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curiosity for things rare and of historical and antiquarian val- 

 ue ; also, to Mr. Asliby, for his generous hospitality. 



Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the Ladies' Be- 

 nevolent Society of Newbury, for the generous loan of their 

 hall, and to Dr. Withington and Mr. Edmund Smith, for 

 their polite attentions during the day. 



The meeting then adjourned and the company made a 

 pleasant call upon the venerable Joshua Coffin, Esq., to pay 

 their respects to the historian of "Oiild Newberry." Mr. 

 Coffin's health has been quite feeble and would not permit 

 him to attend the meeting, but it is now improving and all 

 were glad to take him by the hand before proceeding to the 

 cars for home, which was reached safely after a day of unin- 

 terrupted interest and enjoyment, 



Monday, October 26, I860. 



Meeting this evening, at" V 1-2 P.M. A. C. Goodell Jr. 

 Vice Pi-esident in the Chair. 



Rceoi-ds of preceding meeting read. 



Donations were announced from the following: 

 To the Librarij — From C. B. Richardson of New York; 

 O. F. J^agley of Amesbury ; Francis H. Wade of Ipswich. 



To the Cabinets — From James H. Emerton ; George Har- 

 rington ; John Robinson ; James M. Caller ; H. P. Nichols. 



Letters were read from Trustees of Newburyport Public 

 Library ; Department of tlio Interior ; Benjamin Peirce of 

 Cambridge. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam read the following communication from 

 Mr. James C Shute of Woourn on the manner of birth in 

 the Opossum, observed by him while in Beaufort N. C. 



The date of t1ie birth was March 16th, 1863. During the 



