CLXXVII 



Tuesday, November 14. Adjourned Regular and 



Stated meetings. 



Vice President Goodell in the chair. 



Donations to the Museum and Library were announced. 



Mr. W. P. Upham read two letters ; one, written by Col. 

 Azor Orne, of Marblehead, to Governor Adams, dated 

 May 20, 1796, in which Col. Orne says his advanced age 

 and infirm health forbid his attention to public business, and 

 therefore he resigns the office of Senator for the County of 

 Essex to which he had been chosen. The other letter was 

 written by Samuel Sewall, afterwards Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, and is dated Jan. 27th, 1780, at Marble- 

 head, where he was then commencing the practise of 

 law. The letter gives a graphic account of the sufferings 

 of the people of Marblehead from the scarcity of wood oc- 

 casioned by the great snowstorm of that winter. 



Mr. Upham gave a brief sketch of the character of Col. 

 Orne, and an account of the family of Judge Sewall. 



The Communication of Mr. Upham was referred to the 

 Publication Committee for publication in the Historical 

 Collections. 



Dr. Loring made some remarks in connection with the 

 subjects of Mr. Upham's communication, and narrated 

 several incidents of the poverty of the people from 1765 to 

 1800. 



Mr. Caleb Cooke read a portion of his notes on Zanzi- 

 bar, Africa, made during a residence of four years on the 

 Island, in which he gives an account of the Island and the 

 customs of the inhabitants, with remarks upon the Natural 

 History of the place. 



Mr. Cooke's notes were requested for publication. 



Benjamin Pickman, M. D., of Salem, was elected a 

 Resident Member. 

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