THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 107 



scarcely a crag, a knoll, or a rill which he has not cele- 

 brated in verse. On Jan'y 25, 1884, a letter was re- 

 coived from Capt. W. T. Hill oftlie barque "Venice," dated 

 Charleston, S. C, Jan'y 21, 1884, statiiig that he had, on 

 board, the inkstand of Wordsworth that was put into his 

 hands by Mr. J. Co ward, with the request to deliver the 

 sanie to the Essex Institute ; he intended to visit this sec- 

 tion on his arrival, but was obliged to return to Liverpool 

 and accordingly sent it by mail. It was duly received in 

 good condition. 



The Institute is under deep obligations to Mrs. Dixon, 

 the suggester, to Mr. Coward the donor, and to Capt. HiU 

 the transporter, a wortliy trio by whose combined efforts 

 this interesting relic of a well-known and much admired 

 poet of old England has found its way to Phimmer Hall, 

 where it will long remain an object of interest to all who 

 delight to study the literature of our fatherland. 



Financial. — The Treasurer's Report of the receipts 

 and expenditures of the past 3^ear (Condensed for print- 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance of last year's account $54 64 



INCOMEOF General Account 



Assessments of Members $884 00 



Piiblications ... 575 ;H6 



Lectiues, Excursions, Hall, etc 524 77 



Dividend 40 21 



Salem Athenaeum, Proportion of Expense .... 204 26 



$2228 60 



Income of Historical Fund 44 00 



" " Nat. Hist. Soc. Fund 36 00 



•' " Davis Fund 392 18 



" " Ditmore Fund 180 40 



** " Manuscript Fund 24 94 



" " Ladies' Fa^ir Fund 60 00 



" " Derby Fund 28 72 



" " Howes Fund 1430 00 



" " Story Fund 5(i3 00 



Loan on Note of Corporation 400 00 



$5,442 46 

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