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On motion of A. C. Goodell, 



Voted^ That the thanks of the Institute be presented to 

 Rev. Dr. Pelt for the communication read this evening, and 

 that a copy be placed at the disposal of the Publication 

 Committee. Adjourned. 



Wednesday, May 13, 1863. 



Annual Meeting this day at 3 P.M., at their rooms, Plum- 

 merHall, Vice President S. P. Fowler in the Chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read. 



Donations were announced from the following : 



To the Library — from James A. Gillis ; N. C. Robbins ; 

 B. W. Stone ; Miss P. W. Hazeltine of Lynn ; Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Science ; Canadian Institute at Toron- 

 to, C.W. ; James S. Bryant of Hartford, Conn. ; Charles 

 Ward ; Asahel Huntington ; Thomas H. Lefarour ; John 

 L. Sibley of Cambridge ; City of Boston ; Mrs. James Kim- 

 ball ; Frederick Kidder of Boston ; Jeremiah Colburn of 

 Boston ; Massachusetts Historical Society ; C. C. Sewall. 



To the Cabinets — from William Goodhue ; S. Barden of 

 Rockport ; J. A. Smith ; J. P. Cooke Jr. of Cambridge ; 

 N. C. Robbins ; Caleb Cooke ; B. P. Browne. 



Letters were read from Pennsylvania Historical Society ; 

 Massachusetts Historical Society ; Trustees Public Library, 

 Boston ; Smithsonian Institution ; Trustees of Public Libra- 

 ry, Newburyport ; J. Henry Stickney of Baltimore, Md.; 

 J. Pearson of Schenectady N.Y. ; S. Lincoln of Boston ; 

 L. Saltonstall of Boston ; W. A. Lauder of Danvers ; Jacob 

 Batchelder of Lynn ; Ward Poole of South Danvers ; G. 

 H. Lodge of Swampscott ; D. E. Saflford of Hamilton ; W. 

 B. Rogers of Boston ; J. P. Cooke Jr. of Cambridge ; C. 



