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Antiquarian Society ; American Academy of Arts aad 

 Science ; Fitch Poole of South Danvers ; Smithonian Insti- 

 tution ; New York Mercantile Library Association ; Miss A. 

 M. Hemmenway, of Ludlow, Vt. ; W. P. Tucker of Bruns- 

 wick, Me. ; Luke Bemis of Boston ; John B. Alley, M. C. ; 

 Allen W. Dodge of Hamilton. 



To the Cabinets — from Joseph Short of Philadelphia \ 

 Eben. B. Symonds ; Henry Merritt ; W. 0. Potter; Henry 

 F. Shepard. 



Letters were read from Maine Historical Society ; Mer- 

 cantile Library Association, Boston ; American Geographi- 

 cal and Statistical Society ; New Jersey Historical Society ; 

 Pennsylvania Historical Society : Smithsonian Institution ; 

 Minnesota Historical Society ; Henry Barnard of Hartford, 

 Conn.; Fitch Poole of South Danvers; S. H. Grant of New 

 York ; Miss A. M. Hemmenway of Ludlow, Vt.; E. P. Rob- 

 inson of Saugus ; Department of the Interior, Washington ; 

 W. R. L. Ward of New York ; A. A. Smith ; C. B. Rich- 

 ardson of NcAv York ; C. M. Endicott ; S. D. Bell of Man- 

 chester N.H.; C. M. Tracy of Lynn ; F. W. Putnam ; S. P. 

 Fowler of Danversport ; W. S. Cleveland ; Isaac M. Long. 



F. W. Putnam of Salem, from the Committee appointed 

 last year to investigate the character and habits of the Army 

 Worm, submitted a detailed report on the subject, prepared 

 *t his request, by Mr. Shurtleff of the Cambridge Museum: 

 As a preface to the Report, Mr. P. stated some of the lead- 

 ing facts as to the ravages of this worm last year, and also 

 that it had appeared again this season, but not to the same 

 extent. At the close of the reading, on motion of Mr. 

 Goodell of Salem, the thanks of the Institute were voted to 

 the Committee for their very instructive report. 



