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ed Naval Officer at this port, under General Taylor's admin- 

 istration in 1849 — and at a later period a, Clerk in the Ad- 

 jutant General's office of this State. Since the commence- 

 ment of the Rebellion, the duties in the Adjutant General's 

 department have greatly increased and the office of Assistant 

 General was thereby created — and Mr. B. received the ap- 

 pointment. The labor assigned to him he performed with 

 great fidelity and faithfulness, and the closeness of this 

 application probably hastened his departure. His genial 

 and social disposition won for him a host of friends ; though 

 not an active member, he always took great interest in the. 

 success of this Institution. He married June 26, 1825, 

 Rebecca Upton Wright. He died in Boston on Monday 

 Feb. 16, 1863, aged 60 — to which city he removed a few 

 years since. 



Meetings. — Four Field Meetings were held during the 

 past season, at the Ship Rock in South Danvers, Rockport. 

 Hamilton Ponds, and Rowley. They were all fully attend- 

 ed, especially the'meeting at Rockport, which was the largest 

 of any of these meetings held under the auspices of the In- 

 stitute. Eight Evening meetings during the winter months 

 — and ordinary meetings for the election of members as 

 usual. 



Lectures. — A course of six lectures on Scientific sub- 

 jects have been delivered during tlie present Spring, viz : 



1. Prof. L. Agassiz on Monday March 16 — " Plan in Cre- 

 ation." 



2. S. Tenney, on Monday March 23, on " Antiquity of 

 the Earth." 



3. C. M. Tracy, on Monday March 30, on " Weeds." 



4. Prof. J. P. Cooke, Jr. — on Monday April 13, on 

 *' Analysis of the Sun," with experiments. 



