Frederic Howes, son of Anthony and Betliiah Howes, 

 was born in the town of Dennis, Barnstable County, in 1782, 

 and died at Salem, Nov. 12, 1855. At the age of six he 

 removed with his father to Ashfield, Worcester County, and 

 spent much of the time, until his admission to Harvard Univer- 

 sity in 1804, on the labors of the farm. Leaving college in 

 his junior year, he entered upon the study of the law with 

 Luther Lawrence, Esq., of Groton. He commenced the prac- 

 tice of the profession in Salem, resided at the same time in 

 Danvers, which town he represented for several years in the 

 legislature. He afterwards removed with his family to Salem, 

 where he has continued, with the exception of one or two years 

 residence in Boston, until his decease. He always took a lively 

 interest in the success of our local institutions, particularly of 

 those whose objects Avere the promotion of literature or the 

 sciences. He was one of the earliest founders and officers of 

 the Essex Agricultural Society, and succeeded the distinguished 

 Pickering in the Presidential chair of that Society. He w-as 

 also an early member of our Historical Society; a Trustee 

 from 1824 to the union in 1848, and the Treasurer from 1831 

 to 1848, — was also for many years a member of the Natural 

 History Society. In the Listitute he was one of the Curators, 

 and a member of the Finance Committee from its organization 

 until 1854, when sickness caused him to retire. 



Two of our (Corresponding Members have recently deceased. 



1st. Thaddeus William Harris, M. D., died at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., Jan. 16, 1856. He was the son of Rev. T. M. 

 Harris, of Dorchester, Mass., in which town he was born Nov, 

 12, 1795, and graduated at Harvard University in 1815. 

 After having pursued the prescribed medical course, he estab- 

 lished himself in the practice of the profession at Milton, 

 Mass., where he remained until his appointment to the office 

 of Librarian in Harvard University, in 1831, made vacant by 

 the death of Mr. Benjamin Peirce — in which situation he 

 continued until his decease. Dr. H. was early imbued with an 

 ardent love of Nature, and devoted his leisure to the study of 

 the sciences. So successful was he in that of Insects, that 

 after the death of Say, he was placed at the head of American 



