250 



OjflKce, id Wasliingtoii was made by John L. Russell, he 

 wisliing the meeting to bear witness, that such action con- 

 finned opinions respecting the value of such distributions, 

 previously expressed l)y liim before the Institute. 



Mr. Phippen was thanked, ]>y motion of James Kimball, 

 for tlie grateful entertainmeiit afforded the session of the 

 Institute this Evening. 



Voted, k) adjourn. 



TJmrsdaij, April 8, 1858. 



I'lveniiig iniM'ting at 7 1-2 o'clock, James Kimball presiding- 

 Aftc]' tlie reading of tlie records the donations were an-^ 

 uouncod as folloAvs, A'iz : — 



To the Lil)riirij — frcmi Ijucius M. Eoltwood of Amherst; T. 

 .1. Hutcliinson : Jolui H. J^Tone ; Montreal Society of Natu- 

 ral History : Cliark's AV, Upham ; Jonathan Perley, jr.; 

 John L. Russell : Charles B. Norton of New York ; Henry 

 F. Shepard ; Samuel CI. Rea ; Nathan Fryc ; Miss Eliza- 

 )»etli Carlton ; J. Linton Waters of Chicago, 111. 



To lite Cal)i)iels — from Henry F. Shepard ; BrackleyR. 

 Peabody 2d : WilKam Manning ; Samuel R. Curwen ; R. 

 Wheatland : Henry J. Pratt : Justin Rideout ; F. W. 

 Putnam. 



The evening was principally occupied ]jy the reading of 

 " Historical notices of Salem scenery," which has been pub- 

 lished in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute in 

 Volume 2. })age 2. 



On conclusion of the reading of this paper by Gilbert L. 

 Streeter, a conversation sprang up relative to the division of 

 the " Common Lands," the old Proprietor system being now 

 nearly extinct. Dr. William Prescott alluded to the origin 

 of the Indian names some of which are yet in use. 



