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The aftei'iiooii meetiug was held iu the Universalist Church, 

 -of which Bev. Mr. Barden is the pastor, and called to order 

 at 2 o'clock, by A. 0. Goodell, Esq. 



The records of the preceding meeting were read, and the 

 donations were announced as follows : 



To the Library — George Perkins ; Canadian Institute at 

 Toronto ; Redwood Library and Athenaeum ; C. B. Richard- 

 son, New York ; Mrs. A. G. Browne ; American Academy of 

 Arts and Science ; American Geographical and Statistical So- 

 ciety ; Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science ; Boston 

 Society of Natural History; Editor's British American Mag- 

 azine ; C. T. Jackson, Boston, Mass. ; Richard Wheatland ; 

 H. S. Cox, of Lynn ; E. M. Stone, of Providence ; E. P. Rob- 

 inson, of Saugus ; Mrs. Mary E. Wheatland ; Horace S. 

 Traill ; Robert S. Rantoul ; H. M. Brooks ; L. A. H. Latour, 

 of Montreal, C.E. 



To the Cabinets — John Robinson ; Charles F, Nichols ; S. 

 S. Simonds : Job Burchstead ; James Bartlett ; John Orne ; 

 S. Q. Felt ; Abner C. Goodell Jr. ; H. M. Brooks ; John C. 

 Osgood ; Eben Blatchferd. 



Letters were announced from Trustees of Beverly Public 

 Library ; Pennsylvania Historical Society ; Trustees of Bos- 

 ton Public Library ; Maine Historical Society ; Redwood 

 Library and Athen^um ; Trustees Newburyport Public Li- 

 brary ; Massachusetts Historical Society ; S. L. Batchelder ; 

 L. P- Smith; G. W. Skinner of Gloucester; Charles W. 

 Swasey ; C. M. Tracy of Lynn ; William Meriitt ; W. B. 

 Rogers of Boston ; Francis Alger of Boston ; A. W. Dodge 

 of Hamilton ; L. Agassiz of Cambridge ; E. P. Robinson of 

 Saugus; Long Island Historical Society ; J. E. Oliver of Lynn; 

 also from the Committee of Ai-rangcments of the Memorial 

 celebration at Fort Popham, inviting the Institute to attend 

 " the public celebration of the 256th anniversary of the 

 founding of the first English Colony on the shores of New Eng- 



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