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The Institute listened to an account of the capture, on 

 the West Coast of Sumatra, of the ship Friendship, on Feb- 

 ruary 1831 ; a paper prepared l)y Charies M. Endicott and 

 to be found pubhshed in the Historical Collections of the 

 Essex Institute, Vol. 1, pao-e 15. 



On motion of Henry J . Cross, a vote of thanks was ten- 

 dered to Mr. Endicott, for his interesting and liistorical doc- 

 ument. 



It was also Voted to adjourn. 



Monday^ Fchntarij 15, 1858. 



Evening meeting at half past seven o'clock, Yice Presi- 

 dent Russell, presiding. 



The donations since the mooting of 28th instant were an- 

 nounced as follows, viz : 



To the Libranj — from W. H. Kilby, of Eastport, Me.; 

 Boston Society of Xatural History ; Robert Manning ; 

 Thomas T. Stone, of Bolton ; John L. Russell ; Henry M. 

 Brooks ; N. J. Lord ; Thomas Trask. 



To the Cabinets — from B. H. Silsbee ; J. C. Howard; 

 Henry F. Shepard ; J. C. Yery ; Thomas Trask. 



John L. Russell in some observations upon the difficulty 

 of procuring complete files of old newspapers, and the great 

 value attached to such files in libraries, added to which the 

 idifficulty of supplying any that should be lost, offered the 

 following resolves which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, that all bound volumes and files of Neivspapers 

 iDclonging to the Essex Institute be permanently kept in its 

 Reading rooms, and that none be taken therefrom, by any 

 member or other person, unless by speciarzi^nY^ew permission 

 ■of the curators of the Historical Department. 



