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tioii of Capt. William Nichols of Newburyport, a noted pri- 

 vateersman in the war of 1812, and related some of his 

 feats of bravery and skill, of his being a prisoner, his escape 

 and his recapture. He then alluded to the Collins House 

 in Danvers, (now the residence of F. Peabody, Jr. Esq.) as 

 a place of historic interest, being the head-quarters of Gov. 

 Gage, and also the encampment near by of a regiment of 

 British troops, on the eve of the outbreak of the Revolution. 



A. C. GooDELL in reply to some questions, spoke of the 

 Ports in Salem and vicinity, the old Town House and oth- 

 er incidents of the period immediately preceding the revolu- 

 tion. He then offered the following resolution in behalf of 

 a committee appointed at a previous meeting which was 

 unanimously adopted. 



Resolved^ That the Essex Institute earnestly unites in 

 the petition of any persons or corporation to the Secretary 

 ol War to give to the fortifications erecting or to be erected 

 in Marblehead in this county, the name of Fort Glover, in 

 memory of Gen. John Glover and to the works designed for 

 the "Stage" in Gloucester in this county, the name of Fort 

 Conant, in honor of Roger Conant the founder of the first 

 plantation in Massachusetts Bay. 



On motion of James Kimball, 



Fo^e(i, That the Rev. G. D. Wildes be requested to prepare 

 a memorial of Capt. Wm. Nichols of Newburyport to be 

 read at a meeting of the Institute and for publication in the 

 Historical Collections. Adjourned. 



Monday, December 28, 1863. 



Meeting this evening, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. 



Records of preceding meeting read, and Donations were 

 announced from the following : 



To the Library — from George R. Curwen ; J. H. Hick- 

 cox of Albany N.Y.; C. B. Richardson of New York ; Ca- 



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