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and in placing its Library among the recipients of all docu- 

 ments printed by order of Congress or of either of the de- 

 partments. 



George D. Phippen, after some preliminary words re- 

 garding the hospitality and kind attentions of the citizens of 

 the town offered the following vote which was nnanimously 

 passed. 



Voted, that the thanks of the Essex Institute be presented 

 to the members of the first Congregational Society of Lynn- 

 field for the use of their meeting house in which to hold this 

 meeting ; — also to Mrs. P. 0. Starr, and to other citizens of 

 Lynnfield for their kind attentions to the members and their 

 friends during their excursion this day. 



Voted, to adjourn. 



Wednesday, August 18, 1858. 



Field Meeting at North Danvers. By invitation of 

 *' Ladies' Circle for the study of Natural History in North 

 Danvers," a Field Meeting was called together to explore 

 in the vicinity of Swan's Crossing, upon the Essex Rail 

 Road. This neighborhood may be considered as especially 

 favored in point of graceful sociability, refinement of taste, 

 and love of reading and science, and the " Circle " devotes 

 itself, as often as once a week, throughout the year, to the 

 discussion of matters pertaining to botany and other kindred 

 topics, and has collected a good many specimens of much 

 value and interest. The place of deposit is at the rciidencG 

 of Mrs. Kettelle, the birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam, 

 and from a brother of whom she is a descendant, a lady who 

 renders a visit to this venerated mansion both instructive and 

 delightful, and who unites, in her regard for revolutionary 

 times and relics, a love for floriculture, filling her small gar- 

 den with such choicest botanical plants, which will endure 

 in northern climate. Close by, too, is the farm of Edward 

 D. Kimball, Esq., laid out skillfully under the direction of 



