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Wilbur F. Newhall and Joshua Howard for their ser- 

 vices as guides to the several parties ; aud to the citizens of 

 Saugus for their friendly feelings so freely manifested at 

 this time. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Thursday^ Avgiist 11, 1859, 



Field Meeting at North Axdover. — Some one hundred 

 and fifty persons attended this meeting, mostly from Salem 

 and vicinity. A part of these, including the more active 

 spirits of Natural History employed the early train over the 

 Essex Eailroad, but the greater number were not landed at 

 the " Marble Ridge " Station till about noon, and a walk of 

 considerable length being still necessary to reach the village 

 itself, all excursions were postponed till after refreshments 

 had been served. This minor, but yet important adjunct to 

 to the field meetings was enjoyed in the hall of the Engine 

 Company of the place, whose favors to the excursionists 

 were cause for much gratitude. Subsequently a series of 

 short rambles were made in various directions, with much 

 of profit and satisfaction to those engaged. 



North Andover was separated from Andover and incorpo- 

 rated as a distinct town in 1855. The present population is 

 about one third of tliat of the original town; or some 2300. 

 It was formerly known as the "Nortli Parish," and within its 

 borders lived the Johnsons, the Osgoods, Farnhams and Ste- 

 veiises, with many more of those old families whose wealth 

 and influence brought them great respect in their time. 

 Rev. Bailey Loring, for many years the minister of the 

 First Church, which was founded in 1645 still lives here. 

 Thomas Barnard, settled in 1682, was the third minister, 

 and the fourth was his son John, settled 1719. Rev. Ed- 

 ward Barnard, of Haverhill, was a son of John, and his 

 portrait hangs in Plummer Hall, the gift of the family of 

 his grandson the late Capt, E. Barnard of Salem. Another 



