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The committee appointed at the previous meeting to consider 

 the propriety of accepting the proposals of the Proprietors of 

 the Salem Athenasum, &c., submitted their report, -which gave 

 some details of the financial condition of the Institute, and 

 which presented a probable estimate of the expenses to the 

 Institute in their proposed apartments ; also, an estimate of 

 the expense attendant on removal and on such additional accom- 

 modations as are desirable in the arrangement of the collections 

 and library, making the estimate to be about two thousand and 

 five hundred dollars. 



The subject was discussed by the President, Secretary, Geo. 

 D. Phippen, John L. Russell, Robert Manning, J, F. Worces- 

 ter, Stephen A. Chase, Henry F. King, Richard S. Rogers, 

 after which the following vote was adopted : 



Voted, that the report be referred to a Committee, to ascer- 

 tain whether the amount necessary to defray the expense of 

 removal, &c., can be obtained ; and to report at a subsequent 

 meeting. 



This Committee consisted of Messrs. Richard S. Rogers, 

 George D. Phippen, Stephen A. Chase, H. Wheatland, and 

 G. A. Parker. 



Adjourned. 



Friday, March 13, 1857. 



Evening meeting at half past seven o'clock, Gilbert L. 

 Streeter in the chair. 



Records of the preceding meeting read. 



Donations to the library announced from H. Whipple & Son, 

 Mr. Fletcher of Charlestown, Timothy Davis, M. C, George 

 Adams of Boston, Peabody Institute at South Danvers. 



Donations to the cabinets, from Edward H. Payson. 



Letters from the Massachusetts Historical Society, Peabody 

 Institute, 0. F. Swasey, A. B. Almon, were read. 



Voted to adjourn to Friday, March 20, at 7| o'clock in the 

 evening. 



Friday, March 20, 1857. 

 An adjourned meeting at the hour of half past seven, was 



