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tributed to the entertainment. The hospitalities having 

 been duly partaken of, the meeting for discussion was then 

 held, commencing at half past two o'clock. 



Dr. G. B. Loring, Chairman of the Field meeting 

 Committee, in the chair. 



The Chairman opened the meeting with remarks relating 

 to Georgetown, of an historical character, alluding to its 

 ecclesiastical controversies ; some witchcraft experiences; 

 and the character of some of its public men. 



After reading the records of the last meeting and the 

 lists of donations to the Library and Museum, letters were 

 announced as received since the last meeting from : 



Prof. J. Wyman, Cambridge ; Prof. A. Winckell, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; 

 Frank Stratton, Natick, Mass.; T. A. Cheney, Havana, N. Y. : T. 

 Bland, New York; E. S. Morse, Gorham, Me.; A. Hyatt, Baltimore, 

 Md. ; I. C. Martindale, Byberry, Pa. ; Prof. L. Lesqnereux, Columbus, 

 Ohio ; Prof. A. N. Prentiss, Lansing, Mich. ; E. W. Blatchford, Chicago, 

 111. ; Thure Kumlien, Bussyville, Wis. ; A. Agassiz, Cambridge, Mass. ; 

 B. P. Mann, Concord, Mass. ; Noble, Brothers & Co., New York, rela- 

 ting to the publications : Bedwood Library and AtlienaBum; Maine His- 

 torical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications : Isaac M. 

 Long, Salem; Col. Albert Ordway, Bichmond, Va., transmitting speci- 

 mens to the Museum : Prof. J. G. Norwood, Columbia,. Mo. ; Dr. T. A. 

 Tellkampf, New York; Win. Couper, Quebec, Canada; W. S. O. 

 Brinckloe, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Prof. Richard Owen, New Harmony, Ind. ; 

 Rand & Avery, Boston; Lowell Bleachery; New York State Librarj r ; 

 Joshua P. Haskell, Marblehead, Mass. ; J. R. Newhall, Lynn, Mass. ; 

 J. K. Wiggin, Boston ; Lyceum of Natural History of New York, on 

 business matters. 



James P. Cooke and David P. Carpenter, of Salem, were 

 elected Resident Members. 



Mr. C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, was called upon by the chair, 

 and responded in his usual happy and ready manner, giv- 

 ing some account of his observations during the day, and 

 mentioned some of the principal plants collected. Among 

 these were the Orchis, Buttonbush, Cardinal Flower, 



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