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The portrait of Sir William in the possession of the Institute was 

 received by the Historical Society in 1821 from William P. Sparhawk, 

 Esq., of Kittery, a nephew of the last Sir William, and a gi-eat-grand- 

 son of the hero of Louisburg, Lieut. General Sir William Pepperrell, 

 Baronet. 



A visit to the Navy Yard was not the least interesting of the inci- 

 dents of the day. By the courtesy of Admiral Bailey, every part of 

 the premises was open to inspection, and officers and men everywhere 

 were polite and cordial in their attentions. The greatest neatness 

 and order pervaded every department, and the visitors were exceed- 

 ingly gratified with their inspection. The boat shop, the machine 

 shop, the massive plates for the iron-clads, the dry dock, the depots 

 of clothing and provisions, the sail-loft, the vessels, and the ordnance 

 building, received due attention and excited the greatest admii-ation, 

 which culminated in the armory, from which the ships of war are sup- 

 plied with small arms, and which contains every species of weapon 

 used by the men-of-war's men, arranged with the most exquisite skill 

 and taste, and polished to the highest degree of perfection. Here 

 were Dahlgren howitzers, rifles, carbines, pistols, cutlasses, of almost 

 every conceivable pattern, old and new, boarding-pikes, etc., with a 

 few relics of interest. A courteous attendant explained everything, 

 and took great pains to make the visit agreeable. Nothing could 

 exceed the neatness which every visible object presented, and the 

 grand array, though on a smaller scale, brought forcibly to mind the 

 memorable verses of Longfellow relative to the Springfield Arsenal. 



At half past one o'clock the parties had mostly reassembled at the 

 hall of the stockholders of the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Rail- 

 road, the Directors of which, as well as those of the Eastern Railroad, 

 used every efl'ort to accommodate the company. Divine blessing was 

 invoked by the Rev. Mr. Swan of Kennebunk, and the large party soon 

 disposed of the viands on the tables, which were then cleared away 

 and their place occupied with settees, when the meeting was called to 

 order with 



Vice-president Goodell in the chair. 



Mr. Goodell opened the meeting with a few remarks on the char- 

 acter ancl object of the field meetings, and called for the reading of 

 the records of the last meeting. 



Donations to the Library and Museum were announced by the Sec- 

 retary and Superintendent of tlie Museum. 



Letters were announced from, — John Akhurst, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 (Aug. 21) ; Capt. N. E. Atwood, Provincetown (Aug. 1) ; Mrs. Charles 

 G. Bellamy, Kittery, Me. (Aug. 17) ; Rev. E. C. Boiles, Portland, Me. 

 (July 22, Aug. 20) ; Bufiillo Historical Society (Aug. 8) ; G. F. Calef, 

 Saco, Me. (Aug. 15) ; Com. Stephen Decatur, Kittery, Me. (Aug. 15) ; 



