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President Labaree, formerly of Middlebury College, spoke of the 

 peculiar advantages and great privileges possessed by the people of 

 Essex county ; of the importance and reputation of the Theological 

 Seminary ; the character of its educational and scientific institutions ; 

 its industrial pursuits ; and, in this connection, alluded to the Pacific 

 Mills of Lawrence as having received the prize at the Paris Exposi- 

 tion for being the best-conducted mill. 



Wm. P. Upham, Esq., of Salem, gave the dimensions of some of 

 the large Elms of Essex county, and particularly of Andover, some of 

 which he had that day examined. 



Mr. E. N. Walton, in behalf of Mr. C. W. Felt, presented a copy of 

 a rare and valuable book upon typographical combinations, prepared 

 with great care, and intended as a companion volume to the one pre- 

 sented by Mr. Felt at the Field Meeting at Haverhill. 



After a vote of thanks to the officers of the Theological Seminary, 

 Phillips Academy, and South Congregational Church, and to the town 

 authorities, and also to Messrs. Burnham S. White, F. G. Sanborn, 

 Geo. S. Coles, Edwin H. Smith, T. A. Holt & Co., and others, of Ando- 

 ver, for courtesies extended to the members of the Institute and their 

 friends, the meeting adjourned. 



Wednesday, July 17, 1867. Adjourned Meeting. 

 Judge Waters in the chair. 

 A. W. Warren, of Danvers, and George W. Williams, of Salem, 

 were elected Resident Members. 



Thursday, August 1, 1867. Field Meeting at Beverly Farms. 



This meeting was attended by nearly four hundred ladies and gen- 

 tlemen from Salem, Beverly, Manchester, Gloucester, and other parts 

 of the county. A large part of the company reached Prides' Crossing, 

 on the Gloucester Branch Railroad, by the early morning train from 

 Salem. -Disembarking here, they separated into groups under guides 

 familiar with the adjacent country. One of these groups rambled over 

 the wild and elevated region known as " Beverly Commons," from the 

 fact of its formerly having been held in common by the inhabitants of 

 the town. This group also visited a famous bowlder of large size, pe- 

 culiarly situated in the rear of the residence of Mr. Josiah Ober. A 

 second group visited West Beach (or West's Beach, as subsequent de- 

 velopments indicated that it should be called), and strolled along the 



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