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land, G. F. Austin, J. 11. Vent, B. P. Cliamlerlain, J. S. 

 Sibley-, S. Jordan of Lynn, Charles Froebel of Cambridge, 

 J. Wynaan, o-f Cambridge. 



To the Library. Joseph Chisholm, Henry F. Shepard, 

 A. W. Dodge, of Hamilton, G. P. Bradford, P. Merrick of 

 Boston, William Briggs, John H. Stone, D. A. White, Mer- 

 cantile Library Association of New York, Amherst College, 

 Jacob Batchelder, Mrs. Mehitable Ruee, W. H. Prince, B. P. 

 Chamberlain, C. H. Hutchinson of Philadelphia, William 

 Brown, M. H. Perley of St. John, N. B. 



Letters were read fro-m D. A. White, F, Winsor, G. B. 

 Loring, C. H. Hutchinson of Philadelphia, Trustees of New 

 York State Library. R, A. Merriam of Topsfield, Connecticut 

 Historical Society, Smithsonian Listitution, L. M. Boltwood 

 of Amherst College, Trustees of Boston Athenaeum, President 

 and Fellbws- of Harvard University. 



Tlie- following remarks were offered by the Secretary, Henry 

 Wheatland : 



It may not be known to maDy, who are here assembled, that 

 twenty-two years have elapsed since a meeting of the Essex 

 County Natural History Society was held in this place, for the 

 purpose- of completing its organization in the appointment of 

 committees, &c. 



This Society was organized at Salem, in December, 1833, 

 by the adoption of a constitution, by-laws, &c. A circular 

 was soon after issued, stating the objects of the Society, and 

 calling public attention to the subject. In furtherance of this 

 plan it was deemed advisable that a meeting should be called to 

 convene at Topsfield, — accordingly the following notice was 

 inserted in the newspapers : 



" Natural History Society. The Essex Cotanty Natural History 

 Society will meet at Topsfield, on Wednesday nest, the 16th day of the 

 present month, at 9 and 2 o'clock, to choose committees and to make 

 arrangements for the ensuing season. 



At the meeting the objects of the Society will be explained, and spe- 

 cimens in the various branches, with apparatus for theix collection^ 



