



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