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Monday, April G, 1863. 



Meeting this evening, at Creamer Hall, the President in 

 the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



Donations announced from the followina;:— - 

 To the Library — From Cincinnati Mercantile Librarj 

 Association ; C. B. Richardson of New York ; Charles Davis 

 of Beverly; Mrs. John H.Stone; Creorge R. Rowe, City 

 Clerk of Lawrence ; Vermont Historical Society ; John 

 Ward Dean of Boston ; L. A. H. Letour ol Montreal, C. E.; 

 John A. Innis ; Zoologische Gcsellschaften, Frankfort, A.M. ; 

 C. W. Palfrey ; N. J. Lord : Young Men's Association of 

 Buffalo. 



To the Cabinets — From John C. Lee ; John Robinson ; 

 Edward 0. Brown : Charles Babbidge, Chaplain 26th Reg'l 

 Mass. Volunteers ; Wm. A. Williams. 



Letters were read from Pennsylvania Historical Society ; 

 Corporation of Harvard College ; Maine Historical Society ; 

 Connecticut Historical Society ; L. Agassiz ; S. Tenney ; 

 Smithsonian Institution ; American Geographical and Statii- 

 tical Society ; W. G. Binney of Burlington, N. J. ; F. W. 

 Putnam ; American Philosophical Society ; F. S. Pease of 

 Albany, N. Y. ; N. Paine of Worcester. 



Rev. Joseph B. Felt read a valuable and interesting com- 

 munication on " John Endicott, the first Governor," (see 

 Historical Collections of Institute, vol v, page 73.) 



Remarks were then offered by Messrs. S. M. Worcester ; 

 A. C. Goodell Jr. ; G. D. Phippen ; C. 0. Beaman and 

 the Chair. 



