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PROCEEDINGS
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ESSHX INSTITUTE: 1864.
Monpay, January 11. Evening meeting. The President, A. Huntington, in the chair. Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. Rev. G. W. Briggs occupied the evening in reading a portion of a Memoir of the late President of the Institute, Hon. D. A. White.
Adjourned to Thursday evening next, for the continuation of the reading of the Memoir.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. Ordinary meeting. J. G. Waters, in the chair.
E. K. Roberts was appointed Secretary pro tempore.
Arthur Kemble, and William Neilson of Salem, grere elected Resident Members; Benjamin Peirce of Cambridge, James B. Endicott now in England, and William Endicott now in China, Corresponding Members.
THurspay, JANUARY 14. Adjourned evening meeting. The President in the chair. H. M. Brooks was elected Secretary pro tempore. Rev. Dr. Briggs finished the reading of his Memoir of the late Judge White.
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The thanks of the Institute were voted to Rev. Dr. Briggs, for his valuable and interesting Memoir of our late President, and a copy was requested for publication. (See Historical
Collections, VI, No. I.)
Monpay, JANUARY 25. Evening meeting. The President in the chair.
Donations were announced to the Library and Cabinets.
Letters were read, from G. A. Ward accepting membership ; from Corporation of Yale College; Trustees of the New- buryport Public Library; and New Haven Colony Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of Publications: from R. 8. Rantoul, in relation to the naming of Forts in Marblehead and Gloucester.
George A. Ward read a communication, giving an account of the formation of the Esszx HisroricaL Society, forty-two years ago last June.
Allusions having been made in Mr. Ward’s communication, to the existence of the frame of the original “First Church,” in Salem, on the land of David Nichols, rear of Boston street, considerable discussion ensued, as to the proof of the above mentioned frame being that of the ‘First Church.’ “The President, Francis Peabody, G. A. Ward, A. C. Goodell Jr., and Rev. G. D. Wildes participated in the discussion; the: arguments agduced seemed to favor the affimative of the ques- tion.
The thanks of the Institute were voted to Mr. Ward, for his valuable communication and a copy was requested for publica- tion. (See Historical Collections, VI, No I.)
Monpay, Fesruary 8. Evening meeting. The President in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. Letters were read, from Wm. Neilson accepting membership :
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from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, acknowledging the receipt of Publications: from Jonathan Pearson of Schenec- tady, in relation to the publications.
The Secretary read a communication from D. M. Balch, “* On the Nodalite at Salem.’ Referred to the committee on publications.
F. W. Putnam read a communication from George H. Em- erson of Cambridge, ‘On Magnetite, and an Unknown Mineral at Nahant.” Referred to the publication committee.
Rev. G. D. Wildes spoke of the thoroughly English aspects of several of our olden towns in the County of Essex, noting particularly those of Ipswich, as illustrating to the untravelled eye, the marked features of the English rural town. Probably no County in the State in its local names and physical char- acter is more suggestive of associations connected with the mother land.
A. C. Goodell Jr., in presenting to the meeting, one of the parts, (viz: the deed to the grantees, Edward Winslow and Robert Cushman,) of the original indenture or patent from Lord Shef- field, of the territory of Cape Ann, which indenture was depos- ited in the archieves of the Institute by J. Wingate Thornton Esq., of Boston, gave a brief account of the dates of the several voyages of discovery, charters and settlements by Englishmen in - America; and specially referred to the earlier grants and char- ters of the planters at New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay.
The instrument deposited by Mr. Thornton, bearing date Jan. 1, 1623-4, he declared to be the grant under which the New Plymouth people first laid claim to Cape Ann, and began that series of settlements by fishermen and planters which laid the foundation of this flourishing Commonwealth.
Mr. Wildes followed Mr. Goodell in some remarks as to the. - great value of such documents, and alluded to the care taken of similar articles in the British Museum, mentioning several very valuable historical relics which he had seen in that collection.
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The thanks of the Institute were voted to Mr. Thornton for this valuable contribution.
WepNeEsDAY, Fepruary 10. Ordinary meeting. H. J. Cross in the chair. Charles Creesey and Joshua Safford, of Salem, were elected Resident Members. |
Monpay, FEepruary 22. Evening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. F. W. Putnam presented a communication by A. 8. Pack- ard Jr., of Brunswick, Maine, entitled “‘ Notes on the Family Zygenide.” Referred to the Committee on Publications.
R. S. Rantoul read the following communications which he had recently received from the War Department, at Washing- ton, accompanying the same with a brief account of his visit to Washington and his interview with Mr. Whiting, the Solicitor for the Department, in relation to the subject of naming the Forts in Gloucester and Marblehead :-—
War DEPARTMENT, Washington City, Feb. 8th, se. Rosert 8. Rantout Esq., DzAR SIR,
T have the pleasure of enclosing the order of the Secretary of War made at my request in accordance with the wishes of the Essex Institute, naming Fort Glover and Fort Conant.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM WHITING, _ Solicitor of the War Department.
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War DEPARTMENT, : Washington City, Feb. 7th, 1864. IR, The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge the
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receipt of Mr. Robert S. Rantoul’s communication dated Janu- ary 22d, addressed to you and enclosing copy of a resolution passed by the ‘‘ Hssex Institute’ of Salem, Massachusetts, rec- ommending that the fortifications’ now erecting in Marblehead be named “ Fort Glover,’”’ and the works designated for the ‘Stage’ in Gloucester ‘‘ Fort Conant.”
In reply, Iam instructed to inform you, that the Secretary regards the names proposed as suitable designations of these defences, and that he has ordered that they be named accord-
ingly. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Ep. M. Campy, Brigadier General, A. A. G. Hon. Wm. WHITING, Solicitor of the War Department.
The chair remarked as follows: soon after the publication of Mr. W. P. Upham’s Memoir of Gen. John Glover of Mar- blehead, S. H. Phillips Hsq., suggested the propriety of hav- ing one of the Forts about to be constructed in Marblehead named ‘ Fort Glover.”
At a meeting of the Essex Institute, held on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1863, on motion of Mr. W. P. Upham, a committee, consisting of Messrs. W. P. Upham and A. C. Goodell Jr., was appointed to codperate with the town authorities and citi- zens of Marblehead in such a manner as may be deemed ap- propriate to accomplish this object.
At a meeting held on Monday evening, Dec. 14, 1863, the subject of naming the fortifications designed for the “‘ Stage” in Gloucester, ‘‘ Fort Conant,” suggested in a letter to Mr. Goodell by J. Wingate Thornton Hsq., of Boston, in honor of Roger Conant, the founder of the first plantation in Massachu- setts Bay, was brought to the notice of the Institute and refer- red to the same Committee who’ had-under consideration the naming of the Fort'at Marblehead.
Mr. Goodell moreover stated that as’ the business for which the Committee was appointed had been so fully accomplished by Mr. Rantoul, he desired to be excused from’ further duty.
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This was voted, and also a resolution of thanks to Mr. Rantoul.
Adjourned to meet on Monday of next week, Feb. 29th, and voted that meetings be held on every Monday until otherwise ordered.
WEDNESDAY, Fesruary 24. Ordinary meeting. H. ¥. King in the chair. Henry R. Stone of Salem, was elected a Resident Member. Charles H. Hamlin of Waterville, Me., and 8. I Smith of Norway, Me., were elected Corresponding Members.
Monpay, Frpruary 29. Evening meeting.
Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. Donations were announced to the Library and Cabinets. Letters were read, from Henry R. Stone, accepting member-
ship: from B. F. Mudge, of Quindaro, Wyandote Co., Kan- sas, in relation to the Geological survey of that State: from - ‘Trustees of the New York State Library; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Henry A. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio; J. Henry Stickney of Baltimore, Md.; and N. Paine of Worcester, relating to the publications.
F. W. Putnam made some remarks on Orthopterous Insects, suggested by specimens presented to the Institute by Miss Ed- mands.
Mr. Putnam presented a communication from A. E. Verrill of Cambridge, entitled ‘‘ Synopsis of the Polyps collected dur ing the years 1853-6, by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to. the North Pacific ae, commanded by Captains Ring- gold and Rogers.’ Referred to the publication committee.
The Secretary read the following communication from See A. Ward, in regard to the naming of ‘‘ Fort Lee.”
“While at work in reconstructing the fort on Salem Neck in 1812 as a member of the Salem Light Infantry, my grandfather informed me that it was originally planned by General CuaRLEs Lee, and that he gave instructions regarding it, and that his name was given to it. My said Grandfather was of the Com-
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mittee of Safety and had considerable to do as to the fortifica- tions in the neighborhood of Salem, and I think he could not be mistaken as to Fort Lee.”
Extracts from the Town records were read in relation to this subject, and remarks were offered by the chair, H. Wheatland, . W. P. Upham and others. Some suggesting that the Fort was named for Colonel W. R. Lee, formerly collecter of Salem and an active officer in the Revolution:
The chair presented in behalf of J. V. Browne, a copper plate, on which was engraved the likeness of Rev. Joseph Sewall of Boston, and gave a brief sketch of the life of Mr. Sewall.
T. Ropes made some enquiries relative to the old Friends Meeting House, on the South side of Hssex street, between . Monroe and Dean streets, which were replied to by the chair.
John M. Ives spoke of the new silk worms that feed on the Ailanthus, and remarks were offered by F. W. Putnam and others on silk producing worms.
The remainder of the evening was occupied by F. W. Put- nam, who gave a general view of the geological succession of animals, and their geographical distribution at the present time.
John H. Bettis and Robert Brookhouse 8d, of Salem, were elected Resident Members.
Monpay, Marcu 7. Kvening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced.
Letters were read, from C. E. Hamlin and §S. I. Smith, ac- cepting membership: from 8. Jillson respecting some Birds.
H. Wheatland read extracts from the Records of the Superior Court of Judicature and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas (1766) relative to one Jenny Slew of Ipswich, Spinster, (colored woman) vs. John Whipple Jr. of Ipswich, claiming damages for his detention of her as a slave. The judgment of the Inferior Court was reversed by the Higher Court and the plaintiff recovered her liberty and damages.
Rev. G. D. Wildes spoke of Domestic Servitude as it existed
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in this country prior to the Revolution, and instanced the case of a Norwegian girl in his Grandfather’s family, whose services were purchased for a term of years.
The chair alluded to a similar case in Manchester.
Mr. Wildes spoke of Marblehead as presenting a near and most interesting field of Antiquarian research for the younger mem- | bers of the Institute, whose minds might be directed to that de- partment. St. Michael’s Church, with its ancient Church yard ; the old mansions of that formerly flourishing seaport; the history of several families identified with Colonial and Revo- lutionary history, would be found to present most interesting points of enquiry.
Mr. Wildes also spoke of Christ Church, Cambridge as per- haps the best specimen, in this country, of the English Village Church of the last Century. It was a question whether the frame of this Church was brought from England or not. Mr. W. gave an interesting account of the Vassal family, in connec- tion with this Church, and of the several old mansions, still marking the social life of Cambridge in the Ante-revolutionary history of the town. A visit to Cambridge, in connection with researches into the history of some of these, even now elegant residences of a later generation, would be found to be full of interest and instruction.
Remarks of a conversational character from Messrs. Wildes, Beaman, the chair and others, relating to Boston and its vicin- ity in Revolutionary times occupied the rest of the evening.
A Committee consisting of Messrs. F. W. Putnam, J. A. Gillis, R. S. Ranteul, W. P. Upham and H. Wheatland were appointed to revise the Constitution and By-Laws.
Monpay, Marcu 14. LEHvening meeting.
Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. Letters were read from Joseph A. Goldthwait of New Berne,
N.C., relating to specimens sent to the Institute: from Wm. A.
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Smith of Worcester, Mrs. P. A. Hanaford of Beverly, 8. D. Bell of Manchester, N. H., C. M. Tracy and F. H. Oliver of Lynn, relating to business matters.
The Secretary read some extracts from the Records of two Aqueduct Corporations, which, though limited in their opera- tions, are interesting as relating to the history of the introduction of water into this city. (See Historical Collections, VI, No. I.)
F. W. Putnam exhibited the Pea Hen recently presented by ¥. Peabody and mounted by 8S. Jillson. This Hen had been _kept on the grounds of Col. Peabody for seventeen years; about two years since she commenced to assume the plumage charac- teristic of the male, and had so far accomplished this object that at the time of her death she had attained the “train” and the bril- liant colors of the male. Mr. Putnam stated that Latham, in his Synopsis of Birds, mentioned two such instances that had come under his observation. He also said that similar cases had been noticed among other birds, and was quite common in the English Pheasant. Similar changes in the external appearance were known to take place in some species of fishes.
A. C. Goodell Jr. read a portion of an account, presented by George B. Loring, of the houses on Essex street in 1793, writ- ten by Col. Pickman who died in 1819.
Thomas Morong of Gloucester, was elected a Resident Mem- ber. Jeremiah L. Hanaford of Watertown, and Benj. F. Mudge of Quindaro, Kansas, were elected Corresponding Members.
Monpay, Manrcu 21. KHvyening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library were announced.
Letters were read, from the Trustees of the New York State Library, giving notice of the transmission of books: from Trustees of the Boston Public Library, acknowledging the re- ceipt of publications: from Wm. A. Smith of Worcester, in relation to publications.
Mr. Goodell concluded the reading of Mr. Pickman’s account
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of the old houses on Essex street. Referred to the publica-
tion committee to be printed in the Historical Collections. Some discussion followed relative to the old houses in Salem,
participated in by Messrs. Ropes, Goodell and others.
Monpay, Marca 28. Evening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinet were announced.
F. W. Putnam made some remarks upon the Trilobites from the Braintree quarry, presented by A. S. Packard Jr.
The Rev. Mr. Wildes, presented to the Institute, several articles which he had procured in a visit to Newburyport this afternoon. One of these was a framed engraving of the body of Marshal Ney, as it appeared after being taken to a conventieal house in Paris, immediately after his execution. The engray- ing, suppressed by the Allied Commander in the fear that it might tend to popular tumult, is supposed to be the only one in this country. It presents a most faithful portrait of the Mar- shal, and is not the least interesting among the historical objects in the collection of the Institute. -
Mr. W. also presented to the Institute, on deposit, the bullet by which Capt Greenleaf was wounded in the fight with the Indians near Newbury, in 1695. It is hoped, that the buff coat, worn on the occasion by Capt. G., and still in the posses- sion of his descendants, may eventually be obtained for the Institute.
A third article presented by Mr. W., on behalf of the Misses Tracey of Newburyport, was the snuff box of the eminent mer- chant Jeremiah Lee of Marblehead, the subject of the exquisite. - painting by Copley, now, with that of Madame Lee, in the pos- session of the Misses Tracey.
Another article presented by Mr. W., in behalf of E. W. Rand Esq. of Newburyport, was a pair of very ancient tongs, used for the purpose of lighting a pipe, and with various pecu-
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liar contrivances for securing reasonable comfort in smoking. Mr. W. accompanied the presentation with various interesting details as to these and ‘other objects of interest, which might eventually be procured from the same sources for the collections of the Institute.
F. W. Putnam called the attention of the meeting toa singu- lar monstrosity that had been presented by Mr. James Bufling- ton of Salem. This was a young duck that had, apparently, an extra leg developed from its back. Upon dissection this leg proved to be made up in some parts, of two legs closely united. The portion joining the pelvis (the femur,) being single, but the second segment of the leg (tibia and fibula) was shortened and spread out, so as to allow the articulation of /wo tarso-meta- tarsal bones, and from this point the foot was nearly double, having six toes, the two small hind toes being wanting.
Mr. William Mansfield presented to the Institute a wooden _model, used before the city government to illustrate the grade and direction of the proposed route of the Hastern Railroad, in 1837-8, through Washington Street, in Salem. This model contains, in miniature, all the buildings then standing on the
land included in the present Washington Street South of Hssex - Street, except the ‘Marston building.” The chair gave an historical sketch of these several buildings, and of earlier struc- tures in the same locality.
Additions to the Museum and Library during January, February and March, 1864.
TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
BERTRAM, JOHN. Specimen of Malachite.
Burrineton, James. Malformed Young Duck.
Epmanps, Miss A. M. Collection of 24 species of North American: Orthoptera, named by Mr. Scudder. 250 speci- mens of New England Spiders.
Fett, 8. Q. Lime incrustation from Brazil.
Gotptuwatr, Cart. J. A., New Berne, N.C. Fossil wood, a portion of a large tree, from Neuse River, near Kingston, N.C.
Hamuin, Pror. C. H., Waterville, Me. 3 Salamanders, 2 species from Waterville.
Harrine@ton, Capt. Guo. Fossil Shells from Gibraltar.
Hartt, C. F., St. John, N. B. Fossil coral, Siderastrea siderea Blainy. from Bermuda. 7 species of Minerals from Nova Scotia.
Harrt, J. W., St. John, N. B. Two specimens of Fossil Fish from the Albert Coal Mine, N. B.
Kine, Carr. H. F. Wood of the Sophora Japonica.
Lyceum or Natura History or WILLIAMS COLLEGE. (In exchange.) 19 species of Corals from Florida, named by Mr. Verrill.
Museum or Come. ZodLtocy, Cambridge. (In exchange. ) 32 species of corals from various localities. Named by Mr. Verrill. 16 specimens, 11 species of Bird’s eggs from Florida, Grand Menan and Anticosti.
NezAuL, Jos. Body of a Fox, for Skeleton.
Orpway, H.L., Ipswich. 384 specimens, 5 species of Spi- ders from Ipswich.
PackarpD Jr., A. §., Brunswick, Me. ‘Trilobites from the Braintree Quarry. 40 species, 200 specimens of Lepidoptera Maryland. 3 species, 8 specimens of Lepidoptera from England.
Peapopy, Francis. <A female Pea fowl which had assumed the characteristic plumage of the male.
Purnam, F. W. Iron Ore from Port Henry Mines, N. Y. Clay stones from Lake Champlain.
Putnam, Capt. W. H. A. Copper'from Chili. Dry shells and Hchini from Caldera, Chili. Alcoholic specimens of Crabs and Starfishes from Caldera.
Rosinson, JoHn. 40 specimens, 12 species of Insects from Salem.
Russet, T. B. Geological specimen of Sand Stone.
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SanBorn, F. G., Boston. 117 specimens, 28 species of Spiders from Essex County.
Situ, Lawrence P. Insects from the Southern States.
Smiry, 8. 1, Norway, Me. Young Salamanders from Nor- way.
STEVENS, C. B. Skin of a Phatagin Manis tetradactyla from Madagascar.
Stone, W. H, Agent Port Henry Mines, N.Y. Specimen of the Cheever Iron Ore from four hundred feet depth.
TO THE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT.
Barton, Wm. C. Model of a Chinese Vessel.
Brooxs, H. M. Rebel Prayer Book, from a Blockade Runner ; Child’s book of 1812.
Brown Jr., Bens. Two United States Buttons.
Brown, Horace. Feather Cape from India.
Couz, Mrs. N. D. Bust of Alex. Hamilton, (in plaster, bronzed. )
CLouTMAN, WILLIAM R. 3 China, 3 Japanese and 3 Russia Coins. Japanese Inkstand. Brick from Captain Kid’s Fort, and a Stone from the grave of ‘‘ Paul and Virginia.”
GreenoucH, W. An old Musket, taken from a Blockade Runner.
Kimpatt, Capt. Tuomas. Model of a Catamaran used on the coast of Brazil.
MANSFIELD, WM. Model used to illustrate the route of the Salem Tunnel.
Nicuous, Mrs. ANDREW. ‘Tile from the old Gov. Winslow house, Plymouth.
Nicos, C. F. Stone from the Hoosac Tunnel, half a mile from the entrance.
Nicwots, Capr. James B., 24th Reg. Mass. Vols. Stone from an old Spanish Fort at St. Augustine, Fla.
Orpway, Lizut. A., 24th Reg. Mass. Vols. Rebel Musket
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taken at the Battle of Roanoke Island. Portion of Rebel Flag- staff at Washington; N. C. f
Ranp, E. W., Newburyport. Ancient Tongs used for light- ing a pipe.
Ropinson, JoHN. War Relics from New Berne. . Chinese Playing Cards.
Rogers, Ewp. 8. Old Tiles-for Fireplace ornaments.
Russet, A. B. Cane made with a jackknife.
Smitu, Lawrence P. Rebel Sword.
Warp, G. A. The Waistcoat worn by Capt. Jonathan Har- aden during the Revolutionary war.
Warp, W. R. L., New York.- Shaving from a wrought iron cannon, made at Falls Village, Conn.
Wieein, J. K., Boston. Sword blade, from the cargo of the Anglo-Rebel Blockade Runner ‘ Minna.”
Wipes, Rev. G. D. (On deposit.) An engraving of the body of Marshal Ney, from a drawing made soon after his exe- cution. The bullet taken from the body of Capt. Greenleaf, wounded in a fight with the Indians near Newbury in 1695. The Snuff Box of the eminent merchant Jeremiah Lee of Mar- blehead. ;
TO THE LIBRARY.
CuaAse, GEorGE C. Friend’s Review, 20 numbers.
Cote, Mrs. N. D. Salem Gazette, 1863, 1 vol. folio; Boston Daily Evening Traveller 18638, 2 vols. folio.
Davis, CHARLES of Beverly. Files of Beverly Citizen, vols. 1 and 2, folio, 1850 to 18553.
Decosta, B. F. of Charlestown. Footprints of Miles Stan- dish, by Rev. B. F. Decosta, 12mo, pamph. Charlestown, 1864.
Dopez, ALLEN W. of Hamilton. Cushing’s Newburyport, 12mo, 1826; Report on Hoosac Tunnel, Feb. 1863, 8vo, pamph.
Foors. C. Files of several County Papers, for September, October, November, and December, 1863.
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GiLLis, JAMES A. Massachusetts State Registers for 1856 and 1858, 2 vols. 8vo. 25 Pamphlets.
Hanarorp, Mrs. P. A. of Beverly. Several numbers of the New Jerusalem Messenger.
-Hopspon, Joun L of Augusta, Me. Annual Rep. of Adj. Gen. of Maine for 1862, 1 vol. 8vo. Augusta, 18638.
Hotmss, Jonn C. 24th Annual Rep. of Supt. of Public Instruction of Michigan, 8vo. Lansing, 1862.
Jounson, A. B. of Utica, N.Y. Our Monetary Condition, by A. B. Johnson, 8vo, pamph. Utica, 1864.
Jounson Jr., Capt. DanieL H. Enrollment List, 5th Dist. Mass., Nov. 1863. 4to.
Jounson, Mrs. Lucy P. Independent for 1868, fol. New York.
Kinpy, W. H. of Eastport, Me. Eighth Annual Rep. Sec’y of Maine Board of Agriculture, 8vo. Augusta 1868.
Lanewortuy, Isaac P. of Boston. Spirit of Missions, ten numbers. Am. Tract Soc. of New York Annual Reports 28, 30, 32, 35, 34. Am. Tract Society of Boston. Reports 11, 87, 61, 65, 67.
Lorn, N. J. Boston Post, Dec. 1863 and Jan. 1854.
Lorine, Georee B. Two manuscript volumes containing the Expenses of Salem from 1788 to 1802, kept by Benjamin Pickman.
MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE. Mass. Public Doc- uments 1862, 3 vols. 8vo; Census of Mass., 1 vol. 8vo, 1863 ; 19th and 20th Registration Reports, 2 vols. 8vo; Acts and Resolves for 1863.
Moore, Gro. H. of New York. The Treason of Chas. Lee, by G. H. Moore, 1 vol. 8vo. New York, 1860. Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American army of the Revolution, by George H. Moore, 8vo, pamph. New York, 1862.
Nicuots, Cuartes F. Collection of Handbills, &e.
NicHots, Gzor@e. Christian Inquirer for 1868, 1 vol. fol. New York.
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NicHois, Henry P. Several pamphlets.
Ouiver, H. K. 27 pamphlets, including Teswetnes Docu- ments and Town Reports.
PaINnE, NarwanrEL of Worcester. Worcester Directory for 1864. 12mo.
Putnam, Capt. GzorGe D.- Regulations of the Army of the Confederate States, 12mo. Richmond, 1863.
Rantovt, R.§. Several pamphlets.
SHort, JosepH. Shepard’s Sound Believer, 12mo. Bos- ton, 1762.
SIBLEY, JoHN L. of Cambridge. 88th Annual Rep. of Pres. and Fellows of Harv. College, 8vo, pamph. Cambridge, 1864.
Stevens, C. B. Pilot from July to Dec. 1807 and part of 1809, 3 vols. folio. London.
Stone, H. M. of Providence, R. I. Report of the Ministry at Large, Jan. 24, 1862, 8vo, pamph. Providence, 1864.
Swett, 8. of Boston. Original planning, &c. of Bunker Hill Monument, by S. Swett, 8vo, pamph. Albany, 1863.
Upton, GEorGE. Scientific American, several numbers.
Upton, JAMES. Magazine of Horticulture, vols. 8 to 29, 22 vols, 8vo, Boston, 1842, &c.; Horticulturist for 1863, 1 vol., 8vo, New York, 1863; Littell’s Living Age, vols T7, 78, 79, 3 vols, 8vo, Boston, 1862; Am. Bapt. Missionary Maga- zine, vol. 43, Boston, 1863; Nautical Magazine, vols. 2 to 6, 5 vols., 8vo, New York, 1855, &.. Barry’s Fruit Garden, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1851; Kenrick’s Am. Orchardist, 3d edition, 1 vol., 12mo, Boston, 1841 ; Kenrick’s Am. Orchardist, Tth edition, 1 vol., 12mo, Boston, 1844; Johnston’s Agricul- tural Chemistry, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1844; Downing’s Fruit and Fruit Trees, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1845; Field’s Pear Culture, 1 vol., 12mo, NewYork, 1859; Liebig’s Agricul- tural Chemistry, 1 vol, 12mo, Cambridge, 1842; Hoare on Vine Roots, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1844; Hoare on Grape Vines, 1 vol., 12mo,‘ Boston, 1840; Manning’s Book of Fruits, 1 vol., 12mo, Salem, 1838; Jaques on Fruit Trees, 1 vol., 12mo,
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Worcester, 1849; Thomas’ Fruit Culturist, 1 vol., 12mo, Auburn, 1849; Lindley’s Horticulture, 1 vol, 12mo, New York, 1841; Hlliott’s Fruit Grower’s Guide, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1854; Peter Schlemihl in America, 1 vol., 12mo, Philadelphia, 1838 ; Wood’s Modern Pilgrims, 2 vols, 12mo, Boston, 1855; Lester’s Glory and Shame of England, 2 vols.,
~12mo, New York, 1841; Pamphlets, 23.
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Warp Jr., Cuartes. New York Journal of Commerce from July to Dec., 1868; Philadelphia Directory for 1861, 8vo; Bradbury’s History of Kennebunk Port, 12mo, Kennebunk, 1837; Commercial Relations of United States, 5 vols., Ato, Washington, (Pub. Doc.) ; Handbook to the Museum of Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 12mo, pamph., Philadelphia, 1862.
Waters, J. Linton of Chicago, Ill. 15th Annual Rep. of Trade and Commerce of Chicago, for 1863, 8vo, pamph.
WHEATLAND, Mrs. B. Boston Daily Transcript, July to Dec., 1863, 1 vol., folio.
WHEATLAND, STEPHEN G. 45 Pamphlets.
Wvrnan, T. B. of Charlestown. Genealogy of the Hunt Family, 4to, Boston, 1862-3.
BY EXCHANGE.
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN Society. Proceedings at meet- ing, Oct. 21, 1868, 8vo, pamph., Boston, 1863.
Boston Socrety or Naturau History. Proceedings, vol. Ix, Sig. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; Journal, vol. vir, No. 4.
CaNADIAN Institute at Toronto. The Canadian Journal
‘for Jan. 1864.
Cuicaco HistoricaL Society. Hibbard’s Discourse, “A Spiritual ground of Hope for the salvation of the country,” Svo, pamph., Chicago, 1863; Several Reports of the Sanitary Commission of Illinois.
EKprtors. Historical Magazine for Jan. Feb. and March, 1864, New York, 1864.
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Epirors. The British American for J poe February and March, 1864, 8vo. Toronto 1864.
Towa Strate Huisrorican Soctzety. lowa Legis. Doc. ; House Journal, 1854, 1856, 1858, 3 vols. 8vo; Senate Journal, 1854, 1856, 1858, 3 vols., 8vo; House Journal, Extra Ses- sion, .1856, 1 vol., 8vo; Iowa Laws, 1848, 1856, 1860, 6 vols., 8vo; Lowa Legis. Doc. 1859-60, 1 vol., 8vo; Iowa Journal of Constitutional Con., 1857, 1 vol., 8vo; Lowa Con- stitutional Debates, 1857, 2 vols., 8vo; Iowa Census Returns, 1857, 1 vol., 8vo; 4th An. Report of Iowa State Agricultural ” Society, 1858, 1 vol., 8vo; 16 Miscellaneous pamphlets.
Lone Istanp Histortcat Society. Clark’s Onondaga, 2 vols., 8vo, Syracuse, 1849; Stiles’ Supplement to Hist. and Geneal. of Ancient Windsor, 8vo, Albany, 1863; N. Y. State Agr. Soc. Trans. 1861, 8vo; Longworth’s Directory of New York, 1840-1, 12mo; William’s N. Y. An. Reg., 1831, 1832, 1835, 1834, 1836, 1837, 6 vols., 12mo0; Brown’s History of the Shakers, 12mo, Troy, 1862; 12 pamphlets.
Mowntreat Society or Natura History. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Dec. 1863. : :
New York State Lrprary, Trustees or. Laws of New- York, session 1863, 1 vol. 8vo; Journal of Senate, session 1863, 1 vol. 8vo.; Documents, Senate, session 1863, 5 vols. 8vo; Journal Assembly, session 1863, 1 vol. 8vo.; Documents, Assembly, session 1863, 9 vols. 8vo; N. Y. State Agr. Soc. Trans. 1862, 1 vol. 8vo.; N. ¥Y. Med. Soc. Trans. 1863, 1 vol. 8vo.; Am. Inst. Trans. 1862,.1 vol., 8vo.; 16th Annual | Report on State Cabinet, pamph. 8vo.
PHILADELPHIA AcADEMY oF NatuRAL ScIENcES. Pro- ceedings for August, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., 1863.
PupuisHEeRS. North American Review for Jan. 1864.
Monpay, ApRit 4. Evening meeting. The President in the chair. Donations were announced to the Library and Cabinets.
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Letters were read, from J. L. Hanaford of Watertown, accepting membership; and from Wm. Graves of Newburyport, on business matters.
Rev. G. D. Wildes gave an account of Queen Elizabeth’s yacht, and showed, by a drawing on the black board, that in model and rigging it very nearly resembled the North River Sloops of the present day.
He suggested that an account of the different kind of vessels used from the early settlement of the country to the present day would be a valuable contribution to our commercial history.
A. C. Goodell Jr. called attention to the late discovery of a sunken vessel near Yarmouth on Cape Cod, supposed to have foundered there in 1623, which illustrated the manner of build- ing at that period.
. F. W. Putnam, in reply to questions, described the charac- teristic form of the breast bone of swimming birds and the dif- ferent modes of progression among fishes. Mr. Putnam alluded to the erroneous views in regard to moths, as recently given in the newspapers and gave an account of the various species which are so destructive to furs, carpets, cloths, &c.
Voted ; that the committee, appointed on the 7th of March, on the Constitution and By-Laws, be requested to nominate a list of officers for election at the annual meeting.
Monpay, Aprit 11. Evening meeting.
Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. Adjourned to Monday Evening the 18th inst.
Monpay, Aprit 18. Evening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets announced.
Letters were read, from Thomas Morong of Lanesville and B. F. Mudge of Quindaro, Kansas, accepting membership ; from Long Island Historical Society, Smithsonian Institution, and George A. Ward relating to books transmitted to the Library ;
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Messrs. Ticknor and Fields on business matters; from David Choate in reply to queries proposed; from Miss M. B. Derby accompanying a donation of a Burmese Idol sent from India in 1825, by her brother the late Capt. Alfred F. Derby; from James T. Tucker, of the staff of General Banks, relating to a donation to the Historical Department, of the envelope, franked by President Lincoln which enclosed his recognition of the election of Governer Hahn of Louisiana.
Rev. G. D. Wildes exhibited a piece of stone taken from a window sill in Kenilworth Castle, and made some interesting remarks about that celebrated place. Mr. W. also exhibited several views of the house in which Shakespeare was born and of other interesting localities in the vicinity of Stratford upon Avon, and gave a description of the same.
The remarks of Mr. Wildes called forth a general discussion upon the life and writings of Shakespeare.
F. W. Putnam mentioned that Mr. James H. Emerton had found’a female Lump Fish Cyclopterus lumpus, having ma- tured eggs, just on the point of being laid, and had made an estimate of their number, which amounted to 258,372. Five hundred eggs weighed 43 grains.
Col. J. H. Wildes, Asst. Surveyor General of California was elected a Corresponding Member.
Voted to adjourn to Monday evening, the 25th inst.
Monpay, Aprit 25. Hvening meeting. The President in the chair.
Donations were announced to the Library and Cabinets, Letters were read, from Newburyport Public Library and Pennsylvania Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications; from Messrs. Crosby & Nichols of Boston, and Henry A. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, on business matters ; from Mrs. P. A. Hanaford in relation to holding a Field Meeting in Reading.
F. W. Putnam, from the Committee on the Constitution and
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By-Laws, submitted the first reading of the amendments to the Constitution to be acted upon at the annual meeting,
Mr. Putnam read a communication from A. 8. Packard Jr. of Brunswick, Me., entitled ‘‘The Humble Bees of New Hng- land, and their parasites, with notices of a new species of An- thophorabia, and a new genus of Proctotrupide.”’ Referred to the Publication Committee.
The subject which occupied a portion of the last meeting, and which had engrossed the attention of the Literary and Historical Societies during the past week, the ter-centenary birth day of Shakespeare, was resumed, remarks being made by the chair, Messrs. Wildes, Beaman and others.
John Kilburn of Salem was elected a Resident Member.
Monpay May 2. Evening Meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Cabinets and Library were announced.
Letters were read, from Henry Saltonstall of Boston, Justin Rideout of Boston, L. Saltonstall of Newton, and the Post- master of Boston, on business matters; from the Misses Derby, relating to a donation of books to the Library ; from the Mass. Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications ; from John Kilburn, accepting membership. ©
A variety of May-flowers having been placed upon ‘the table, and the subject of May-day festivals having been alluded to, the Chair remarked that the return of another May-day, with its accompanying festivities, invites us to consider the pleasant change now working in the public mind of New England with regard to the observance of this ancient holiday of our Mother- land.
The very name of May, not less than the practices used to usher in the month, runs: back into the obscurity of antiquity. The poet Ovid, whose surmise has been generally adopted, de- rives it from the names of several Roman deities, among whom is the fair Maia, the mother of Mercury. But there are, on
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the other hand, some reasons to support the conjecture that the name is of Teutonic origin; and, as this conjecture neither wounds our vanity nor conflicts with history, we may safely assume it to be the true one, and so unbridle fancy to carry back our May-day festivals beyond the time of the Heptarchy, into the woods of Germany, aud among those hilarious wild-men, the primitive ancestors of our Saxon stock.
Whatever gave rise to the ceremonies of May-day—whether they are a relic of the early “ mythology of the Teutonic peo- ples,” or a continuation of the FYoralia of the Romans, or a Christian festival in honor of the Blessed Virgin, as has been variously supposed by different investigators of the subject—all are agreed that, in England; at least, they are of so ancient observance that “‘the memory of man runneth not to the contrary ;”’ and that, universally, they symbolize the joy of mankind at the triumph of the Sun over the frosts and barren- ness of Winter.
The celebration of the May-games was extremely distasteful to the Puritans and other early reformers in the English Church ; and, doubtless, the many excesses of the revellers—the wantonness and debauchery inseparable from these festivals— were sufficiently scandalous to all pious and moral men. Lat- imer, who suffered martyrdom in the reign of Mary, discloses another objection to these pastimes in a sermon preached before the young King Edward against the popular observance of Robin Hood’s day, which, he complains, sometimes drew all the parish away from church. “I thought,’’ he mournfully says, concerning an instance of this kind within his own experience, ‘“my rochet would have been regarded; but it ven not serve, it was faine to give place to Robin Hood’s men.’
The Puritans were certainly not steeled against all the sweet influences of nature, nor backward in their enjoyment and praise of the beauties of Spring; and it was the chief of Puritan poets whose “Song on May Morning,” remains to this day un- approachable in its excellence.
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But the Puritans were not blind to the evils already alluded to, and, moreover, it is clear that they considered the May-pole to be a relic of those heathen rites performed by the ancients in their worship of the goddess Flora: it was for this reason that Philip Stubs arraigned the May-games in 1595, in his ‘‘ Anat- omie of Abuses ;” and for this reason sixty years later, Thom- as Hall made them the subject of his ‘“ Munebria Flore; or, Downfall of May-games,’’ &c. Here, in New England, our good old Governor Bradford, of Plymouth, also condemned them for the same reason.
Not long after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth some évents occurred in their neighborhood, which called forth an official denunciation of May-day festivities, by the colonial au- thorities; and the rebuke was administered in so emphatic a manner that,-if it has not effectually prevented a repetition of these ceremonies for all time, in New England, it has, at least, brought upon them a stigma which the lapse of two centuries has not wholly removed.
The Chair then proceeded to give an account of ‘‘Thomas Morton, of Clifford’s Inn, Gent.’’—as he styles himself in his “New English Canaan’’—and of the famous May-day revels at ‘‘ Ma-re Mount,’”’ now Mount Wollaston, in Quincy, which were celebrated under his direction in 1626.
After detailing the particulars of the action of the colonial authorities against Morton, the dispersion of his followers and the destruction of his plantation, the Chair narrated the princi- pal known facts of his subsequent career down to the time of his death at York in Maine, in 1646, and stated that this first May-day jubilee continued to be, for generations, the last. There had been May-day festivities in Maine before the affair at Mt. Wollaston, and there is some reason to suppose that Morton was a participant in those revelries; but, after his ex- pulsion, and the destruction of his plantation at ‘‘ Mount Dagon” no Puritan father was ever offended by the sight of the scanda- lous altar of Flora enticingly set up before the innocent eyes
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of his children. But the times are greatly changed since the dark and troubled days of the Pilgrims. There is now, hap- pily, no need of ceaseless vigilance and the most sensitive jeal- ousy in guarding a tender faith from the two-fold danger of relapsing into error or being contaminated by new and specious ' fallacies. . Around our morals, our faith, our liberties, as their great bulwark of safety, modern science has thrown a network of invulnerable truths till old besetting evils have lost their power of harm forever.
No prejudices, then, based on the experience of an age remote and quite unlike the present, should be suffered to interfere with the celebration of the pleasant and pure festivities which of late years are beginning to be observed on May-day, in some parts of New England. It is to be hoped, rather, that we shall add some day in May to the list of legal.holidays, and | that, from the St. Croix to where ‘‘ Mine Host of Ma-re Mount” sleeps under the brow of Agamenticus, and thence to Mount Wollaston, where he held his revels, and so along the entire boundary of our Union, May morning will evermore be held sacred to the celebration of the sun’s return, the bursting of green buds and the birth of the flowers.
The wild flowers exhibited at the meeting, by those who went a-maying, were described by G. D. Phippen in the following manner :
Hepatica triloba, which differs but slightly from an ane- mone, is one of the earliest plants that has any pretensions to beauty, and is found in oaken woods, peeping up among the dried leaves, in close proximity with drifts of snow. It was mentioned by Higginson in 1629, and described by Josselyn in his New England Rarities printed in 1672, as ‘‘ Noble Liver- wort, one sort with white flowers and the other with blew.” The Rev. Dr. Cutler mentions it in 1784, and Collinson writes to Bartram of Philadelphia in 1739, that ‘‘out of some mould sent with other plants has come up your Hepatica.”’
Anemone nemorosa, or Wind Flower. ‘This little flower or
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a co-species was described centuries ago by Pliny, and long before Gerard wrote “That this floure doth neuer open itself but when the wind doth blow.” Darwin says— the wind “ gives its ivory petals to expand.” It certainly is shy of opening and only occasionally when warmed by the sun, not forced by the wind, It ‘‘looks up with meek, confiding eye, Upon the clouded smile of April face,’’—
are words beautifully expressed by a poet much nearer home.
Lpigea repens, called Mayflower, and Forefather’s-flow- er, 18 fast becoming well known and much used of late as a souvenir present at this season of the year, and is _asso- ciated historically with the ship Mayflower of Pilgrim fame, which however we believe to be of recent applica- tion. This flower commends itself both for its delicious, spicy fragrance, as well as its beauty, and is destined to find a place in literature as well as science.
Caltha palustris, Marsh Marygold, grows on the border of brooks, hasa brilliant golden cup, and first flowers about the 22d of April.
*<In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens and wake the rising flowers.”’
It is called also May-blouts, or May-blobs, and all the poetry of so fine a posy often subsides into a mess of greens, as it is a favorite dish with many.
Old Parkinson says “It joyeth in watery places and flowereth somewhat early.” All the old botanists describe it, such as Clusius, Bauhin, Tournefort, Clayton and some with figures. Cutler imputes the yellowness of butter to the cows feeding upon it.
Aquilegia canadensis, or Columbine, was noticed by the early travelers to America, and is well described and figured by Cornuti soon after the settlement of Canada,
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and through him obtained its specific name; it has been from that day highly prized by the botanists and florists of Europe. Parkinson says, “it was brought out of Virginia by Master John Tradescant, and flowereth somewhat earlier than any of the garden kinds, usually by a month.” There is a remarkable locality of this showy flower on the hills of the Great Pasture on the east side of the road, which is much frequented by the young during the vacation of this month, who, returning with bunches of them in their hands, remind us— ‘*That spring is here, the delicate footed May, With its slight figures full of leaves and flowers.””
Sanguinaria canadensis, Blood-root, appropriately nam- ed, as may be seen by breaking the root, which is rarely avoided in digging them up. This fine flower, as large as the Ox-eye daisy, has a deserved place in many gardens, where it gradually increases and elevates its numerous and paper-white flowers in a flat surface over the plant about four inches above the ground. Its singular root is used extensively in medicine, and probably worthily so, and the plant is often figured in medical books. Its large and deeply lobed leaves give to the plant, throughout the summer, a tropical appearance. It was carried to England and cultivated as early as 1680. Linnzus wrote to John Ellis from Upsal in 1765, “If you see Mr. Lee, ask him for the Sanguinaria, which I know is to be had in England, though I have not received it from any of my correspon- dents.”
Violets. Two or three species of this well known genus can now be obtained from the fields. They are celebrated both by the exact botanists and the idealist. Pliny says. “There be some wild and of the field; others domestical and growing in our gardens. Garlands made of violets and set upon the head resist the heaviness of the head
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and withstand the overturning of the brain, upon over- drinking; yea, the very smell thereof will disperse such fumes and vapors, as would trouble and disquiet the head.”
Gerard, alluding perhaps to the Pansy, then called Herb Trinitie, says they ‘“ have a prerogative above others, not only because the mind conceiveth a certain pleasure and recreation by smelling and handling them, but they bring to a liberal and gentle minde the remembrance of hones- tie, comelinesse and all kind of virtues.” An eastern poet has said of this flower,
<‘ It is not a flower ; it is an
Emerald bearing a purple gem.”’
Houstonia cerulea, one of the most common of the spring flowers, and a universal favorite, often called Vio- lets,—a most delicate little biennial plant, its erect and very slender stem topped off with starry white or pale blue flowers with a yellow eye, and in masses often ap- pearing like a thin sprinkling of snow over the fields.
It does not appear to have been introduced into the Kew gardens till 1785. It is figured in Curtis’s Magazine and elsewhere.
Saxifraga virginiensis. One of Parkinson’s seventeen tribes of plants are the “ Saxifrages, or Break-stone Plants,” so called from their habit of growing in the seams or crevices of rocks, not inaptly described by Josselyn as ‘‘The New England Dayzie or Primrose, the second kind of Navelwort in Johnson upon Gerard; it flowers in May and grows amongst moss upon hilly grounds and rocks that are shady.” It is an Alpine plant, this and a co- species, the 8. nivalis, were among the very last flowers that greeted the eyes of Kane and his weary voyagers as they pressed onward toward the pole, beyond all vegetable life.
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EHrythroneum americanum, most improperly and un- happily called “ Dog’s Tooth Violet,” a fine locality of which can be seen in the low land among bushes near Lege’s Hill and the Forest River road. It belongs.to the Lily tribe, and it has been suggested that it be called May Lily. It has elegant glossy leaves, blotched with purple. Josselyn, in 1672, calls it “ Yellow Bastard Daffodil ; it flowereth in May; the green leaves are spotted with black spots.” It was cultivated in England in 1665, and is mentioned in Rea’s Flora.
Feathery Catkins, from the branches of Alders, Willows, Poplars and Maples, are now for a brief period shaking their pollen to the winds, and in their graceful beauty are well worthy of study. They are occasionally mentioned with much effect in the poems of Bryant, some of whose sweetest inspirations were caught under the swaying branches of his native woods.
Rev. G. D. Wildes gave an account of a recent celebra- tion of May-day in England.
F. W. Putnam gave a summary of a paper, presented for publication by J. A. Allen of Springfield, entitled a “ Cata- logue of Birds found at Springfield, Mass., with Notes on their Migrations, Habits, &c., together with a List of those Birds found in the State not yet observed at Springfield.” Referred to the Publication Committee.
The proposed amendments to the Constitution were read for the second time.
Charles D. McDuffie, of Salem, was elected a resident member.
WepnesDAy, May 11. Annual Meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced. Letters were read, from 8. F. Baird, William Stimp-
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son, J. A. Allen of Springfield and L Trouvelot of Medford, relating to the publications and the “‘ Naturalist’s Directory”; from J. EH. Oliver of Lynn, N. B. Shurtleff of Boston, A. W. Dodge of Hamilton and C. F. Hartt of Cam- bridge, on business matters; from J. T. Rothrock of Cambridge transmitting a paper for publication in the Proceedings.
The reports of the Secretary, Treasurer, Cabinet Keeper and Curators were read and accepted.
The Secretary stated that the Society was never in a mofe flourishing condition than at present. The receipts from the assessments of resident members had been great- er than in any preceding year, which was also the case in regard to the sales of publications. During the year thirty-seven resident, and twelve corresponding members have been elected. Six members have died, leaving the number of resident members three hundred and sixty-one. Biographical notices of the deceased members will be printed in the June number of the Historical Collections. The Secretary alluded in particular to the late venerable botanist, Dr. George Osgood of South Danvers, who had always taken an active part in the Field Meetings of the Institute, and who was extensively known as one of the Linnean school of botanists.
Five field meetings were held during the past summer, in Swampscott, Amesbury, Salem, Newburyport, and Rock- port, which were all fully attended, and acknowledged suc- cessful in the attainment of their objects. Throughout the winter months meetings were held at the Society’s rooms on Monday evenings, alternating with lectures on Zodlogy from Mr. F< W. Putnam.
A course of twelve lectures was given under the aus- pices of the Institute, at Lyceum Hall during the last win- ter, as follows :—two from Prof. C. T. Jackson, on Min-
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ing: one each, from Mr. C. W. Tuttle, on Cometery Astronomy; Mr. Cleveland Abbe, on Astronomical Instru- ments; Capt. N. E. Atwood, on the Habits of our Native Fishes; Prof. Benjamin Pierce, on Cosmogony; Mr. Al- pheus Hyatt, on the Mollusca; Mr. C. M. Tracy, on Ber- ries; President Hill, on the Geometrical Curve; and Mr. A. E. Verrill, on Corals and Coral Reefs.
The publication of the Proceedings and Historical Col- lections has been continued during the year. Of the former, the first quarterly number of the fourth volume, under its new form, is ready for distribution to subscri- bers. The Historical Collections have now reached to number one of volume six. |
The annual Horticultural Exhibition took place on the 23d, 24th and 25th of September, but owing to the great scarcity of fruit, of all kinds, the tables were not loaded as in former years, though many fine specimens were con- tributed, particularly of grapes, which included not only those varieties grown in the hot-house, but many choice seedlings raised by the industry and care of Edward S. Rogers, of Salem. The show of vegetables was unusually good and in great variety. Heretofore very little atten- tion has been devoted in our exhibitions, to this class of horticultural products.
To the Library valuable additions have been made, during the year, consisting of 1603 volumes and pamphlets, received from one hundred and nineteen individuals and thirty-two societies, editors of journals, and the various departments of the State and General Government. The most valuable of the donations were, one from George A. Ward, consisting of 160 volumes in the various depart- ments of History, and general reading: «and another from the retiring Vice President of the Institute, James Upton, comprising 51 valuable volumes, principally relating to horticultural subjects.
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The Treasurer presented the following statement of the financial condition, for the year ending May, 1864.
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
Debits. Athenzum Rent, half fuel, &c. ; ; $491 77 Lectures, $237 76; Publications, $699 25, 937 01 Collecting Assessments, $16 50; Gas, $8 74, 25 24 Express and Postage, $24 68; Sundries, i 22. 54 90 To Historical Account, . 209 78 To Natural History and Horticultural Account, 42, 47 Balance in Treasury, : : . 7 04 $1768 21
Credits. Balance of last year’s account, 39 36
Dividends Webster Bank, $40 00; Sundries, S15 60, 55 60 G. Andrews’ Legacy, $190 00; Lectures, $311 55, S01 55
Sale of Publications, . : 497 70 Assessments, ‘ : ee A . - 674 00 $1768 21 NATURAL HISTORY AND HORTICULTURE.
Debits. Preservatives and Taxidermy, $29 22; Cases, $44 97, 74 19 Books, $30 76; Glass, $37 48, . ; 68 24 Horticultural Exhibition, Fz ficsuldia 2 42 12 $184 55
Credits. Horticultural Exhibition, , 6 : 90 08 Dividends Lowell Bleachery, - 40 00 OG Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad, 12 00 General Account, : : 42 47 $184 55
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT.
Debits. Binding, $236 08; Books, $12 00, ; : 248 08 Repairing picture frames, . ° : = 13850 $261 58
Credits. Dividends Naumkeag Bank, 2 : : 13 00 Coupons Michigan Central Railroad, : . 38 80
General Account, é ; F é 209 78
$561 58
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The Cabinet Keeper reported that the specimens in the Museum were in as safe a condition, as the crowded cases of some of the departments would allow. During the year, Mr. T. M. Pond has arranged, catalogued, and labelled the North American birds, and their nests and eggs. Mr. Horace Brown has done the same with the collection of Mammalia, and had commenced to catalogue the Osteologi- cal collection when other occupations prevented his completing the work. Mr. Charles H. Higbee has ar- ranged the Mineralogical collection, and by his efforts much has been done to increase its value. The Reptiles have been partially catalogued and named. The snakes which were sent to Professor Jan of Milan have been returned in good condition, with his identifications. Among the specimens Prof. Jan found several unknown species, descriptions of which will appear in his great work on Ophidians, in which he will give full credit to the Insti- tute for its assistance.
During the year, an Essex County Collection has been commenced with the intention to soon have the Natural History of our county fully represented and separately arranged.
The total number of donations to the various sections of the Department of Natural History, since the last annual meeting, amounts to one hundred and twenty-six, received from eighty-six persons ; besides which, several exchanges have been made with the Museum of Comp. Zodlogy at Cambridge, and the Lyceum of Nat. History of Williams’ College.
Mr. James H. Emerton, curator of Articulata, reported that the Insects had been looked over, the worthless ones discarded and the others carefully protected from injury. The large collection of Brazilian Insects had been arranged, according to their orders, in a case by themselves. Tho
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other pinned specimens have been arranged in tight boxes and drawers. The alcoholic specimens of Insects, Crusta- ceans, and Worms have been arranged in the central cases of the large Hall. The pinned specimens of Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Hemiptera have been catalogued and as far as possible named. Of the Coleoptera there are 1212 species, and over 3000 specimens. Of Orthoptera, 155 species; Hemiptera, 169 species ; Neuroptera, 40 species. Several hundred species of Diptera and over 2000 speci- mens of Lepidoptera, one* half of which are from South America. The Lepidoptera have been partially named by Mr. 8. H. Scudder while in the Museum of Comp. Zodlogy. The small collection of Bees has been named by Dr. A. 8. Packard Jr. Several exchanges have been made with Messrs. Scudder and Packard. The collection of Spiders has been largely increased during the year, and the curator, who is specially engaged in studying this order of insects, © requests contributions of specimens from all parts of the country for his work.
Mr. John Robinson, Curator of the Ethnological De- partment, reported that the collection under his charge had been rearranged during the year. There had been many valuable donations received from fifty-five persons. Several sub-departments have recently been commenced, and good progress thus far made in rendering them avail- able for purposes of study and examination; the Curators request the codperation of the members and friends of the Institution in aid of these objects, trusting that their appeal will meet with a hearty response, and that many specimens will be contributed, especially such as are evanescent in their character, and if not preserved at the time, soon disappear, and afterwards are very difficult if not impossible to obtain.
The Constitution and By-Laws as revised by the Com- mittee were unanimously adopted.
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The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: PRESIDENT. ASAHEL HUNTINGTON. VICE PRESIDENTS. ; Of Natural History—Samvet P. Fowier. Of History—A. C. GoovEett Jr. Of Horticulture—J. F. ALLEN. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. HenNReyY WHEATLAND. LIBRARIAN. NATHANIEL J. HOLDEN. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MUSEU. F. W. Purnam. FINANCE COMMITTEE. J. C. Lee, BR. S. Rogers, H.M. Brooks, G.D.Phippen, Jas. Chamberlain. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. J. G. Waters, Alpheus Crosby, H. J. Cross, G. A. Ward, G. D. Wildes. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. A. C. Goodell Jr., G. D. Phippen, Ira J. Patch, C. M. Tracy. Wm. P. Upham, R. S. Rantoul, F. W. Putnam.
: LECTURE COMMITTEE. A. C. Goodell Jr., Francis Peabody, G. D. Phippen, George Perkins, James Kimball, G. W. Briggs, F. W. Putnam. FIELD-MEETING COMMITTEE. A. W. Dodge, C. M. Tracy, S. Barden, S. P. Fowler, J. M. Ives,
G. D. Wildes, C. C. Beaman, E. N. Walton. CURATORS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Geology—H. F. Shepard; Mineralogy—C. H. Higbee; Paleontology—H. F. King; Botany—C. M. Tracy; Comparative Anatomy—Henry Wheatland; Vertebrata—F. W. Putnam; Ariiculata—J. H. Emertor; Mollusca—H. F. King;
Radiaia—Caleb Cooke. CURATORS OF HISTORY.
Ethnology. William S. Messervy, M.A. Stickney, John Robinson, J. A. Gillis. Manuscripts. W.P. Upham, H. M. Brooks, S. B. Buttrick, G.L. Streeter, G. D. Wildes. Fine Arts. Francis Peabody, J. G. Waters, G. A. Ward.
CURATORS OF HORTICULTURE. Fruits aud Vegetables. J. M. Ives, J. S. Cabot, R. S. Rogers, John Bertram, G. B. Loring, S. A. Merrill, W.Maloon, A. Lackey, G. F. Brown. i Flowers. Francis Putnam, William Mack, C. H. Norris, Benj. A. West, Geo. D. Glover.
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On motion of Mr. G. A. Ward, a committee, consisting of Messrs. G. A. Ward, R. 8. Rantoul, George Perkins, EK. N. Walton, T. M. Stimpson, Charles Davis, G. D. Wildes, S. P. Fowler, and W. P. Upham, was appointed to present the claims of the Institute upon the public for a more lib- eral patronage, so that it may be better enabled to accomplish the objects of its organization.
On motion of Mr. 8. P. Fowler a committee was ap- pointed to make a collection of card photographs of the members of the Institute. Messrs. 8. P. Fowler, John Robinson, and D. W. Bowdoin were placed on this com- mittee.
Mr. S. P. Fowler was requested to prepare a paper on the Ornithologists of America, for publication in the Pro- ceedings.
THuRSDAY, JUNE 9th. Ordinary Meeting. J. G. Waters in the chair.
The followimg persons, having been nominated at a previous meeting, were duly elected Resident Members: William B. Parker, James S. Kimball, Edward H. Payson, S. W. Davis, Edward L. Perkins, George P. Farrington, Mrs. John Clark, J. Ford Smith, A. G. Cornelius, Charles Roundy, James F. Hale, HE. F. Roberts, J. W. Roberts, David Perkins, Jeremiah Page, Henry Morton, Benj. M. Chamberlain, A. P. Amidon, all of Salem.
Additions to the Museum and Inbrary during April, May and June, 1864.
TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. BrooxuouseE Jr., Ropert. Specimens of Glyptemys insculpta from Salem. Burt, D. W. Male and female Attacus cecropia.
CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES. Eggs of a Mollusk and an Echinus from Beverly Bar.
CuipmMan, R. M. Attacus luna from Salem.
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Croutman, Capr. W. R. Snake from Yangtse River, Japan.
Cotcorp, Mrs. H. M., of South Danvers. A Red-winged Black-bird from Danvers.
Conway, Capt. Mounted specimen of White Owl.
Cooke, C. Dried Plants, Shells and Eechini from Zanzibar, Africa.
Cross, i. J. Sponge from Marblehead Beach.
Davis, CHaR.es, of Beverly. Young Eagle taken from the nest in Beverly, June 2d.
Emerton, J. H. Insects, Helix, and 2 Salamanders from an Island off Manchester. 125 specimens, 91 species of Insects from Essex Co. 147 specimens, 82 species of Insects from Salem. A collection of Ants from Sa- lem. 6 species of Insects and a Tree Toad from Danvers. Cyclopterus lumpus and Raia sp. from Nahant.
GtoveR, Gro. D. Attacus cecropia from Salem.
Hunt, Y. Attacus cecropia from Salem.
Lawes, Exveazer, of Topsfield. A ‘Little Auk,’’ Phaleris microcerus Brandt., female. Shot on Ipswich River in Topsfield, Apr. 8th.
Lenpatt, Ep. E., of Manchester. Coral found on Glasshead flats, Man- chester.
Lyceum or Natorat History oF WitL1AMm’s Coutmas. (In exchange) Skin of a Seal and several Bird’s Skins from Greenland. Bird’s eggs from Florida and Greenland.
Marks, Carr. T. 2 Saurians from Landana, S. W. C. Africa.
Museum or Comp. Zootogy, Cambridge. (In exchange) 17 specimens, 9 species of North American Turtles.
Mason, Mrs. G. R., of Lynn. 43 specimens of dried Seaweeds and 3 of Hydroids. Native.
Nicuots, H. P. 117 specimens, 40 species of Insects, and a Snake from Salem.
NortHenD, Miss L. H. 2 specimens Attacus cecropia from Salem.
PeaBopy, ALFRED S., of Cape Town. Copper Ore from Cape of Good Hope. Set of pressed Ferns, Bulb of a plant, Seeds of the Blue Gum Tree, Hydroids and Barnacles from Cape Town, Africa.
Ponp, T. M. A Java Sparrow.
Porter, Epw. 38 Salamanders from Salem.
Pornam, F. W. A-Series of Crystal Models. Lime Stone from Williams- town, Mass.
Rantout, R. S. Portion of an Indian’s jaw from West’s Beach, Beverly. _
Rowe, Josepx. Specimens of Storeria DeKayi from Salem.
Smiruson14n InstiTuTI0n, Washington, D. C. A collection of 27 specimens of Building Stones and Minerals.
Stone, Frank. A Bird and 2 Reptiles from Essex Co.
Unknown Donor. 2 Loons from?
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Verritt, A. K., of Cambridge. 42 species of plants from Anticosti and Grand Menan.
Watson, F. P. Larvee of Wasps from Salem.
Wesster, Mrs. Joun. Lime incrustation. Seeds of Plants. Eggs of Pyrula.
West, G. W. A collection of Ants and others Insects from Salem. 929 specimens, 80 species of Insects from Salem.
Waeattanp, H. Iron Ore, Lime Stone and Slag from Allentown, Pa. Fishes and Salamanders from River Clarion, Elk Co., Pa.
WHEATLAND, Simeon J. Attacus cecropia from Salem.
Waits, G. W. 85 specimens of Insects from Salem.
TO THE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT.
Brooks, H. M. Picture of Gen. Abbot. Cartridge from Alexandria. Rebel School-book.
Brown Jr., Bens. Rebel war relics.
Crourman. W. R. Chop Sticks and Japanese Smoking apparatus. Brick from the Porcelain Tower of Nankin.
Curwen, Henry. Ancient Button. Chinese Pipe.
Farrineron Jr., G. P. Rebel Equipments.
Fett, 8. Q. Native Fan from the Philipine Isles. Chinese Chop-sticks.
Gooprett Jr., A.C. Coins from Half-way Rock.
Hiesece, C. H. Rebel War Relics from Port Hudson.
Kitsy, Wm. H., of Eastport, Me. Postage Stamps.
Kine, Capr. Jas. B. Silver Ornaments from the ruins of the Inca city Kuamachueo.
Mansrietp, Wm. Grape and Canister Shot, Bomb, and Bullet, revolu- tionary relics.
Marks, Capr. Tuos. A Ring of Native Copper, wrought by the Natives of the W. C. Africa.
Putnam, F. W. Calcutta Hookah.
Putnam, G. D. Breastplate of the 38th Staffordshire Reg’t.
RicHaRpson, FrepD. Buttons of the Bombay Artillery.
Rosinson, JOHN. Chinese Kites.
Stocum, Espen. Ancient set of Knives and Forks in a case. Ivory Cane.
Vanvuieck, H. J., of Nazareth, Pa. 7 Bills of New Jersey Continental Money, and a number of Ancient Relics relating to the early history of Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Vent, James. Indian Arrowheads.
Wittiams, IsrazL, (Estate of) Native War Implements of the Fejee Islanders. New Zealand Chief’s Blanket and Native Basket. Sword taken from the Pirates on the coast of South America.
Witttams, Capr. Old Shot from Fort Sewell. Coins, Military Buttons and other Revolutionary Relics found at Ft. Pickering.
WaueaTitanD, H. Relics from the Field of Gettysburg. 5 Catholic Medals.
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TO THE LIBRARY.
Autey, Joun B. (M.C.) Message and Documents, 1862—3, 4 vols 8vo0; Message and Doc. Navy Department, 1862—3, 1 vol. 8vo ; Message ana Doc. Dept. of State, 1863—4, 2 vols. 8vo ; do. Dept. of Interior, 1863—4, 1 vol. 8vo ; do. P. O. Dept., 1863—4, 1 vol. 8vo; U. S. Coast Survey, 1861, 1 vol. 4to ; Patent Office, Mechanical, 1869, 2 vols. 8vo; do. Agricultural, 1861, 1 vol. 8vo; Report of Commissioners of Agriculture, 1862, 1 vol. 8v0; Reports on the Finances 1862—3, 2 vols. 8vo ; McClellan on the Army of the Potomac, 1 vol. 8vo ; Report on Armored Vessels, 2 vols. 8vo. :
Bapnarp, James M , of Boston. Scilla de corporibus Marinis Lapidescen- tibus, 1 vol., 4to, Rome, 1752; Griffith’s Icones Plantarum Asiaticum, part Iv, 1 vol. 4to, Calcutta, 1854. Griffith’s Palms of British India, 1 vol. fol., Caleutta, 1850.
Boston, Ciry or. Boston City Documents for 1863, 2 vols. 8vo.
Brooks, Henry M The Drum Beat, published by the Brooklyn Fair. Feb., 1864.
Burrows, Tos. H., Supt. of Schools, Penn. Pennsylvania School Reports for 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1863, 5 -vols., 8vo. ;
CiLEveELAND, Miss M.S. Turner’s North Carolina Almanac for 1864, 8vo, pamph. Also several Newspapers from Newbern, N. C.
CotpurN, JEREMIAH, of Boston. Lewis’s Address N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc’y, Jan., 1864, 8vo, pamph. Albany, 1864.
Cow tes, WARREN, Smethport, McKean Co., Penn. Penn. School Reports 1861, 1862, 2 vols., 8vo.
Curwen, James B. Scientific American, vol. vi. Pamphlets 25.
Derpy, Miss Carorine R. Wagstafie’s Piety Promoted, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1775 ; Phipps’s The Original and Present State of Man, 1 vol., 8vo, New York, 1788. Life of Mary Neale, 1 vol., 12mo, Philadelphia, 1796. Introduction to English Grammar, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1782. Penn’s Primitive Christianity, 1 vol., 8vo, Philadelphia, 1783. Various Almanacs, Pamphlets, &c.
Downie, Mrs. Enizasera A. 16th Ann. Rep. Pittsburg Mercantile Library Association for 1864, 8vo, pamph.
FLeTcHER, CHARLES. Boston Gazette for 1817, 1 vol., folio. Boston Weekly Messenger for 1818, 1 vol., folio.
Gitman, Dantex C., of Yale College. Several pamphlets relating to Yale College.
GoLDTHWAITE, Josepu A. Carpenter on the Microscope, edited by Smith 1 vol., 8vo, Phila. 1856.
Goopett Jz., ABNER C. A Manifest Book began Sept. 5, 1774, ended Aug. 2, 1775, 1 vol., folio.
HanarorpD, Mrs. P. A., of Beverly. Various Pamphlets and Newspapers.
Jackson, S. C., of Boston. 17th An. Rep. of Mass. Bd. of Education, 1 vol., 8vo, Boston, 1864.
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Jounson, Mrs. Lucy P. United States Commercial and Statistical Reg- ister—several numbers.
Kinsy, W. H., Eastport, Me. 7th An. Rep. of Maine Bd. of Agri. 1862, 1 vol., 8vo. New Brunswick Almanac and Register, 1 vol., 16mo. Third An. Rep. of Bd. of Agri. of New Brunswick, 8vo. Maine Legis. Register, 1864. Memorials of the Centennial Anniversary of Machiag, 1 vol., 8vo.
Kimpatt, Miss Exizaseru. Liberator for 1863, 1 vol., folio.
Kimpatt, James. Systems of Building Associations Examined, 1 vol., 4to, New Haven, 1856. Fisher’s Marrow of Modern Divinity, 1 vol., 16mo, Boston, 1743. Proceedings of Grand R. Arch Chapter of Mass., from Sept., 1862 to Sept. 1863, 8vo, pamph.
Kine, Misses Hannan and Enizaperu. Winckler, Essai sur 1’ Electricite,
12mo, Paris, 1748. Aldini, Essai sur le Galvanisme, 1 vol., 4to, Paris, 1804. Helvetius, Oeuvres completes, vol. 1, 12mo, London, 1777. - Kine, Henry F. Greeley’s Art and Industry of the Crystal Palace, 1 vol., 12mo. Dana’s Lead Disease, 1 vol., 8vo, Lowell, 1848. Clarke on the Mi- croscope, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1758. Ferguson on the Microscope, 1 vol., 12mo, Edin., 1858. Wood’s Common Objects of the Sea Shore, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1859. Gosse’s Evenings at the Microscope, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1860.
Lorp, N. J. Boston Post for Feb., March, April, and May, 1864.
Nason, Wm. A., of Williams’ College. Williams’ Quarterly, 14 numbers. Pamphlets, 11.
Mercanr, Hiram, of Boston. The Metropolitan Catholic Almanacs, for 1851, 18538, 1854, 1855, and 1856, 5 vols., 12mo.
Moutron, Herny W. Specimens of the Blank Forms used in the Provost Marshal’s office, 5th District, Mass.
Montaaur, Wm. L., of Amherst College. Annual and Triennial Catalogues for several years.
Packarp, A. §., of Brunswick, Me. Catalogue of Bowdoin College, Spring term, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Paine, Natu., of Worcester. 4th An. Report of Worcester Public Library, 8vo, pamphlet.
Ruopve Isnanp, Sons or, py Henry T. Drowne. Oration and Poems before the Sons of Rhode Island in New York, May 29th, 1863, 8vo, pamph.
Roserts, Davip. Rhee’s Manual of Public Libraries, 1 vol., 8vo, Phila- delphia, 1859...
Siptey, Joun L, of Cambridge. Report on Library of Harv. Coll., Jan., 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Stocum, Espen. Boston Patriot for 1812, 1 vol., folio.
Stone, Bens. W. Manual of New York Legis., 1864, 1 vol., 16mo. Sth and 6th An. Report, of Commissioners of Central Park, New York, 8vo pamph. An. Report of the Comptroller of New York, Jan., 1864. 4th An Report of Com. of Public Charities 8vo, pamph., New York 1864.
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Taomas, ApeLt C., of Hightstown, N. J. The Gospel of Slavery, Syvo, pamph., New York, 1864.
Unitep States Treasury DEPARTMENT. Report on the Finances for year ending June, 1863, 1 vol., 8yvo.
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Burrato Youne Men’s Association. 28th An. Rep., 8vo, pamph.
CANADIAN InstiITUTE. Canadian Journal for Mch. and April.
Crncrinnatt MercAnTILE Liprary Association. 29th An. Report, 8vo, pamph., Cincinnati, 1864.
Eprtors. Historical Magazine, for April and May, 1864.
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Frretanps Historicat Society. Firelands Pioneer, vol. 5, 8vo.
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Wepnespay, JuLY 6. Ordinary meeting. Francis Peabody in the chair.
The following persons having been nominated at a pre- vious meeting by Messrs. G. A. Ward, H. Wheatland and W. P. Upham, were elected Resident Members; Daniel
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Perkins, John Felt, William H. Jelly, John Chapman, Francis Boardman, Charles 8. Rea, Joseph H. M. Bertram, Joseph H. Hanson, Nathaniel Brown, John H. Nichols, Edward A. Smith 2d, Francis Choate, Samuel R. Hodges, Theron Palmer, William H. Kehew, George G. Creamer, John P. Browning, Miss Elizabeth W. Treadwell, Miss ‘Elizabeth C. Ward Jr., Thomas M. Saunders, Manuel Fen- ollosa, Mrs. John H. Silsbee, F. S. Peck, Jeremiah S. Per- kins, Richard D. Rogers, Francis W. Tuttle, W. J. Stickney , Orrin F. Thompson, Henry Hale, Xenophon H. Shaw, John H. Downing, Willard Goldthwaite, John Francis Tucker- man, M. H. Hale, W Reith Jr., Jonathan Tucker, George C. Lord, George A. Fuller, Augustus Perry, Tristram T. Savory, HE. A. Simonds, J. F. Almy, George B. Jewett, Harrison O. Flint, John P. Peabody, Henry Hubon, Henry G. Hubon, Ingalls K. Mackintire, Charles Sanders, Miss Caroline Saltonstall, James Manning, William B. Ashton, Henry K. Oliver, Nathaniel Brown Jr., Joseph F. Walden, Daniel C. Haskell, Daniel E. Clough, George P. Daniels, Charles Lamson, Peter Silver, Charles H. Glazier, George Bowker, Charles Bowker, all of Salem, and Samuel Porter of Beverly.
WepnespayY, JuLy 13. Field meeting at Hast Saugus.
This meeting was attended by a company who arrived by the 10 A. M. train from Salem, Lynn, and other towns, and made their rendezvous at “ Waverley Hall.” From thence, dividing into parties, one pursued the route leading to “ Round Hill” and the “Center,” while another took a path on the easterly side of the river and visited “ Pirates Glen” and other interesting spots adjacent. Others pushed their travels as far as “ Dungeon Rock” in Lynn. At 3 P. M. the meeting was called to order, and Rev. 8. Barden of Rockport was invited to preside during the absence of the constituted officers.
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The records of the preceding meeting were read, and letters were announced from the following:
A. Agassiz, of Cambridge ; John H. Klippart, Sec’y Ohio State Bd. of Agri- culture; J. Mayer & Co., of Boston; S. F. Baird of the Smithsonian Institu- tion; Edward L. Graeff, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; E. T. Cresson, of Philadelphia; J. A. Allen, of Springfield; L. Trouvelot, of Medford; Henry White, of New Haven, Conn.; C. B. Richardson, of New York, relative to the publications. From the Maine Historical Society ; Massachusetts Historical Society ; Literary and Historical Society, of Quebec ; Lyceum of Natural History, of New York ; Corporation of Harvard College ; Trustees of Newburyport Public Library; Trustees of Boston Public Library, severally acknowledging receipt of publications. From Jere. Page ; Willard Goldthwaite ; Charles Bowker ; Francis Boardman; Geo. P. Daniels; W. J. Stickney; H. K. Oliver ; M. Fenollosa ; G. B. Jewett, accepting membership. From C. M. Tracy, of Lynn; Mrs. P. A. Hanaford, of Reading ; 8S. H. Scudder, of Boston, relating to Field meetings. From Long Island Historical Society ; A. S. Packard, of Me. Hist. Soc.; Henry W. Moulton; Smithsonian Institution, relating to exchanges and transmission of books and specimens. From J. Porter, of Wenham ; Henry A. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio ; Mrs. Hannah B. Russell ; Morris Phillips, of New York; C. B. Preston, of Danvers ; R. M. Piper, of Nahant ; Lowell Bleachery ; Geo. A. Ward, on business matters.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets, were announced. The chair proceeded to give an account of the geology of the place, as observed by him. He spoke of the “Jasper Ledge” of “Round Hill” and its amygdaloid, and of the fine porphyries of this region. At this pomt Vice President A. C. Goodell Jr. arrived and took the chair.
C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, described a variety of plants and flowers gathered during the day. A fine cluster of rhod- odendrons being sent to the table he gave some account of the family to which it belonged and of its peculiarly fine developement among the Alps and Himalayas. Also of the other splendid members of this family, the azaleas, the kalmias, the heaths, &c.
Wilbur F. Newhall, of Saugus, gave somewhat extended remarks on the more prominent points in the history of the town. He remembered the old Newhall Tavern for- merly kept here by an ancestor of his, and famous in its
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time, and he recollected being carried, when a little boy, to see the old building torndown. At this tavern, as he had heard the story from an ancient dame, Washington once stopped during his journey, rested awhile, and only allowed himself a cup of cold water. Mr. N. also spoke of a series of articles on the history of the town, pre- pared by his late father Benj. F. Newhall, and printed in the Lynn Reporter, a reprint of which is under consider- ation.
Joseph Dampney, of Lynn, gave some further statements in the same direction, particularly as to the first church built in Saugus, which was at,the “ Center.”
The chair said that Saugus was a place very interesting to the antiquary, and historian. Some of the ramblers of the day had probably seen the heaps of scoria at the “Center” called the “Cinder Bank.” At that spot was established the first iron foundery in the country, the scene of the labors of Joseph Jenks, one of the pioneers of American inventors. It was he who first contrived and jntroduced the long stiff scythe now used by mowers; and we also find record to show that he invented an “ engine for the more spedye cutting of grasse,” for which he sought legislative encouragement. What this “ engine” was does not well appear. The foundery was a success, it would seem, and a choice relic from it is yet preserved in the family of the late Alonzo Lewis, of Lynn, to wit, the first article cast, being a small quaintly shaped iron pot.
Rey. C.C. Beaman, of Salem, gave a brief account of the delightful scenery at and about “ Pirate’s Glen” and also adverted to the tribe of Indians who formerly dwelt hereabout. It was said that their camps might still be traced by the imbedded clam-shells in the soil; and there were some who could recollect the last of these easy, indolent, fish-eating people, as they lingered awhile among their civilized and more powerful successors. .
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Rev. A. W. Bruce, of Marblehead, expressed his satis- faction at the proceedings of the day, and spoke further of the importance of preserving items of local history.
James H. Emerton, of Salem, made some statements as to the large collection of insects received by the Insti- tute in the past year, and gave some Meee: on the preservation of specimens in this class.
P. L. Cox, of Lynn, testified to the pleasantness of the day’s afiainst and paid a just and warm tribute to the memory of Benj. F. Newhall, the historian of Saugus.
Prof. John C. Holmes, of Michigan, gave some descrip- tion of the tulip tree as found in that State (allusion having been made to the tree by Mr. Tracy.) He then spoke of the developement of the agricultural re- sources of the West, the transportation eastward of their products, and the necessity of increased facilities for this purpose.
W. P. Upham, made some remarks on the jasper and porphyry of this region.
Rev. C. C. Beaman, of Salem, alld attention to the character and worth Ge the late Joshua Coffin Esq., the historian of Newbury, and on his motion, the Vice Presi- ident of History was requested to prepare a memoir of that venerable author to be read at a future meeting.
On motion of Mr. Upham the thanks of the Institute were tendered to Messrs. Wilbur F. and Alston Newhall for their services as guides and otherwise, to the Proprie- tors of Waverley Hall and all our friends in Saugus for their kindness this day. Several persons were nominated for membership and the Institute then adjourned.
Tuurspay, Juty 14. Ordinary meeting. G. A. Ward in the chair.
The following persons nominated at the Saugus meet- ing by Messrs. G. A. Ward, R. S. Rantoul and H. Wheat-
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land, were duly elected Resident Members; Abraham J. Stanley, Samuel Carlen, John Mackie, C. W. Richardson, W. C. Moulton, Charles Baker, J. M. Rice, Miss Annie Treadwell, Mrs. Mary Doyle, Mrs. Chas. Hoffman, Charles Sewall, Thomas P. Newhall, Robert McCloy, James Tref- fren, Fred. Porter, W. D. Northend, Julian A. Fogg, J. S. Cross, Andrew H. Lord, Charles Osgood, Mrs. D. A. Neal, all of Salem; 8S. S. McKenzie, of Topsfield; A. W. Bruce, of Marblehead; Wilbur F. Newhall, John W. Newhall, Harmon Hall, James S. Oliver, John Westwood, and Miss Charlotte M. Hawkes, of Hast Saugus.
WEDNESDAY, JuLY 27. Field meeting at North Beverly.
A small company of those most actively interested repaired to the neighborhood of Wenham Pond in the morning, taking the early train as far as the little village of North Beverly. These spent the forenoon in various rambles in the vicinity and being joined by a large addi- tional force from Lynn, Salem, and other places, at about 3 P. M. the regular meeting was organized on the westerly margin of the pond under a clump of venerable pines on the grounds of Richard P. Waters Esq. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., took the chair and made a few remarks, explanatory of the objects of the Institute.
After the reading of the records of the last Field meeting, and the announcement of donations to the Li- brary and Cabinets, letters were read from the following ;
Trustees of Boston Public Library, acknowledging receipt of publications; W. F. Newhall, of East Saugus; A. W. Bruce, of Marblehead; D. C. Haskell, J. F. Walden and Mrs. J. H. Silsbee, of Salem, accepting membership ; R. M. Piper, of Nahant; 8. Barden, of Rockport, and Wm. Lafavor, of Salem, on business matters.
Robert 8. Rantoul, of Salem, read an extended essay on the History and Uses of Wenham Pond. In his remarks he spoke of the remarkable purity of its water; its per- manency of level; the enormous crops of ice taken from it
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and the esteem in which this product is held abroad; the many notable characters associated with it in history, par- ticularly Rev. Hugh Peters; and the singular amount of litigation that had marked the adjoining territory in the course of years.
A short but very pleasing poem by Mrs. J. H. Hanaford, late of Beverly, but now of Reading, was read by Rev. Geo. D. Wildes of Salem who prefaced it with a few re- marks. The Poem was descriptive of the emotion felt by an American in Europe on meeting with a specimen ot the famous ice from these waters.
Stephen H. Phillips, of Salern, adverted to the very in- teresting fact that this was one of those “ greate pondes,” of more than ten acres in extent, whose entire freedom to all our people for fishing and fowling is guaranteed for- ever, first, by the “ Bodye of Libertyes,” drawn and pro- mulgated by Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich in 1643, then by later enactments of the General Court, and now finally made a fixed fact by decision of the Supreme Court lately rendered. He read extracts from the manuscript opin- ion of the Court in the case of Inhabitants of W. Roxbury vs. Stoddard, bearing on this point. Thus, said Mr. P. we are in full posession of these lovely waters, for all legiti- mate public uses, free of cost and beyond hinderance by designing men; and this more than by all else, by the early foresight of Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich, known as the “ Simple Cobbler of Agawam.”
James Slade, late City Engineer of Boston, gave some interesting facts on the subject of furnishing water to cities, and said that when a tolerable source was selected, it was always found that the quantity provided by nature could be much increased by art, by the use of ‘means to prevent loss and waste.
Rev. G. W. Skinner, of Gloucester, made some state- ments upon the remarkable ridge, or moraine, which runs
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along the shore of the lake, from near this spot to almost the northern end. He discussed its structure very fully and concluded that it was formed, during the period of drift, by the deposit of stones and gravel brought by ice-floes or field-ice, which here, restrained by the high- lands, was forced to move for sometime in a kind of eddy.
C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, made some observations on the peculiar structure of the Sarracenia or Huntsman’s Cup. He favored the idea that its pitchers, which are usually partly full of pure water, are reservoirs for the collection of dew, which may, by some natural means, be formed upon them more readily than upon other objects. The specimen before the meeting was from Cape Ann, and, despite the severe drought, had been found with its usual supply of water.
Prof. B. O. Pierce, of Beverly, had also examined the . moraine spoken of by Mr. Skinner, and gave some con- siderations thereon, as also on the mollusca found in Wenham Pond.
Richard P. Waters, of Beverly, said this moraine had attracted the notice of Hitchcock who had pronounced it a wonderful formation ; but he seemed not to have alluded to itin his writings.
Rev. C. C. Beaman, of Salem, gave some notice of the earlier proprietors of this region, and particularly of Rev. Mr. Fiske, one of the first clergymen in Wenham; also of the church records of that old parish which are still preserved.
Charles 8S. Osgood, of Salem, alluded to the kind enter- tainment given us this day, and moved the thanks of the Institute to the friends who had furnished it. The same were voted unanimously. After the nomination of several persons for membership the Institute adjourned.
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THuRSDAY, JULY 28. Ordinary meeting Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr, in the chair
The following persons nominated at the North Beverly meeting by A. C. Goodell Jr., and H. Wheatland, were elected Resident Members; Isaac Appleton, of Beverly ; Geo. P. Russell, of Haverhill; Shadrach M. Cate, Ephraim Miller, James C. Stimpson and George Newcomb, of Salem. The thanks of the Institute were voted to Mr. Rantoul for the reading of his paper, on the “History of Wenham Pond” at the meeting of yesterday, and a copy was re- quested for publication in the Historical Collections.
Wepnespay, AuGcust 10. Field meeting at Gloucester. ;
About three hundred persons arrived in the first train from Salem, and were escorted to the Town Hall where a few remarks of welcome were made by Rey. Mr. Skinner, of Gloucester, and the divine blessing was invoked by Rev. Mr. Banvard of Worcester. The party was then dismissed for rambles and observations. Some visited the “Stage Rocks” and “ Rafe’s Chasm”; others rambled along the beach or in the woods in search of plants and animals.
At one o’clock the party had mostly reassembled at the Town Hall, where after appeasing the good appetites caused by the morning walks, the meeting was called to order by Rev. S. Barden, of Rockport, who made a few opening remarks. .
The records of the last Field meeting were read, and donations to the Cabinets and Library announced. Letters _ were announced from:
New Jersey Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications ; J. F. Tuckerman, of Salem, accepting membership; C. M. Tracy, of Lynn; Hi ES Péabody, of Cambridge, and G. W. Skinner, of Gloucester, respecting . Field meetings.
G. D. Phippen, of Salem, gave a brief account of the early history of Gloucester, and then spoke of the trans-
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mutation of species among plants, holding that, while under cultivation, plants were by the hand of man, changed, so as to produce well marked varieties, yet, if left to nature’s own laws, every species would remain true to the charac- teristics stamped upon it by the Creator, at its first gees ance upon earth.
Rev. H. C. Bolles, of the Portland Nat. Hist. Society, upon being ineroduced: made a most eloquent, and appro- priate speech, advising all to study the works of God in the field, and open their eyes to the beautiful gems at their feet. Mr. Bolles stated that he had come from Portland with his fellow member of the Nat. Hist. Society, Mr. Morse, to see how a field meeting was conducted, and hoped that his own Society would be able to follow the example of the Essex Institute.
Rey. G. W Skinner, of Gloucester, exhibited, under a microscope, some infusorial earth found. on the Cape, and explained the probable origin of the deposit.
Prof. Wm. Hinks, of University College, Toronto, C. W. was introduced to the meeting, and gave an interesting, general account of the lower animals and plants, during which he stated that he was inclined, with others, to admit a fifth branch to the animal kingdom, in which the sponges and allied organisms should be placed.
Rev. Joseph Banvard, of Worcester, gave an account of the Worcester Society which had similar objects with those of the Essex Institute, and had commenced to hold field meetings. In the Worcester Society, ladies are not only admitted as members, but are elected assistant curators, and take an active part in all the meetings of the Society, reading papers, and discussing the various subjects pre- sented. Mr. Banvard stated that he had recently seen the ants feeding upon the juices secreted by the aphides, or plant lice, and that he had noticed three distinct species
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of ants, each of which lived upon the secretions of a peculiar species of aphis.
Ed. 8. Morse, of Portland, whose especial study is the land snails, gave an account of the collection made by himself and Mr. Bolles during the morning, stating that he had found several specimens of two very rare species of minute snails. The structure of these little snails, furnished, like most of the larger species, with a shell, which is secreted by, and is a part of the animal itself, and not a house which it can leave at will, as is commonly supposed, was explained by drawings. He also showed the position and shape of the hundreds of microscopic teeth with which the snail’s tongue is furnished for the purpose of rasping its food.
Mr. Morse read the following list of Terrestrial Mol- lusca collected at Gloucester during the morning.
Tebennophorus dorsalis Binney. Helix ferrea Morse. Limax campestris Binney. ‘¢ Binneyana Morse. Helix striatella Anthony. “© exigua Stimpson.
‘< labyrinthica Say. Vertigo ovata Say.
‘s arborea Say. Pupa pentodon Say.
«< chersina Say. Succinea Totteniana Lea.
«lineata Say. ss avara Say.
<* milium Morse. Melampus bidentatus Say.
A. C. Goodell Jr., called the attention of the meeting to the little neglected barnacle on the rocks, and after giving an interesting description of its structure, which he illustrated by a drawing of that portion of the animal under the shell, he favored the meeting by reading a few stanzas, found in his pocket, relating to the little crusta- ceans
F. W. Putnam, of Salem, being called upon to explain the structure of the lobster and other animals that had been collected during the day, gave a brief account of the various animals, and by a comparison of the lobster with the young barnacle, which for a short period of its life, is a free swimming animal, showed how closely related were the wo, and how erroneous was the common opinion,
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that the barnacle was a mollusk, on account of its limy
shell.
Prof. A. Crosby, of Salem, gave an account of the walk taken by his party to the rocks, where many interesting things were discovered, and several kinds of minerals
collected.
Rev. 8. Barden, of Rockport, exhibited a number of the minerals that had been collected, and described the
structure of each.
George F. H. Markoe, of Boston, explained the various properties of the medicinal plants which he had collected, and furnished the following list of plants seen during the
day.
Drosera longifolia Drosera rotundifolia. Leucanthemum vulgare. Maruta cotula. Nymphea, odorata. Nuphar advena. Gaultheria procumbens. ’ Achillea millefolium.
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra.
Platanthera blephariglottis. Sambucus canadensis. Mitchella repens. Leontodon autumnale. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, in fruit. Hypericum perforatum. Hypericum sarothra. Elodea virginica.
Silene inflata.
Statice limonium.
Clethra alnifolia.
Cuscuta Gronovii. Eupatorium perfoliatum. Epilobium angustifolium.
Epilobium lineare. Cornus canadensis, in fruit. Scutellaria laterifolia. Spirzea tomentosa. Spirea salicifolia, (Enothera biennis. (Enothera pumila. Antennaria margaritacea. EKupatorium purpureum Impatiens fulva.
Lobelia cardinalis. Lobelia inflata.
Lobelia spicata. Pontederia cordata. Sagittaria variabilis var. sagittifolia. Vaccinium oxycoccus. Lythrum salicaria. Xyris bulbosa.
Solanum dulcamara. Oxalis stricta.
Trifolium repens. * Trifolium pratense.
James H. Emerton, of Salem, exhibited a collection of about an hundred species of insects, including many species of spiders, the object of his special study, that had been collected by him during the day.
Rev. E. B. Willson, of Salem,-made a few general remarks upon the usefulness of these meetings in pro- moting the study of Nature.
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Henry W. Peabody, of Salem, was nominated for Resi- dent Membership by A. C. Goodell Jr. and H. Wheatland.
On motion of Mr. Goodell the thanks of the Institute were voted to the Selectmen of Gloucester, for the use of the Town Hall during the day, and to Rev. G. W. Skinner and other friends in Gloucester, for kind atten- tions. Adjourned.
Tuurspay, Aucust 25. Field meeting at Rockville, South Danvers.
A company of pleasant size and character gathered this day at the little chapel at “ Rockville” for a series of refreshing rambles in the neighborhood of our old famil- ant ae Rock.” Some of the party started for Barthol- omew’s Pond; others proposed to find “ Wildcat Ledge” on the cna of Prospect Hill near the line of Lynn; and some went to Spring Pond and the Aqueduct Foun- tains. The largest portion, probably, as generally hap- pens, took the shortest walk, and ended their jaunt at “Ship Rock.” The iron ladder and steps, provided by the Institute, are still in good order ; and the shady woods around were very refreshing for a hot and dusty day.
The afternoon meeting was organized in the chapel; Rev: 8. Barden, of Rockport, taking the chair. On so doing, he remarked that we had brought stones, plants and animals, and displayed them on and about the sacred desk. It might seem as if this apparent desecration needed some apology, but to him, at least, it was evident, that no antagonism existed eteeen these elements, but most beautiful harmony. True, we seldom see it exem- plified in this way. The works of God are never opposed to his word; and Nature teaches nothing in ag of irreligion or vice.
Tue records of the last meeting were read arid dona-
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tions to the Library and Museum announced. Letters
were announced as received from the following persons and Societies, since the last meeting :
Julian A. Fogg ; John P. Browning; George P. Russell, of Haverhill ; J. H. Wildes of San Francisco, accepting membership: James D. Dana, of New Haven, respecting Ordway’s ‘‘ Tree Protector’? : B. Westermann & Co. of New York; J. A. Allen, of Springfield; Raynal Dodge, of Newburyport, relating to the publications ; J. D. Dana, of New Haven ; James Hubbert, of Toronto; S. F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution ; James Hall, of Albany ; Vincent Barnard, of Chester Co. Pa.; Charles H. Pitman, of North Barnstead, N. H.; Wm. Dawson, of Spiceland, Ind.; Amory L. Babcock, of Sherborn; Geo. C. Huntington, of Kelley’s Island, Ohio ; James Lewis, of Mohawk, N. Y.; John Johnston, of Middleton, Conn.; John Haywood, of Kingston, Ohio ; W. M. Beauchamp, Skaneateles, N. Y.; Wm. Muir, of Fox Creek, Mo., relating to the Naturalists’ Directory’: S. Jillson, of Feltonville; E. 8. L. Richardson, of Chicago, Ill.; P. A. Hanaford, of Reading, on busi- ness matters.
The chair then spoke of the geology of this region ; and said that he had been able to-day to verify the ob- servation made by Messrs. Alger and Jackson in 1848, of scratches and groovings on the ledge under the eastern base of Ship Rock. These clearly proved it a bowlder ; since there must have been a time when it stood else- where, and other materials were doing this grinding work in the place it now occupies. Under the well known rock in Gloucester called the “ Whale’s Jaw,” similar markings are to be seen, proving the same thing. If any “one doubted that such rocks had ever been transported, or that ice was an adequate agent for such work, he had only to visit Cape Cod in the winter, when in one of its harbors ‘it might be seen at play, as it were, with a great stone, carrying it rods away and back, this way and that, with every tide.
F. W. Putnam exhibited the various animals which had been collected and explained the characters of the bream, perch and shiner, showing in what way the shiner differed from the other two, and how the perch and bream
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belonged to two closely allied families. He stated that the three species under consideration had a wide geographical range, only equalled by one or two other North Amer- ican fishes, being found in almost all the ponds and lakes east of the Rocky mountains and south of the Arctic regions. He also made some brief statements as to the nature and habits of the several kinds of batrachians such as frogs, toads, and salamanders.
C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, made some explanation of the plants collected by the explorers, particularly of the composite family, which make ten per cent. of the world’s vegetation, and were well represented to-day, by ‘a pro- digious thistle, some six feet high. A few moments were spent in considering a variety of plants reputed to cure the bite of snakes and other venomous animals. Some of them, it was stated, probably possessed a degree of virtue, while others would be but idly employed for such a purpose.
Rev. Joseph Banvard, of Worcester, said that he had seen to-day, fresh evidences of that grand principle of Nature, that all life is nourished by decay. Death and dissolution are everywhere before us. The animal dies, the plant perishes, and both are turned to mould. The rock weathers and disintegrates. Ship Rock itself is crumbling. From the dust of all decaying structures, a new order and generation of things, sentient and otherwise, springs con- stantly up, to fill a place and enjoy a time in the universal history. So inallthings. Inasense wholly legitimate, we have lived for years on the blood and bones of our Revolutionary Fathers. To-day we are called to fertilize — the soil anew with sacrificial blood, that life and enjoy- ment may arise for future generations. These things are often more literal than we think. When,some time ago, there was opened the grave of good old Roger Williams, the root of an apple tree was found to have travelled to
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the head of the coffin and penetrated all along the spine, and thence branched down the legs to the feet, being thus nourished by the material of the bones. And _ there- fore those who ate of that tree had been unwittingly -partaking of the very substance of the old Reformer. Nor in all this is there anything abhorrent to a fine and merci- ful sense. Nature destroys with sudden stroke, mostly, all things that can feel. She saves pain, she shows no malevolence, but only kindly transfers the life from one form to another.
Prof. A. Crosby, of Salem, gave some account of the operations of the Portland Natural History Society. This institution has excellent accommodations, and is about commencing a system of Field Meetings, much on the
plan of our own. A curious feature at their.rooms, is the grand table, eleven feet long by six wide, made of a single plank from the “Big Tree” of California. Prof. C. also spoke of the facilities afforded by these meetings for educational purposes, and for acquaintance with things around us which are too rarely seen in schools.
E. N. Walton, of Salem, spoke in continuation of the same subject.
The Secretary read a letter from Rev. Charles Babbage, chaplain in the army, in relation to Wenham Pond, giving some curious anecdotes of that locality, and the former residents thereabout.
On motion of C. M. Tracy of Lynn, the thanks of the Institute were voted to the Proprietors of the Rockville Chapel for the use of their premises to-day; also to the friends in the village who have favored us with their assistance and encouragement.
Henry W. Peabody of Salem, nominated at a previous meeting, was elected a resident member.
The Institute then adjourned.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 16. Field meeting at Newburyport.
This meeting had been appointed for the previous Wednesday, but postponed on account of dull weather. The company from the lower towns of the county, arriving by the morning train was quite large. :
Under the efficient guidance of the Rev. G. D. Wildes, the large company were at once placed upon the route for visiting the most interesting objects in Newburyport and its neighborhood. A small party of the members whose interest was more immediately connected with the botanical and mineralogical departments, left the cars at the “ Serpentine Quarry,” returning thence in time for the collation and public meeting. After a general gathering at the City Hall, some of the party went on a delightful trip to Plum Island ; others chose to stroll over the bridge, and enjoy the fine walk and views on the Salisbury side, | and the remainder proceeded to visit the Church and Memorial Chapel of St. Paul’s. The latter structure attracted special attention, from the connection with the memory of a deceased clergyman and his daughter, held in affectionate remembrance by many friends in Salem. The exquisite memorial windows of the Chapel placed as monuments to their dead, by several families of St. Paul’s parish, may certainly be regarded as among the finest specimens of the stained glass to be found in this country.
From the Chapel, the party were next conducted to the beautiful grounds of the Dexter mansion, which were thrown open to them through the kindness of the proprie- tor, Dr. E. G. Kelley. In other particulars than this, the Institute, as on previous occasions, found themselves greatly indebted to the courtesy of Dr. Kelley. After spending some time in these grounds, the party proceeded to the Mall, the Putnam School, and thence to the beauti- ful Oak Hill Cemetery. None could fail to admire the
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new gateway, just erected through the generous gift of Mr. Tappan of New York, a native of Newburyport. None could fail to be struck with the beautiful inscription wrought in the granite entablature. We understand that the inscription was furnished by Mrs. Tappan, the daugh- ter of the late C. W. Story Esq., of Newburyport, and we record it, as itself a testimony to a tasteful and pious cul- ture long known to her friends :
“Until The Day Break, And The Shadows Flee Away.”
From the elevated portions of the cemetery, beautiful and extensive views of the surrounding country were obtained, embracing on the south and west the hills of West Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, and Old Town; on the east and north the headlands of Cape Ann, the sandy shores of Plum Island, Salisbury, and Hampton; the dis- tant Isles of Shoals, and the woods and hamlets of Salis- bury, Seabrook, with the towns of Amesbury and West Newbury. After leaving the Cemetery, the Copley paint- ings were visited at the house of the Misses Tracy, who very kindly threw open their mansion to the large party, and furnished much valuable information as to the history of the portraits of Colonel and Mrs. Lee. Another fine portrait by Trumbull of Col. Jackson, the ancestor of the distinguished Jackson family of Boston, was seen at the same place. From this point, the route was taken to the old South Church, passing by the way the old colonial jail house in Federal street. Many of the party visited the tomb of Whitfield, where the remains of the great preach- er, together with those of Prince and Parsons, were seen. After testing the quality of the whispering gallery in the church, the party proceeded to the old Tracy Mansion, once honored by the presence of Washington, Talleyrand, Chateaubriand, Louis Philippe, LaFayette and others.
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This venerable mansion, now occupied, in part by the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, the distinguished traveller in Brazil, is soon to be used for the purposes of the Public Library ; alterations to that effect being now made. We hope to see in connection with the valuable Public Library of Newburyport, a flourishing branch of the Essex Institute.
After viewing other localities of interest as connected with the literary, professional and commercial history of the city, the party returned to the City Hall, where the large hospitality of their friends in Newburyport had made excellent provisions for a noonday repast.
The afternoon meeting was called to order in the City Hall, about 2 1-2 o’clock, and Rev. George D. Wildes, of Salem, was invited to occupy the Chair. On assuming that place he made some remarks in explanation of the plan and practice of the Institute and the influence exerted by its meetings on the community around.
Donations since the last meeting were announced and letters were read from the following:
A. S. Packard Jr., of Brunswick, Me.; G. C. Huntington, of Kelley’s Island, Ohio; J. D Dana, of New Haven; J. A. Allen, of Springfield ; Thomas Barlow, of Canostota, N. Y., in relation to the publications ; Smithsonian Institution, acknowledging the receipt of publications ; Lyceum of Natural History of New York ; S. Barden, of Rockport ; W. H. Prince, of Northampton ; John L. Russell ; Mrs. E. H. Derby, of Auburndale, on general business ; A. L. Babcock, of Sherborn ; Thos. Gile, of Washington ; Hiram A. Cutting, of Lunenburg, Vt., on exchanges of books and speci« mens.
F. W. Putnam, explained the structure of the galls found on the leaves and stems of plants, and the habits of the gall flies. He also spoke of the habits of the Aphis, Coccus and other insects injurious to vegetation.
Rey. S. Barden, of Rockport, had been to the “ Devil’s Den.” But there was nothing there infernal; it was a place of unmixed beauty. He was glad to see the clergy- men of this place interested in the pursuits of this day ;
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they have saved Newburyport to the cause of science. While laboring with his hammer at the ledge he had been cheered by the presence of some of them, and encouraged to open more fully the wealth of that spot. There were beautiful specimens of serpentine, as well as asbestos, or amianthus of a fine description. He exhibited an elegant vase made from the serpentine by Mr. Osgood, of Newburyport, and pronounced it equal to anything of the kind to be seen elsewhere.
Dr. H. C. Perkins, of Newburyport, said that every boy in the place had at some time been to the “ Devil’s Den,” which few here know as a serpentine quarry. It was opened for lime exclusively and worked for some time. It furnished besides serpentine and asbestos, some very good steatite and dolomite. The celebrated Jacob Perkins, once of Newburyport, made paper from this asbestos and printed some bank-notes on it which were incombustible and served té surprise his friends.
Rev. Artemas D. Mussey, of Newburyport, expressed his deep satisfaction in the meeting and its purposes. He could not doubt its effect on those who attended, especially on the young ; and he hoped a branch society, or something like it might be formed and sustained in this place.
Rev. J. S. Spalding, of Newburyport, had fortunately met the party at the “Den” and highly enjoyed the enthusiastic activity of those who composed it. If all the members of the Institute were equally engaged and suc- cessful, the best results must follow. There are young men in Newburyport engaged in science and natural his- tory. They have made fine collections of birds’ eggs including many rare kinds and if directed and encouraged by some systematic society, they would do much for themselves and the cause of knowledge.
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Rey. C. C. Beaman, of Salem, thought the Essex Insti- tute could not fail to be greatly cheered by such language as that of the Newburyport people to-day. The historical side of our society well deserves encouragement. We are at work to preserve a worthy past by gathering and securing every relic of historic value.
Rev. Mr. Spalding, said that Essex North was rich in archeological wealth. Its history was both valuable and available. Felt, in his annals, had made some statements as to John Barnard, a celebrated teacher of the early times; but recent researches have corrected him in this matter and identified parties very differently.
Rev. John N. Sykes, of Newburyport, was glad to see the activity of the young men who took part in the opera- tions of the Institute. The benefit of such employment in youth must be great. They would form habits of observation, which in after life would be of the greatest advantage. .
C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, gave some explanation of the plants gathered by the explorers, alluding in particular to the asters, goldenrods and other autumnal flowers, and dis- cussing somewhat the relations of the oaks and hickories. He also spoke of his visit to the garden of Dr. HE. G. Kelley, in which were noticed, among the many interest- ing objects there found, the beautiful and finely grown hedges of hemlock, spruce and other evergreens also one of weigelia, this last in the time of flowering must have presented a splendid appearance.
Dr. Perkins said every one ought to study Natural History. It was the greatest source of comfort amid pain, sorrow and affliction, that he had ever, known. When the botanical specimens were just now brought forward, they seemed to him like old friends. He remem- bered that forty years ago, he left Cambridge with a class- mate and botanized from thence to Newburyport, losing the way in the ardor of the pursuit.
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The Chair added some further thoughts on the Institute as a means of education. Such an institution forms the best of safeguards for the young and developing minds. The love of science will live every where. He had seen, in the icy fastnesses of the Alps, the little band of German students, on their vacation from the Universities, camping in the mountain valleys and enjoying their explorations with a zest that made him almost envious. Yet this enjoyment is not all, for modern science is not pleasurable only; it is eminently. practical and therefore eminently useful. Encourage its growth among the people and you give them at once both happiness and power.
Stephen B. Ives, of Salem, offered the following resolu- tions, which were unanimously adopted.
ftesolved, That the sincere thanks of the Essex Insti- tute be presented to the City Council, of Newburyport, for the use of the City Hall, for its meeting here this day.
Resolved, That the most grateful acknowledgements of the Institute be presented to those kind friends in New- buryport, whose attentions in making the most ample, and tasteful arrangements for the field meeting, and, in provid- ing bountiful and elegant refreshments, have rendered the
present meeting among the foremost in interest and encour- agement in the history of the Society.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute are especially offered to Mrs. D. T. Granger, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Nourse, Mrs. W. Horton, the Misses Tracy, of the ladies; and to the Messrs. G. J. F. Colby, E. 8. Moseley, E. G. Kelley, D. T. Granger, Charles Wills, C. H. Bailey, J. H. Froth- ingham, J. Bogardus, J. Horton, and others who have so largely contributed to the gratification of the Institute in its present meeting.
After the nomination of members the meeting adjourned. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. Ordinary meeting Joseph G. Waters, in the chair. William Whitaker, Thomas L. Perkins and William H.
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Emmerton, of Salem, and John 8. Allanson, of Marblehead, nominated at a previous meeting were duly elected Resi- dent Members.
FRMAY, SEPTEMBER 30. Special meeting. The President, A. Huntington, in the chair.
The president stated that the object of our assembling this evening was to take some suitable notice of the re- cent sudden decease of our late associate member GEORGE ATKINSON Warp, of Salem. Mr Ward was one of the original members and very active in the organization of the Essex Historical Society. He removed to New York in 1823 to engage in business in that metropolis. He returned to Salem, in November last to spend the remainder of his life among the scenes and friends of his youth; since that time he has renewed his interest in the doings of the Institute and by his zeal and industry has largely contributed to its success.
Rey. George W. Briggs moved that a committee be appointed to prepare resolutions and a memoir to be presented at some future meetings, accompanying the same with appropriate remarks.
Francis Peabody, in seconding the motion, alluded prin- cipally to Mr. Ward’s previous residence in Salem, his interest in the Institute and in all measures conducive to the intellectual and moral culture of his native place.
Rev. George D. Wildes stated that his acquaintance with Mr Ward was recent, but during that time he had seen much of him both in his walks and in visits to his home, and bore testimony to his worth and character as a citizen and a friend.
A. C. Goodell Jr. followed in remarks of a similar import and suggested that the committee consider the propriety of providing a portrait of Mr. Ward to .be placed in the rooms of the Institute.
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The motion of Mr. Briggs, seconded by Mr. Peabody and amended by the suggestion of Mr. Goodell, was unanimously adopted, and Messrs. C. W. Upham, A. Hun- tington, A. C. Goodell Jr., G. W. Briggs and Francis Peabody were appointed on said committee.
On motion of Mr. F. Peabody, Mr. C. W. Upham was appointed, in place of Mr. G. A. Ward deceased, on the committee to which was referred the “ consideration of the authenticity of the tradition that the frame of the old Building in rear of Boston street is that of the first meeting house in Salem.”
The committee on resolutions was authorized to call meetings whenever it may be prepared to report. Adjourned.
Additions to the Museum and Inbrary during July, August and September, 1864.
TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
ALLEN, J. A., of Springfield. 382 specimens, 9 species Reptiles from Spring field. 1 specimen Trout, young.
Bascock, Amory L., of Sherborn. (in exchange) Several fresh water Shells. Specimens of Gryllotalpa borealis and other Insects and Spiders, 3 Jumping Mice, Embryos of Native Birds from Sherborn, Mass. Body of Little Ant-eater and several Nuts from Surinam. Fossil Coral from Kansas.
Barpen, Rey. Srinuman, of Rockport. Specimens of Pyrhoclose, Smoky Quartz, Pyrites, Fluorspar, &c., from Rockport.
Boxwes, Ray. Epwrn C., of Portland, Me. 8 Specimens Helix hortensis from Broom Corn Island, Casco Bay. 3 valves of Pecten icelandicus, 4 do. of Mytilus edulis, 38 do. of Saxicava distorta Say, 38 do. of Astarte laurentiana Lyell, from the Post Pliocene, Canal St., Portland, Me. 3 Specimens of Macoma fusca, 4do. Muscula antiqua Mighels, 11 do. Leda portlandica Hitchcock, from the Post Pliocene, Land Slide, West- brook, Me.
Bowoircu, Mrs. Resecca. Specimen of Limax from Salem.
Briaes, Mrs. Apattine, of 8. Danvers. 2 Specimens Attacus cecropia.
Brown, Bens. Fossil coral.
Brown, Horace. Specimen A. cecropia.
Byrnes, Ciirrorp C. 2 specimens Slag. Iron found among coal.
CARLEN, SAMUEL. Brown Bat taken in Salem.
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Cuipman, R. Mannina. Flowers of Linnea borealis from Westford, Mass.
Creamer, Mrs. F. M. Cones and twigs from the ‘‘Great Pine of Cali- fornia,’’ also a string giving the exact circumferance of the tree from which they were taken.
Dersy, Mrs. M. A., of Auburndale. Deer’s horns from Minnesota. Specimen of coral.
Emerton, JAmes H. 112 specimens, 44 species Insects, collected at the field meeting in East Saugus, June 13. 23 specimens Insects, 23 specimens 2 species Ants, 1 larva of Cicindela from Salem. 58 specimens, 34 species Insects collected in Beverly. 132 specimens, 74 species Insects collected at the Gloucester field meeting. :
HmMeRtTON, W. H. Specimen of Walking-stick, Bacunculus femoratus, from Salem.
Farrineton, Miss A. W. B. Specimen of Attacus cecropia from Salem.
Frint, G. F. Specimens of Hudryas grata.
Frost, Mrs. L. A. Clay from Talahama, Tenn.
Goovrett Jr., A. C. Nest of Wasps from Ipswich.
Grant, Henry.~ Fossil Mollusks from Lake Champlain.
Harz, Carr. W. H. 6 Starfishes and Embryo Whale from West Coast of Africa.
Hammonp, Capt. Josep. Fishes, Crabs, Starfishes and Mollusks from Baker’s Isle, South Pacific. Flying-fish, North Atlantic. Several Fishes, Crustaceans, &c., from off the coast.
Hanarorp, Mrs. P. A. Specimen of Chauliodes pectinicornis.
Hasxetn, Josuua, of Marblehead. 5 specimens of Insects collected at the field meeting at Wenham Lake.
Hriaspen, Cuartes H. 38 specimens of Solitary Bees and specimen of Attacus Promethea from Salem. ;
Kimpatt, Mrs. Enocu F., of Wenham. Nest of Chimney Swallow.
Kine, H. F. 4 specimens, 2 species Coleoptera from Gorham, N. H.
Lake, Cuartes H,U.S. V. Specimens of Galena, Blende, Pyrites, Mica, Limestone, Tourmaline, Hematite and Fossils from the vicinity of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Leavitt, Mrs. Larva of Cerura borealis from Lexington.
Lee, Joun C. Humming Bird from ‘Worcester.
Leravor, JOSEPH. Specimen of Cicada pruinosa.
Lewis, [. P. Large Pearl from a Quahaug.
Lorp, Greorce R. Specimen of Monohammus sp.
Lowp, Marx. Nest and specimens of Hornets.
Mercwant, Appison, of Gloucester. Barnacles and Shells from Banks of Newfoundland.
Nicnors, H. P. 297 specimens, 148 species Insects, 2 malformed Hen’s eggs, 40 specimens 3 species Salamanders, 20 specimens Fish, collected in Bethel, Vt. 73 specimens, 40 species Insects from Salem.
Oscoop, J. C. Nest and eggs of a Wren from Salem.
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PaRKER, CHas. Specimen of Walking-stick, living female.
Peasr, W. H., of Honolulu, Sandwich Isls. 29 species of Land Shells from Tahiti. 71 species of Marine Shells from the Pacific Islands. Several specimens of each species, all named and several types of new species.
Perkins, Henry W. Full grown larve of Attacus cecropia. é
Putnam, F. W. 2 specimens of a large Aphis, with eggs and cast off skin from Salem. ‘Quartz, Pyrites with gold, from Rangely, Me. 49 specimens of Spiders from the northern parts of Maine.
Putnam, Carr. W. H. A. Collection of over 500 specimens of Coral and several Shells from Singapore, E. I. 2specimens Forficula. Several hundred Crustacea and several Fishes from soundings off the coast.
Rosrnson, Ass P., Specimen of Nepa from Grafton Lake, Me.
RoBinson, JOUN. 73 specimens, 50 species Insects from Salem.
Russett, Joun W. Full grown larve of Attacus cecropia.
Sarrorp, JosHuA. Coal with vein of Sulphuret of Iron.
Savace, Miss. Specimen of Walking-stick, female with eggs, from Salem.
Sitspes, WittrAmM. Nest of Hornets with about 1000 specimens in differ- ent states of growth.
Smita, Henry. . Specimen of Prionus laticollis.
SmirH, Lawrence P. Specimen of Attacus cecropia.
Stickney, M. A. Specimens of Pterogorgia and Plexura from the Cape Verd Islands.
Stone, Frank. 85 specimens, 84 species Insects from Salem. Specimen of young Turtle from North Reading.
Stonz, Dr. Lincotn R., U. 8. A., Gallipolis, Ohio. Specimen of Sphinx quinquemaculata from Gallipolis.
Symonps, 8. 8. Specimens of Pelecinus sp. and Philampelus satellitia from Salem.
Tracy, C. M., of Lynn. Specimen of Scolopendra sp.
True, JOSEPH. 18 specimens, 4 species Hymenoptera from Salem.
Watson, Frank. Spevimen of Monohammus sp. from Salem.
Wuitsr, Gro. M. 60 specimens of a Beetle from Milkweed, Salem.
Witsox, Miss Atice. Specimen of Cicada pruinosa from Salem.
TO THE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT.
CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES. 2 Postage stamps, Cape of Good Hope and Victoria.
Cuareman, R. M. Grains of Corn from the grave of an Indian supposed to have been buried 400 years.
Creamer, Gxo. G. Piece of the Stone steps down which Gen. Putnam rode when pursued by the British during the Revolution, Greenwich, Conn.
Fett, 8. Q. Piece of Palmetto wood from the Rebel ram Merrimac.
Hammonp, Capt. Josepu. Model of Canoe and native Spear Sandwich Is.
Putnam, Perury, (Estate of) 3 Weapons from the Feejoe Islands.
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Potnam W. H. A. 10 cent Postage stamp of Netherlands India.
Rantout R.S. Netherland Copper Coins.
Waters, R. Parmer, of N. Beverly. Helmet of a British soldier..
. WILLIAMS, . 4 shot, 2 fragments of shot and 1 fragment of Cannon from the old Ft. Pickering, Salem.
TO THE LIBRARY.
Apams, Sameson & Co, of Boston. N. Y. State Business Directory, 1 vol. 8vo, New York, 1859. Fall River Directory, 1864, 1 vol. 16mo. Taunton Directory, 1864, 1 vol. 16mo. Lawrence Directory, 1864, 1 vol. 16mo. Manchester Directory, 1864, 1 vol. 16mo. Charlestown Directory, 1864, 1 vol. 16mo.
Crourman, Wm. R. Hoffman’s Shopping Dialogues in Japanese, Dutch and Engtish, 4to. London, 1861. Van Reed’s collection of Phrases in English and Japanese, 1 vol. 8vo.
Drowne, Cuariss, of Troy, N. Y. Annual Register of the Renssellaer Institute, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Foore, Cates. Files of the County Papers for several months.
Gisss. J. W., of New Haven. Family Notices by W. Gibbs of Lexington, 8vo, pamph. 1845.
Hanarorp, P. A., of Reading. Bible Society Record, nine numbers. Dwight’s Open Converts, 1 vol. 16mo, New York, 1836. Stone, W. L., Matthias and his impostures, 1 vol. 16mo, New York, 1835. 22 Pamphlets, also several Newspapers.
Hotpen, N. J. Proceedings of Am. Anti-Slavery Society at its 8d decade. 8vo, pamph. New York, 1&64.
Houtmes, Joun ©. 2d Annual Rep. of Secretary of Michigan State Board of Agriculture, 1 vol. 8vo. Lansing, 1863. Boston Daily Evening Traveller, for 1850, 2 vols. folio.
Hotmes, Tomas, (Estate of) Historie de France par Anquetil, 15 vols. . 16mo, Paris, 1822. Memoires pour Servir a |’ histoire de France sous Napoleon, Tom 1—6 ; Tom 2, notes—7 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1828. Gourgaud’s examen critique del’ ouvrage de Segur, | vol. 8vo, Paris, 1825. Bonnycastle’s Algebra, 1 vol. 12mo, Phil., 1806. Letellier Grammaire Francoise, 1 vol. 16mo, Tournay, 1816. Gilleland’s Counting House Assistant, 1 vol. 12mo, Pitts- burg, 1815. Spanish Grammar by Jos. Giraldel Pino, 1 vol. 12mo, Phil., 1795. Veneroni’s Complete Italian Master, 1 vol. 12mo, London, 1791. Bonnefoux, Seances Nautiques, 1 vol: 8vo, Paris, 1827. Several Log Books. Pamphlets, &c.
Kurprart, J. H., Cor. Sect’y Ohio State Bd. of Agric. Ohio Agricultural Reports for 1853, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 8 vols. 8vo.
Mann, Miss Exizapetra N. Andover Advertiser, from 1857 to 1863 incl.
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7 vols. folio. Mannina, R. C. Cooper’s Surgical Dictionary, 2 vols. 8vo, New York,
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1832. Ballou’s Candid Review, 1 vol. 12mo0. Orton’s Discourses, 1 vol. 12mo, Boston, 1816. 14 Pamphlets.
Morss, Epwarp §., of Gorham, Me. Observations on the Terrestrial Pulmonifera of Maine, by EH. S Morse, 8vo, pamph., Portland, 1864.
Mouper, B. F., of Quindaro,'Kansas. Ist Cat. of Officers and Students of Kansas State Agric. College 8vo, pamph. 38d Ann. Rep. of Sup’t. of Public Instruction of Kansas, 8vo, pamph. Cat. of Baker’s University. The Rocks of Kansas, by Swallow and Haven, 8vo, pamph., St. Louis, 1858.
Monsett, Joet, of Albany. Catalogue of Library of Philom. Soc. of Union College, 1868, pamph. Baker’s Address to Chem. Soc of Union Coll. July, 1863. Annual Catalogue of Columbian Coll. 1362—3. Albany Female Academy Report of Exam. June, 1863. Twenty-five pamphlets.
Nason, Wituram A., of Chicago, Ill. The Gulielmensian No. 8, May, 1864. The William’s College Quarterly for June, 1864.
Packarp, A. §., of Brunswick, Me. Catalogus Collegii Bowdoinensis, MDCCCLXIV, 8vo, pamph.
Packarp Jr, A. §., of Brunswick, Me. Synopsis of the Bombycidee of U. 8. A., by A. S. Packard Jr. 8vo, pamph.
Parsons, G. W. ‘*The Cartridge Box,”’ printed at U. 8. Army Hospital, York, Pa, 1864, several numbers.
Puivires, StepHeEN H. Proceedings of National Union Convention at Baltimore, June, 1864.
Purnam, Exsripce. The old Franklin Almanac for 1860—64 inclusive, 8vo, pamph.
Putnam, Mrs. Espen. Several Pamphlets.
PotnaM, Partny, (Estate of) Nouvel Abecedaire, 1 vol. 12mo, Phil., 1811. Reuss on the trade between Great Britain and U.S. A., 1 vol. 8vo, London, 1883. Duane’s Infuatry Regulations, 1 vol. 8vo, Phil., 1815. Life of Moreau, 1 vol. 12mo, New York, 1806. Rawson’s Military Duty, 1 vol. 8vo, Dover, 17938. Hawney’s Measurer, 1 vol. 12mo, Baltimore, 1813. Steuben’s Regulations 1 vol. 12mo, Boston, 1802. Vose’s Astronomy, 1 vol. 8vo, Concord, 1827. Fisher’s Military Tactics, 1 vol. 8vo, New York, 1805. Gray on the Reveiations 1 vol. 12mo, Newburgh, 1818. Trial of Gen. St. Clair, Aug. 25, 1778, 1 vol. fol. Phil., 1778. History of Revolution in Frince, 1 vol. 8vo, Boston, 1794. 79 Pamphlets.
Stocum, Espen. Cooper’s Naval History, 2 vols. Svo, Phil., 1840. Ditto continued to 1853, 1 vol. 8vo, New York ,18538. Browne’s Whaling Cruise, 1 vol. 8vo, New York, 1846. Frost’s Naval Biography, 1 vol. 8vo, Phil., 1844.
Stone, Bens. W. Philadelphia Directory, for 1848, 1855, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 6 vols. 8vo.
Swerr, Joun, of San Francisco. 1st An. Rep. of Sup’t. of Pub. Instruction of California, 8vo, pamph. Sacramento, 1863.
Symonps, Epwarp. Several Almanacs.
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_ Trrtie, Miss 8. J., of Beverly. 12 Pamphlets.
Tpask, Amos. Moore’s Navigation Improved, 8vo, pamph. Salem, 1815.
Tucker, Cox. James T., U.S. Volunteers. Journal and Proceedings of a Convention for a Revision of the Constitution of Louisiana, 8vo, pamph. New Orleans, 1864.
Tucker, JoNaTHAN. Opening Address by the President ai Illinois State Agric. Soc. Fair at Decatur, 1864, 8vo pamph.
Tucker, Winitam P., of Portland, Me. Catalogus Collegii Bowdoinensis, MDCCCLAIYV, 8vo, pamph.
Unitep States, DEPARTMENT OF State. Diplomatic Correspondence, 1863, 2 vols. 8¥0, Washington, 1864.
Wapbe, Misses, ofipswich. Frisbie’s Oration on Restoration of Peace, in 1783, 8vo, pamph. Dana ’s Eulogy on Washington, 1800, 8vo, pamph.
Warp, CHartes. Journal of Commerce Jr. for several months. Essex Statesman vol. 1 fol. Salem, 1863—4.
Warp, Georce A. The Giles Memorial by John A. Vinton, 1 vol. 8vo, Boston, 1864.
Waters, J. Lintoy, of Chicago. Annual Statement of Receipts -and Expend. of Chicago, from Apr. 1, 1865 to Apr. 1 1864, 8vo;pamph. Cata- logue of Library of Chicago Young Men’s Association, 8vo pamph. Chicago, 1856, ditto 1859. Chicago Revised Charter, 8vo, pamph. 1863. 30 Pamphlets.
WicuTman, W. J., of Reading. 11 School and other Reports of Reading.
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AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SocreTy. Lincoln’s Address on C. C. Baldwin, 8vo, pamph. Jenks’ Address Oct. 23, 1818, 8vo, pamph. Proceedings at Meeting April 1, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
AMERICAN PattosoPpHican Society. Proceedings, vol. 1x, No. 71.
Canapian Institute. The Canadian Journal for July, 1864,
Epitozs. Historical Magazine, for July, Aug., and Sept, 1864.
Iowa Srate Hisroricat Socrery. The Annals of Iowa for July, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Lone Istanp Hisroricat Soctery. 1st An. Rep. of Directors, Librarian, &c., May, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Montreat Society of Naturat History. Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, for Feb., Apr , June and Aug., 1864.
New JERSEY Historica Society. Proceedings vol. rx, No. 6, 8vo, pamph.
New York Lyceum or Naturat History. Annals vol. vit, Nos. 13—16. Voi. vor, No. 1.
New York Mercantite Liprary Association. 43d Annual Report, July, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
PHILADELPHTA ACADEMY OF NATURAL Science. Proceedings for May, June, July and August, 1864.
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PortLanp Society or Naturau History. Proceedings, vol. 1, pages 7 to 128 incl,
Fustisuers. North American Review for July, 1864.
QueBec Lirerary AND Puitosopnrcan Socrery. ‘Transactions, New Se-
ries, vol. 1, Nos. 1 and 2. Witmineron (Det.) Institute. Annual Report April, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Monpay, Ocroser 10. Evening meeting.
The President, A. Huntington, in the chair.
Records of previous meeting read and donations to the Museum and Library were announced.
Letters were read from thé following :
Chas. H. Lake, of Little Rock, Arkansas; J. A. Allen, of Springfield; W. H. Dall, of Marquette Co. Mich., relating to donations of specimens: J. H. Hickeox, of the New York State Library, Albany; S. J. Young, Librarian of Bowdoin College ; Secretary of the American Philosophical Society, Phil- adelphia, relating to exchanges of publications: Prof. S. F. Baird; J. H. Thompson, of New Bedford ; Sam’! Clarke, of Milwaukee, Wis., relating to the Naturalists’ Directory: Miss Lucy Treadwell, of Salem ; Miss A. L Coffin, of Newbury; J. E. Oliver, of Lynn ; J. W. Young, of Worcester ; 8. Tenney, of Cambridge ; James Lewis, of Mohawk, N. Y.; Rev. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, on business matters: A. L. Babcock, of Sherborn ; Dr. A. 8. Packard Jr., of Brunswick, Me. ; Theo. Gill, of Washington ; W. Hoxie, of Newburyport, relating to exchange of specimens.
Albert B. Russell, and Miss Lucy Treadwell, of Salem, and Theodore Attwill, of Lynn, having been nominated at a previous meeting were elected Resident Members.
Mr. Putnam communicated a paper from Mr. Alpheus Hyatt Jr., entitled “ Remarks on the Polyzoa of New Eng- land” In this paper, which was referred to the committee on publication, Mr. Hyatt describes and figures several new species of Cristatella and Plumatella from Cambridge, Mass., and Norway, Me. For these species he proposes the names of C. ophidioidea, P. hyalina and P. pennissewas- seensis. Mr. Hyatt also describes the anatomy of the genera Cristatella and Pectinatella and discusses their relations, as naked Polyzoa, to the remaining genera of the sub-order Lophopea.
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It was voted that meetings be held on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month until otherwise ordered, and that all persons interested be invited to attend.
The President, from a committee appointed at the last meeting, reported that the Hon. C. W. UpHam had con- sented to prepare a memoir of Mr.Ward, and was desirous of receiving any contribution that would aid in its prep- aration. After a few additional remarks, in which he stated that Mr. Ward was born at Salem, March 29, 1793, and died at Salem on Thursday evening, September 22, 1864, he submitted the following resolutions :
Resolved, that the members of this Institute received with deep and unaffected sorrow intelligence of the recent and very sudden death of our friend and associate, GEORGE Atkinson Warp; and desire, by these proceedings, to ex- press our high appreciation of his character and worth as a man and citizen, and our very great respect for his memory. As one of the original and prominent founders of the Essex Historical Society, in whose behalf he early enlisted with all his accustomed energy and enthusiasm, and to whose interests he was strongly committed, and as
the Jast survivor of the founders of that institution, since merged in our body, it is especially fit and becoming, that we who have thus entered into these his early labors, should mark, with suitable testimonials of regard and respect, the event of bis death, so sudden and startling to his friends and to this community, and so much deplored by us all. Descended from one of the most ancient and honored families of Salem, he was always ready and pre- pared, by his accurate and full knowledge of her annals from the earliest days of the Colony, to vindicate her character and good name ; and whether at home or abroad, he was ever steadfast to the traditions, memories, and principles of the place of his birth. Endowed with the most genial qualities, with high executive ability, and with large practical and business capacities, he early sought a fitting sphere for their exercise and developement in the commercial metropolis of the country; and after walking in the high places of commercial life for more than
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thirty years, with varying fortunes and success, but always with honor and integrity, never too busy to foster and cul- tivate the studies aud tastes of his earlier life, or to engage in those works, which in all communities are required and expected at the hands of men of public spirit, and enlarged views, he came back here, but little less than one year ago, to a new generation—to die in his native and beloved town, and to be here gathered to his kindred and fathers. Although suffering from disease and infirmity he was still the same genial companionable and enthusiastic man as ever, in all good words and works, and betook himself at once, with all the zeal of his youth, to the care, culture and growth of this child of his earlier days, as one of the departments and functions of the Institute. How he labored to extend its means and use- fullness, and to enlarge its boundaries; and how he com- mended it to the regards, support and encouragement of our people we are all this day his witnesses. He had performed the same work on a larger scale, many years ago, for the Historical Society of New York, by present- ing with great attractiveness, and in his fervent and glowing manner, its objects and labors to the culture and wealth of that city, thus greatly augmenting its means, and largely aiding it in entering on that career of useful- ness and renown for which it has since been so much distinguished. The hand of our friend and associate was strongly in that earlier work of revival and reconstruction ; and it was only in renewal of similar labors, years before, in the formation of the Essex Historical Society. It is an affecting incident, that his very last days and thoughts were employed in preparing illustrative memorials of the first meeting house of the First Church in Salem (and the first Congregational Church founded on the Western Con- tinent,) the frame of which is now being reérected and covered for preservation on the grounds of the Salem Atheneum, in the rear of Plummer Hall, under the direc- tion of a committee of the Institute, a work which he had undertaken, as a labor of love, and in which he was engaged at the very moment of the fatal attack.
Resolved, That a man of a character so strongly marked as that of our deceased friend, and who has so impressed
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himself in various ways and degrees of usefulness on his day and generation, deserves to be held in honored remembrance ; and we are happy to have it reported to us this evening, that the work of preparing a fitting and just memorial of his life, and character, is entrusted to entirely competent hands, and that in due time, it will be ready for publication in our Historical Collections.
fesolved, That these Resolutions be entered at length on our records, in perpetual remembrance of the respect we bear for the memory of our deceased associate and friend, and of our grief at his death; and that an attested copy thereof be transmitted by the Secretary to the nearest relatives of Mr. Ward.
The acceptance of the resolutions was moved by Rev. G. D. Wildes and seconded by Prof. A. Crosby, and they were unanimously adopted.
Monpay, October 24. Evening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
Letters were read from—
Maine Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications: Prof. 8. F. Baird, of Washington, relating to the ‘‘ Naturalist’s Directory’’: H. L. Ordway, of Ipswich, on the habits of the Canker worm: Albert B. Russell and Theodore Atwill, of Lynn, accepting membership: Department of the Interior, Washington, giving notice of the transmission of books: A. L. Babcock, of Sherborn, relating to exchange of specimens: Dr. A. 8. Pack- ard Jr., of Brunswick, Me ; John W. Young, of Worcester ; Miss Mary H. Coffin, of Newburyport ; S. Lincoln, of Boston; 8. J. Young, Librarian of Bowdoin College ; Joseph Willard, of Boston; Wm. A. Smith, of Worcester, on business matters : James C. Ward, of Northampton, in reply to a com- munication containing the resolutions in memory of his father, the late G. A. Ward, Esq.
I’. W. Putnam exhibited a skeleton of a Green Turtle, which had been prepared from aspecimen lately presented by Francis Peabody, Hsq., and explained the various parts of the skeleton, comparing it with that of a bird. He also spoke of the different sub-orders and families of Turtles as
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characterized by the skeleton, and exhibited a skeleton of the Chelys Matamata from the Amazon, which had been in the possession of the Institute for nearly thirty years, but had only recently been prepared for exhibition.
The Secretary presented, in the name of the Heirs of the late Perley Putnam, an autograph letter of General Lafayette, accepting the invitation to visit Salem in 1824, and made some remarks on the visit of Lafayette to this country in 1824—25.
The request of the “‘ Picture Committee ” of the National Sailor’s Fair, for the loan of the portraits of John Rogers, Andrew LeMercier, Samuel Sewall, William Pinchon, Sam- uel Cooper, Benjamin Colman, Thomas Prince and Edward Holyoke, was referred to the Board of Directors.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. Stated meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair.
F. W. Putnam proposed several amendments to the By- laws, which were adopted.
Solomon Lincoln Jr., of Salem, was elected a Resident Member. Hdward S. Morse of Gorham, Me., and Edwin C. Bolles of Portland, Me., having been nominated by the Directors, were elected Corresponding members.
Monpay, Novemprer 14. Evening meeting. Vice President, A. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. Letters were read from the following:
Minnesota Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications : Major Albert Ordway, 24th Mass. Infantry ; Lt. John S. Allanson, Ist New York Engineers ; Alex. Agassiz, of the Museum of Comp. Zodlogy ; Alpheus Hyatt, of Cambridge, relating to the transmission of specimens: James C. Ward, of Northampton ; E. M. Stone, of Providence, R.I., relating to the transmission of books: Prof. A. 8. Packard, of Brunswick, Me.; J. 8. Lewis, of Batavia, N. Y.; E. S. Morse, of Gorham, Me.; 8. I. Smith, of Norway, Me., in relation to the publications.
F. W. Putnam read a communication from J. A. Allen of
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Springfield, entitled “ Notes on the habits and distribution of the Duck Hawk, or American Peregrine Falcon, in its breeding season, and description of its eggs,” which was referred to the Committee on Publications.
Mr. Putnam presented, in the name of Rev. K. C. Bolles, of Portland, a collection of land and fresh water shells from Maine and New York.
Mr Bolles, who was present by invitation, being called upon, remarked that he felt like little more than a beginner in this department of conchology. He had been attract- ed to the study by the examination of the lingual ribbons of the land mollusks, organs remarkable for their beauty and regular structure, and exhibiting under the micros- cope fine specific characters. As yet there are but a few American students of these shells. In general, people are ignorant of the riches scattered about them in every forest and on every hill side. A snail is only a snail to almost everybody, and the common belief is that there is only one species and that unworthy of a serious man’s attention. In Maine from which most of these specimens were brought, there are fifty species of land and fifty-four of fresh water mollusks. Most of these are forms peculiar to N. America. One, the Achatina lubrica is a cosmopolite, the same in both hemispheres, on islands and on continents. Some are analogues of foreign shells,— not facsimiles, but built on the same general plan. A few were evidently imported—carried by the accidents of commerce, as vermin and weeds have been, to make the grand tour of the globe. The islands of the Maine coast were early colonized. Sometimes old coins and carved stones are discovered there. There is another proof of European visits. The common snails of England still retain their rights of squatter sovereignty upon the soil. These shells have never been found far inland. They testify like the weeds which follow the pioneer to the great tide of nature’s migration.
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These specimens show us another great law of nature. Dissimilar as they are, all their differences lay in simple modifications of a simple type or plan. Beginning with Vitrina there is a loose transparent whorl of organized lime to protect the viscera of the mollusk. Through the flattened Helices to the turretted Achatina this whorl is twisted more or less closely, sculptured or plain, tinted or blanched, elevated or depressed, but in all cases repro- ducing the original plan in its structure. The animal ex- hibited the same fact. Animal and shell must be studied together. Here we begin to realize with what economy the Divine Wisdom worked. Out of a few simple sub- stances and by touches of change almost microscopic in their minuteness the living vesture of the globe is made so various in its beauty and exhaustless in its forms.
The study of the anatomy of these mollusks is ren- dered somewhat difficult by the softness of their bodies. The most wonderful organ is the tongue or lingual membrane,—a rasp by which the creature secures its food. Each tooth of this rasp seems formed of the clearest glass. In some species there are over two thousand of these teeth upon the lingual organs. Under the micro- scope and especially by polarized light they form beautiful objects for examination. Mr. E. 8. Morse, to whom the Natural History of Maine owes so much, has studied this matter scientifically and with fine results.
In short—Nature at our side everywhere offers us the choicest encouragement, whatever our particular tastes. The land repeats the wonders of the sea, and any associa- tion, like the Essex Institute, to study the lessons of both, is an association for mutual enjoyment, education and re- finement in the knowledge of the great Creator.
The donations to the Library and Museum, received since the last meeting, were announced.
Charles Babbidge, of Salem, was elected a Resident Member. .
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Monpay, Novemper 24. Evening meeting. The President in the chair. Letters were read from the following:
Rev. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, Me.; Solomon Lincoln Jr., and Charles Babbidge, accepting Membership : A. 8. Peabody, of Cape Town, Africa ; C. H. Jones, of Sun Prairie, Wisc., relating to the transmission of specimens : A. R. Burton, of Littleton, N. H.; William Muir, of Fox Creek, Mo., relating to exchanges: Rev. James Hubbert, of Toronto, C. W.: Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Cambridge ; Charles W. Felt ; Robert Hamlin, of Bennington, Vt., on business matters.
F. W. Putnam read letters from George C. Huntington, of Kelly’s Island, Ohio, giving an account of the “ Red bug” of that Island, specimens of which were presented to the Institute by Mr. Huntington. Mr. H. stated that the insect was, as far as he could learn, found only on Kelly’s Island. It is called the ‘‘ Red bug” on account of its bright crimson color when living. It is so minute as to be hardly visible to the naked eye, and from its habit of penetrating beneath the skin, at the elbow joint, under the arms and other tender places, is very annoying to per- sons of delicate skin, especially to women and children; of late years however, it has been discovered that alcohol applied to the part affected will kill the insect and allay the eruption caused by it. Whence this insect comes, or where it goes, is still a mystery. They do not propagate while under the skin. In many of its habits it is similar to the “Jigger” of the Southern States, and it is thought by most persons to be the same insect, but by its size and structure this is at once disproved. Mr Put- nam thought that the insect was allied to the Louse (Pediculus) and, as far as he could ascertain, it was as yet undescribed.
William P. Upham. presented in behalf of Mrs. Martha Lee late of Manchester, an old Journal kept by Benjamin Craft during the siege of Louisburg in 1745, with letters
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written by him at that time; also a Journal kept by Hleazer Craft in the Revolutionary war, at the period of the surrender of Burgoyne, which was presented by Mrs. A. H. Trask of Manchester.
After some remarks upon the subject by A. C. Goodell Jr., and Rev. G. D. Wildes, the communication was refer- red to the Committee for publication in the Historical Collections.
The Secretary presented in the name of S. H. Phillips, a portrait of President William H. Harrison, painted by Abel Nichols Jr., of Danvers, who visited North Bend on the Ohio, for this purpose, during the Presidential cam- paign of 1840.
The chair made some remarks upon the events connec- ted with this campaign, and mentioned several incidents illustrative of the character of the late President.
Two very handsome and large specimens of sponge col- lected from the piers of Beverly bridge, in the channel of the river, at about ten feet below low water mark, were presented by Rev. A. B. Rich of Beverly, who stated that these specimens exhibited, in his opinion, the two ex- tremes of the species, as he had other specimens in his collection from the same locality, having intermediate forms.
Mr Putnam spoke of the structure of sponges and the various opinions of Naturalists as to their proper af- finities, some holding them to be plants and others the lowest form of animal life; to the latter opinion he was strongly inclined.
R. 8. Rantoul stated that the War Department had caused surveys to be made for one or two new forts, within the limits of our County. One of these is at Bey- erly and is intended as a part of the defence of Salem Harbor; for this fort the name of “ Hale” would be ap- propriate, in honor of Col. Robert Hale, a distinguished
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citizen of Beverly, in the last century; and if the other should be located in Ipswich, it might be designated “Fort Dennison,” in respect to the memory of Col. John Dennison, formerly one of the most noted personages in that section of the county. On Mr. Rantoul’s motion a committee, consisting of Messrs. Davis, Rich and Tuck, all of Beverly, was appointed to confer with other parties in relation to the naming of the proposed forts, should they be erected.
Mr. Rantoul called attention to the large number of val- uable manuscripts that were daily sent to the paper mills, and trusted that all present would endeavor to rescue as many old papers as possible and have them placed on file at the Institute.
A. C. Goodell Jr., followed Mr. Rantoul, and hoped that all the friends of antiquarian research would endeavor to save the old manuscripts, books, papers, &c., especially those of the Ante-Revolutionary period, from the collec- tors of such articles for the paper manufactories.
G. D. Phippen mentioned that during the past season Mr. C. W. Felt had removed his establishment for the man- ufacture of the Type-setting and Justifying machine to this city. Much interest having been expressed in this machine, which bids fair to change the present mode of composition in the printing office, Mr. Phippen’ moved that a committee be appointed to invite Mr. Felt or his associates to give an account of the machine at some fu- ture meeting of the Institute; Messrs. Huntington, Phip- pen, Goodell and Kimball were appointed on said com- mittee.
James Talant of Concord, N. H., and James Hubbert of Toronto, C. W., having been nominated by the Direc- tors, were duly elected Corresponding Members.
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Wepyespay, DecemBur 7. Special meeting. The President in the chair.
The chair announced that the object of the meeting was to listen to an explanation of the Type-Setting, Justilying and Distributing Machine invented by C. W. Felt of this city, and now in the course of construction at the manu- factory on Bridge street. After some general remarks appertaining to the subject, a general explanation of the machine, and of the purpose of its various parts, and their mode of operation was given by Mr. Wm. G. Choate, and a more detailed description of particular parts of the machine by Mr. John B. Richards, and remarks were made in regard to the invention by Mr. A. C. Goodell, Jr., and Mr. James Kimball.
This machine, as its name imports, sets and justifies type, and also distributes. The setting is done by the manipula- tion of a key board. There are thirty-seven keys for setting the type, one for each letter and character of some one alphabet, or size of type. While other keys touched with the keys of the several letters, turn the letters into any required alphabet, or size of type. Thus there is an italic key, and a capital key, which touched with the key of any letter, turn that letter into a capital or an italic, &c. The mechanism is so arranged as to keep pace with the most rapid compositor. Consequently if the manipulation of a key board is the quickest method of communicating motion intelligently to mechanism, as 1s believed, then this machine will enable a compositor to set types as fast as in the nature of things it can be done. Some idea may be formed of the rapidity with which the machine may be operated from the example of printing telegraphic machines which are operated by a similar key board. Rapid operators can compose on these at the rate of 7500 ems an hour, which is seven and a half times
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as fast as a rapid compositor can set types by the old method. By the use of a certain series of combined letters, cast in single type, which Mr. Felt has invented and which are used in the machine, there will be a further gain of about one-third, thus bringing the capacity of the machine nearly if not quite up to 10,000 ems an hour in the hands ofa quick and skillful operator. Besides setting the type, this machine. spaces and justifies the line, as well, or even better than can be done by hand and also leads the matter. The operation of justifying which print- ers have usually pronounced impossible for machinery to accomplish, and which no other type setting machine does or attempts to do, is performed by the machine automatically, all that the operator does, being to touch a key when his line is full, which transfers the line into the justifying apparatus and puts it in motion. Nor does the justification take the time of the operator. It is performed while he is setting the next line.
Attached to the machine is a register as it is called, which makes a complete record of all the operations of the machine by punching holes in a strip of paper. The use of the register is in résetting and distributing the matter. These strips of paper being placed in the machine, and the machine set in motion, it will automatically set and justify the same matter in the same or a different type at any future time. This will obviate the necessity and save the experse of sterotyping books. The distribution is also automatically performed by means of the register, or it may be effected by the key board, or by nicks in the type.
Besides this machine Mr. Felt has invented several very simple and ingenious applications of the principles of the machine to setting type by hand which will be of great value, especially in small offices, where the large machines will not be required.
On motion of James Kimball it was voted—That the
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thanks of the Institute be presented to Messrs. Choate and Richards for their interesting and instructive remarks and explanations of the machine.
Monpay, Drecemper 12. Evening meeting. The President in the chair Letters were announced from:
New Hampshire Historical Society ; Maine Historical Society ; Massa- chusetts Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publications: A. L. Babcock, of Sherborn and A. B. Burton, of Bethleham, N. H., relating to , exchange of specimens : Dr. Wm. Wood, President of the Portland Society of Natural History ; Lt. J. 8. Allanson, lst New York Engineers ; Prof. S. F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, on business: Rev. Joseph Banvard, of the Worcester Society of Natural History ; Rev. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, Me.; Prof. A. E. Verrill, of Norway, Me.; J. A. Allen, of Cambridge ; W. H. Dall, of Chicago, Ill., relating to the publications.
F. W. Putnam read a letter from William Hoxie, of Newburyport, in which Mr. Hoxie stated that he had found the following birds breeding in Byfield Parish during the past season—~Scolecophagus ferrugineus Sw. (Rusty Blackbird), Myiodioctes canadensis Aud. (Canada Fly-catcher) and <Antrostomus vociferus Bonap. (Whip- poor-will).
George D. Wildes read a memoir of the late Captain William Nichols; of Newburyport, a noted Privateersman during the war of 1812 and one of the most enterprising and daring navigators of that period.
On motion of Mr. Goodell the thanks of the Institute were tendered to Mr. Wildes for his interesting communi- cation, and a copy was requested for publication in the Historical Collections.
Mr. Putnam mentioned that ina collection of Reptiles received from J. A. Allen, of Springfield during the past season, there was a specimen of the Celuta amena B. & G. (Worm Snake). Mr. Allen had for several years past been confident that he had seen this species near Sprine-
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field, but had never been able to secure a specimen be- fore. The only notice of this snake having been found in New England is by Dr. Storer who states, in his “Report on the Reptiles of Massachusetts,” that a single specimen was coilected by Professor Adams in Amherst, Massachusetts. Several authors having doubted the iden- tification of Storer’s specimen, the present one from Mr. Allen places the species beyond doubt in the Massachu- setts fauna. Several specimens of Heterodon platyrhinos Latr. (Hog-nosed Snake, or Blowing Viper) were also in the collection received from Mr. Allen.
Mr. Putnam made some remarks upon the nest of a mouse found in a barberry bush, near Swampscott, and preserted by Edward J. Porter.
A. C. Goodell Jr. mentioned that the course of Lectures on Insects, their habits and structure, by F. W. Putnam, would be delivered under the auspices of the Institute as soon as the necessary number of tickets were subscribed for.
Donations to the museum and library were announced.
W. P. Martin, W. R. Cloutman and E. 8. Attwood, of Salem, were duly elected Resident Members.
Monpay, DecemMBeR 24. Evening meeting.
The President in the chair.
Letters were read from:
Messrs. Silliman & Dana, of New Haven, Conn.; T. A. Cheney, of Havana, N. Y., relating to an exchange of publications : Asst. Surgeon A.S. Packard, jr., 1st Maine Infantry; Alpheus Hyatt, jr., of Cambridge; James G. Ar- nold, Librarian, Worcester Nat. Hist. Soc., in relation to the publications: Edwin Harrison, of Irondale, Mo.; Albert G. Browne, Treasury Department, Reaufort, S. C., relating to the transmission of specimens; G. F. Matthew, of St John, N. B.; G. W. Tryon, jr., of Philadelphia, relating to the Natural- ists’ Directory : Prof. L. Agassiz, Director of Museum, Comp. Zodlogy; W. Bar- ry, Sect’y Chicago Historical Society, acknowledging the receipt of publica- tions: Rey. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, Me.; W. A. Nason, of Chicago, Ill.; W.
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H. Dall, of Chicago, Ill.; B. Q. Peirce, of Beverly; R. Kennicott, Sect’y, Chi- eago Acad. Nat. Science ; Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin, of Halifax, N. 8.; W. A. Smith, of Worcester; N. Paine, of Worcester, on general business.
F. W. Putnam read a communication from D. M. Balch, “On Native Grapes.” In this paper Mr. Balch gives the results of his analyses of the following varieties of grapes grown in this vicinity, viz: the Delaware, Hartford Pro- lific, Concord, Adirondac, Allen’s Hybrid, Union Village, Clinton, Alvey (Hagar), Franklin, Rogers’ Hybrids Nos. 1, Seed, lon oy 22, 30 ao, and. 4
From these analyses, native grapes would seem to be divided into three classes: Ist, those in which the propor- tion of acid and sugar are well balanced, as the Delaware, Rogers’ Nos. 4 and 15, Allen’s Hybrid, &c.; these should make good wine. 2d, those in which the acid is deficient, asin the Adirondac, Hartford, &c. 3d, those in which the great excess of acid overpowers all else, and renders the fruit nearly uneatable ; such are the Clinton, Franklin, &c. The paper also contained several important practical remarks upon the culture of the grape in our climate. On motion of Mr. Putnam the communication was referred to the Publication Committee. -
Mr. Putnam stated that, since the last meeting, he had ascertained that Mr. Samuels, in his report on the Mammals of Mass., mentioned that the White-footed, or Deer Mouse, Hesperomys leucopus, builds its nest in bushes, and he therefore presumes that the nest presented at the last meeting by E. J. Porter, was that of this species of mouse. In reply to a question from the chair, Mr. Putnam gave a brief account of the winter nests of the Musk Rats.
Charles Davis, in behalf of the committee appointed at a previous meeting, submitted a report containing the rec- ommendation of the Selectmen of Beverly, that the Fort which the Government proposed to erect in Beverly, be called Fort Hale, in memory of Col. Robert Hale, formerly of Beverly, which was adcpted.
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Mr. Davis exhibited a fragment of the shell fired from the “Alabama” into the “ Kearsarge,” and which wounded three men on board the latter steamer ; also the only piece of the “ Alabama” remaining above water, and which was taken from the leg of one of the crew of the “ Alabama” by Sur- geon’s Steward G. A. Tittle of the “ Kearsarge,” a citizen of Beverly.
Donations to the Library and Museum were announced.
James P. Kimball, of New York and Felipe Poey, of Ha- vana, Cuba, having been nominated by the Directors were elected Corresponding Members.
Miss Susan T. Boynton, of Lynn and Henry W. Putnam, of Salem, were elected Resident Members.
Additions to the Museum and Library during October, November, and December, 1864.
TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. BY DONATION.
AuLanson, Lieut J. 8., Ist. N. Y. Engineers. Lignite from the Dutch Gap Canal.
Barker, Georce. Skin of a Coot from Lake Cupsuptic, Me.
Barrett, Miss, of South Danvers. Salamander, Hair Worms, and two Insects from South Danvers.
Bouies, Rey. Epwin C., of Portland, Me. 44 specimens, 25 species of Insects and Spiders from Portland, Me., and Mohawk, N. Y. 43 species of New England Land and Fresh water Shells.
Brown Jr., Beys. 12 specimens, 11 species native Insects.
Brown, Dantet. Fresh specimen of Blue Heron, Ardea herodias Linn.
Datu, W. H., of Chicago. 9 specimens of Reptiles from the vicinity of Lake Goodwin, Marquette Co., Mich. :
Day, ALBERT. Specimen of Scorpion.
Everton, JAMES H. 87 specimens of native Insects.
Everton, Epurarm. A Lizard enclosed in copal.
Euuerton, W. H. Specimen of Sphinx taken in Salem.
Hare, Henry. Specimen of Blue Sulphuret ‘of Iron, from which me- talic paint is made.
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Harrison, Epwin, of Irondale, Mo. Specimen of the Walking Fern, Camptosarus rhizophyllus from Irondale, Mo. Haske, Josaua P., of Marblehead. Cases of Worms resembling the shells of helix from Wenham Pond. 46 species of native Shells. Hearn, Joun. A Birds’ nest from Marlboro, Mass. Horton, N. A. <A specimen of very thin veneer. Ives, Joun M. Fresh specimen of Bittern, Botawrus lentiginosus. Jituson, §., of Feltonville. Part of a skeleton of a Bald Kagle. Jones, C. H., of Sun Prairie, Dane Co., Wise. <A collection of 130 Fishes from Madison 4th Lake, Wise. Kaweazt, Ep. D. Crown Crane, Balearica pavonina, from W. Africa. Laxe. Cuas. H., Mass Vols. <A ‘‘ Green Rose’’ from Little Rock, Ark. Lanper, Miss E.R. Specimen of Lead from West Hampton, Mass. Larrasper, H. L. 4 specimens of the Silver-side, Atherina notata captured under Beverly Bridge. : Lerayor, Joseru. Fresh specimen of a Woodchuck found in Salem. Matoon, Wu. Hornets’ nest. Museum or Compartive Zootocy, Cambridge. 40 Specimens, 30 species of Fishes from Singapore, collected by Capt. W. H. A. Putnam. -Nenson, Sytyanus, of Georgetown, Mass. Fossils from Rock river, INEGY? Norris, Cuas. H. Mud Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, from Salem. Oscoop, Carr. Cuaries. Eges of Pyrula from Coast of Brazil. Oscoop, Joun C. Specimen of Crystalized Salt from Atlantic Salt Company’s Works, Bay City, Michigan. Puasopy, A. S., of Cape Town, Africa. 2 specimens of Callorhynchus antarctica from South Africa. Prapopy, Francis. Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas. Purepen, G. D. 12 specimens, 4 species Insects from Salem. Porter, Ep. J. Nest of the White-footed Mouse, Hesperomys leucopus , found in a barberry bush in Swampscott. Purnam, Cuas. A. 6 specimens of Frost Fish Morrhua pruinosa, from North River. 30 specimens of Unzo complanatus from Spring Pond. Purnam. F. W. Eggs of the Sheldrake, Merganser, and Black Duck, from Oxford Co., Me. Ricu, Rey. A. B., of Beverly. Two large and handsome specimens of Sponge from the piers of Beverly Bridge. SAFFORD, JosHUA. Ore from the Hecksher Coal Mine. Samvuets, H. A., of Boston. Egg of Fish Hawk, Pandion carolinensis Bonap., from Maine. Sanporn, Francis G., of Boston. 227 specimens, 69 species of Spiders collected in Massachusetts. Sure, James G., of Woburn. 73 specimens, 14 species of Insects from Newbern, N. C.
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Topp, Mrs. Joun E. A. Native Silver from Copiapo, Chilli.
Tracy, C.M., of Lynn. 2 specimens of Desmocerus palhatus, male and female. Butcher Bird, Collyrio borealis, from Lynn.
Wueatitanp, Henry. Skull of a Musk Deer. Collection of Flower seeds from California.
WueatLanp, Capt. Ricuarp. Specimen of Tobacco grown in Salem.
BY EXCHANGE.
Bascock, Amory L., of Sherborn, Mass. 45 Skulls, mostly of native birds. Part of skeleton of a Cannibal fish from Surinam. Several Minerals from Kansas. Insects and Spiders from Sherborn.
Pacxarp Jr., Dr. A. S., Brunswick, Me. Skulls of Seal, Esquimaux Dog, Black Bear and Squirrel, 13 specimens, 8 species of Fishes, 1 Frog, 16 species of Crustaceans, 200 specimens, 60 species Fossil Shells from the drift, 15 specimens, 3 species dried Echinoderms, from Labrador.
TO THE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT. BY DONATION.
Autanson, Lr. J. S., Ist N. Y. Engineers, Bermuda Hundreds. Fossil Wood from Dutch Gap Canal.
Anprews, Wu. P. A piece of one of the timbers of the oldest house in America, St. Augustine, Fla. Shells from Fort Wagner.
Brack, Ensicy Natu. W., of the gunboat ‘‘ Mahaska.’’ Rebel Tor- pedo from St. John’s River, near Jacksonville, Fla.
Boutzs, Rey. Epwiy C., of Portland, Me. Rebel Envelopes. Several Postage Stamps, Foreign and American.
Brooxs, Henry M. 7 City Checks for 5—25 cents from N.Y. & N. J.
Browne, Aupert G., of Beaufort, S$. C. Lime blocks from the oldest house in America, St. Augustin, Fla.
CLourman, Wu. R. A Pike taken from the Chinese rebels by Gen. Ward. Japanese Custom House Receipt. Chinese Coin. East Indian Copper Coin.
Danon, , of Marshfield, Mass. Piece of Shell from the ‘‘ Tennes- see’’. Piece of Wood from the stern post of the ‘‘ Brooklyn.”
Davis, Cuas., of Beverly. Photographs of the new Chapel of the Baptist Society in Beverly and of the first Pastor of the society.
Emerton, J. H. Cincinnati Token. Chinese Cash.
Exmito, Capr. Lours. Several Fuses of different kinds.
Fry, Two Spindles from the railing on the top of a pew in the old East Church, built in 1718.
Minter, Frep. L., Ass’t. Eng. U.S. 8S. Kearsarge. A piece of the shell fired by the ‘‘ Alabama,’’ and which wounded three men on board the ‘‘ Kearsarge.”’
Orpway, Masor ALBert, 24th Mass., Infantry. 245 Foreign and American Coins.
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Perkins, Gro. Spoon made of bone by an American prisoner con- fined in Dartmoor prison during the war of 1812.
Puitirrs, 8. H. Portrait of W. H. Harrison, painted by Abel Nichols of Danvers.
Pournamu, Cart. W.H. A. Native Sword from Java.
Roprs, Natu., of Cincinnati, Ohio. 250 specimens, 108 kinds of Western Tokens.
Rorss, Truorny. Image from ancient Thebes.
SuitH, Warren A. Confederate 10 cts. Postage Stamp.
Stone, Rey. Epwrn M., of Providence, R. J. A portion of the Cotton from the bale on which David Crowley of Providence floated and was saved from the burning ‘‘ Lexington’? Jan. 13, 1840.
TREADWELL. Capt. W. A., 14th N. Y. Artillery. Confederate Pass taken from the body of Lt. J. B. Gayle, C. 8. A., killed at Spottsylvania, C. H., May 14, 1864. Spur from the boot ofa rebel killed at Bull Run.
Wueatitanp, H. Two antique Powder Horns.
TO THE LIBRARY. BY DONATION.
Brices, WituiamM. Dedication of Forest Dale Cemetery, pamph. 8yo, Holyoke, 1862. 2d An. Rep. of New England Freedman’s Aid Society, pamph. 8vo, Boston, 1864.
Brooxs, Henry M. Roscobel, or the compleat history of the most miraculous preservation of Charles u., 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1725. An. Rep. of Adj. Gen. of Mass., pamph. 8vo, Boston, 1862. Ash’s Gram- matical Institutes, 1 vol., 16mo, Worcester, 1785. Boston Almanac 1861, 1 vol., 16mo. Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, several numbers. The Hive, vol. 1, 16mo, Salem, 1828—9. 22 Pamphlets.
Cuasr, George C. Friend’s Review, 20 Nos., Philadelphia, 1864.
Davis, CHarizs, of Beverly. The Alabama and the Kearsarge by F. M. Edge, 8vo, pamph., London, 1864.
Drowns, Cuartes, of Troy, N. Y. Annual Register of the Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1864-5, Ist term, 8vo, pamph., Troy, 1864.
Farnum, Josepu. The Brunonian, edited by Students of Brown Uni- versity, 1 vol., 8vo, Providence, 1831.
Gitpin, J. B., of Halifax, N.S. Bernard’s Lecture on the Sable, Darby’s wreck of the Arno, &ec., 12mo, Halifax. 1858. Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, vol. 1, pt. 1, and vol., i, pt. 1, 8vo, Halifax, 1863-4.
Green, Samuen A., of Boston. Radicalism in Religion, Philosophy and Social life, four papers from Boston Courier, 1 vol., 12mo, Boston, 1855. Catalogue of Lawrence Academy, Groton, 8vo, pamph., 1864.
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Correspondence between Webster and Hulseman, Syo, pamph., London, 1851. 71 Pamphlets.
Ives, Henry P. Trial of the Murderers of Mr. White, 8vo, pamph., Salem, 1830.
Kizgy, Wittiam H., of Eastport, Me. Annual Report Adj. Gen. of Maine, for 1863, 8vo, 1 vol., Augusta, 1863.
Kiye, Henry F. Hayden’s Science and Revelation, 1 vol., 12mo, Boston, 1852. Barrett, the Golden Reed, 1 vol., 12mo, New York, 1855. Wilkinson on War, Cholera, and the Ministry of Health, 1 vol., Svo, Boston, 1855. A Portrait of Swedenborg, &c., 8vo, pamph., Boston, 1854.
Kiye, Miss Sarau, of Danvers. Tull’s Husbandry, 1 vol., 8vo, London, 1750. The Gentleman’s Jockey, 1 vol., 8vo, London, 1683. Bulkeley and Cummin’s yoyage to the South Seas, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1757. Alingham’s Geometry, 1 vol., 12mo, London, 1714. United States Register for 1795, 1 vol.; 16mo, Philadelphia, 1794. Salem Gazette for 1799, 1801, 1802, 3 vols., fol.
LanewortHy, I. P., of Boston. 43d, 48th, 49th, An. Rep. of Ameri- can Tract Society, 8vo, pamph., Boston. American and Foreign Chris- tian Union 32 Nos, and 64 Nos of the Christian World.
Lorp, N. J. Files of the Boston Daily Post for June, July, August and September, 1864.
Massacuusetts—Sect’y or State. Massachusetts Public Documents for 1863, 4 vols., 8vo. Report of Ship Canal, 1864, 1 vol., 8vo. 2Ist Registration Report of Mass., 1 vol., 8vo. Adj. Gen. Report, Mass., 1863, 1 vol., 8yo.
Nicnots, Jonn H. Several papers printed at Charleston, 8. C., dur- ing the year 1864.
OpELL, Cartes. Collection of Almanacs.
Satem, Ciry. 277 Pamphlets,—principally Town Reports.
Stptey, Joun L., of Cambridge. Catalogue of Harvard University, 1864-5, 12 mo, pamphlet.
Smatu, Mrs., Natu’t., of Pembroke. Perin’s Meditations, 1 vol., 16mo, Boston, 1709.
Sparks, Jarep, of Cambridge. Life of John Ledyard, by J. Sparks, 1 yol., 12mo, Boston, 1864.
Stickney, M. A. 40 Pamphlets. Introduction to Latin Grammar, lvol., 12mo. Exeter, 1794.
Srory, Aucustus. Herald of Freedom, Railway Times and The Inde- pendent, files for several years. 24 Pamphlets.
Tucker, JonatHan. A collection of Manuscripts from the estate of the late G. Tucker.
Upton, James. Littell’s Living Age, vols., 24, 25, and 26, 3d series, 8yo, Boston, 1864.
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Unrrep Stares—DerarrMent or tHe {nrerior. Reports of the Pacific Railroad, vols. x and x1. 4to. Japan Expedition Report, vols. 11 and ir. 4to.
Vatentine, B. EK. Catalogue of Haverford College, 1864-5, pamph., 12mo, Philadelphia.
Warp, Cuartes. Journal of Commerce Jr., files for July, August, . September and October, 1864.
Warp, James C., of Northampton. The Journal and Letters of Samuel Curwen, edited by George A. Ward, 4th ed., 1 vol., 8vo, Boston, 1864.
Winpes, James H., of San Francisco, Cal. Maps of the Public Surveys of California and Nevada, 1863.
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Aupany Instituts. Transactions, vol. 1v, 8vo, Albany, 1858-64. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of the Useful Arts, vol. rv, pt. 11, 8vo, Albany, 1819.
American ACADEMY oF ARTS AND Sciences. Proceedings, vol. v1, pages 97 to 340 inclusive.
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL AND SravisticaL Sociery. Proceedings, vol. 11, Nos. 3 and 4, 8vo, pamph., New York, 1864. :
Canapian Institute. The Canadian Journal for Sept. and Noy. 1864.
DartmourH CoLiece Lisrary. Catalogue of Dartmouth College, 1864-5, 8vo, pamph.
Eprrors. The American, Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1864, Salem.
Kssex Banner, Haverhill, Mass. Florida Union, Jacksonville, Fla. Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette.
Historical Magazine, New York. Lawrence (Mass.) American.
Lynn Weekly Reporter.
Salem Observer.
South Danvers Wizard.
The Palmetto Herald, Port Royal, S. C. The Reader, London, England. Tuclumne Courier, Columbia, Tuolumne Co., California.
Gruman, D. C., Librarian of Yale College. Catalogue of Yale College, 1864-5, 8vo, pamph., New Haven, 1864.
Harvarp Coitece Lisrary. 130 Pamphlets, principally relating to the various New England colleges.
Harvarp Coiitecr Opservatory. Safford on the Right Ascension of the Pole Star, 8vo, pamph., Cambridge, 1864.
Towa Strate Historican Socrzery. Annals of Iowa for October, 1864, 8yo, pamph.
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Massacuvuserts Hisrorican Socrery. Proceedings, 1863-4, 1 vol., 8vo, Boston, 1864.
Massacutsetts InstrrurE or Trecunonocy. Scope and Plan of the School of Industrial Science, 8vo, pamph., Boston, 1864.
Missocrr State Horricutruran Society. Proceedings at Ann, Meet- ing, January, 1864, 8vo, pamph. Proceedings of Missouri Fruit Grow- ers’ Association, for 1859, 8vo, pamph.
Montreat Society or Naturat History. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist for October, 1864.
New Hampsuire Historican Soctery. Collections, vol. vir, 8vyo, Con- cord, 1863.
PuinapELpHiaA Acapemy or NatursaL Screxcr. Proceedings, Sept. and October, 1864, 8vo, pamph.
PortLanp Soctery or Naturat Hisrory. Journal Vol. 1, No. 1, 8vo, pampk. Proceedings, Vol, 1, pages 97 to 128 inclusive.
Provipence ATHENeUM. 29th Ann. Report, Sept. 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Pusuisuers. North American Review, Oct. 1864.
Ruope Istanp Hisroricat Sociery. One hundred and fifty pamphlets.
Youne, Srepuen J., Librarian of Bowdoin College. 10th Ann. Rep, of the Schools in Maine, 8vo, pamph. Ann. Rep. of Adj. Gen. ef Maine, for years ending Dec. i861, and Dec. 1863, 2 vols., 8vo. The Bowdoin Bugle, No. xu, Noy. 1864. 12 Pamphlets relating to Bowdoin College.
ZoOSLoGIscHE GESELLSCHAFT, Frankeurt, 4. M. Der Zodlogische Gar- ten, Vol. vy, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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Draper’s History of Spencer, 1 vol., 8vo, Worcester, 1860. Lincoln’s His- tory of Worcester with Hersey’s Continuation, 1 vol. 8vo, Worcester, 1862. Meade’s Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. 8vo,
‘Philadelphia, 1857. Sewall’s Ancient Dominions of Me., 1 vol. 8vo, Bath,
1859. Moore’s Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachu- setts Bay, 1 vol., 8vo, Boston, 1851. Thayer’s Family Memorial, parts 1 and 2, 1 vol., Hingham, 1835. Plumer’s Life of William Plumer, 1 vol., 8vo, Boston, 1857. Adams, John, The Works of, with a Life of the au- thor, Notes, &c., by C. F. Adams, 10 vols. 8vyo, Boston, 1850-6. Vallan- digham, C. L., The Trial by a Military Commission, 1 vol., vo, Cincin- nati, 1863. Field’s Centennial Address and Historical Sketches, 1 vol., 12mo, Middletown, 1853. Millet’s History of the Baptists in Maine, 1 vol. i2mo, Portland, 1845, Westeott’s Life of John Fitch, 1 vol., 12mo, Philadelphia, 1857. Brick Church Memorial, 1 vol. 8vo, New York, 1861. Woodworth’s Reminiscences of Troy from its Settlement in 1790 to 1807, 8yo, lL vol., Albany, 1860. Barne’s Settlement and Early History of Albany, 1 vol. 8vo, Albany, 1864. Humphrey’s Life of Putnam, 1 vol., 12mo, Hartford, 1850. Hopkins, The Patriot’s Manual, 1 vol. 12mo, Utica, 1828.
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Monpay, January 9. Regular meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair. Letters were read from:
E. $. Atwood of Salem; James S. Tallant of Concord, N. H., ac- cepting membership: J. W. Young of Worcester, relating to one! pub- lications: IL. C. Draper, Sec’y Wisconsin Historical Society; E. T. Cresson, Sec’y, Entomological Society of Philadelphia; W.H. Dall of Chicago, Ill.; J. E. Arnold, Libr., Worcester Society of Natural His- tory; W.C. H. Waddell of the American Geogr. and Statistical So- ciety ; B. Westermann, & Co.; James E. Oliver of Lynn; Waldo Hig- ginson of Boston, on Business.
F. W. Putnam exhibited several colored drawings by Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin of Halifax, N.S
One of these was a winter scene, representing a moose feeding on the tender twigs of a young tree which it had pushed over for the purpose, by straddling the tree with its fore legs, bearing on it with its chest. “Another draw- ing was probably that of an undescribed species of Trout from Nova Scotia. The remaining were figures of the “Nurse” or “ Sleeper Shark,” Somniosus brevipinna Le Su., taken froma specimen captured in seventy fathoms of water on Sambro Banks, and brought to Halifax in the winter of 1862-5. The specimen was eleven feet three inches in length. In the manuscript accompanying the drawings, Dr. Gilpin describes the stomach, small and large intestines of this shark as being formed of one large sim- ple gut from the mouth to the anus, with hardly percepti- ble differences in the various parts. He also mentions that there was a single coecal appendage. This shark is said to inhabit deep water, never appearing on the surface, and its habits are so sluggish as to allow of its being often captured witha cod line. The fishermen speak of it as vo- racious, and, at some seasons, troublesome about their nets. Dr. Gilpin also remarks upon the inaccuracy of the published figures, of this species, by Le Sueur, DeKay and Yarreil
Mr. Putnam spoke of the importance and great value of such figures and observations as those made by Dr. Gilpin,
and called attention to the articles on the habits of the
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Herring by Dr. Gilpin, published in the Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science.
Rev. G. D. Wildes presented, in the name of Mrs. John Forrester, a Chinese visiting card of the late D. Fletcher Webster Esq., used while Secretary of the American Em- bassy at China. Also a Hindostanee Poem, written on Palm leaves and supposed to be five hundred years old.
Donations to the Library and Museum were announced.
Daniel H. Mansfield, Charles Odell, and Charles B. Fow- ler, of Salem, were elected Resident Members.
Monpay, January 23. Regular meeting. The President in the chair.
Letters were read from:
E. S$. Morse of Gorham, Me., accepting. Membership; Hiram A. Cutting of Lunenberg, Vt.; William Wood & Co.of New York; A. Mather of Philadelphia, in relation to the publications: J. A. Allen of Cambridge; R. Kennicott, Curator, Chicago Acad. of Sciences; E. T. Cresson, Sec’y, Entomological Society of Philadelphia; C. W. Felt; C. P. Preston of Danvers; Wm. Prescott of Concord, N. H.,. on business.
Rev. G. D. Wildes presented, in the name of Elijah Haskell, an old Spanish spear head and a gun lock, which were found in the Castle of San Juan d’ Ulloa, Mexico: also the eggs of Pyrula from the Delaware Breakwater.
Donations to the Library and Museum were announced.
The President, after some appropriate remarks on the life,character and public services of the late Edward Ev- erett, submitted the following resolutions:
Resolved. 'That we desire to express, and to place upon our records, in perpetual remembrance, our profound ad- miration and respect for the life and character of the Honorable Epwarp Everett, a Corresponding Member of the Essex Institute, and to join in the tributes, every- where so justly and in such large measure paid to his memory, his worth, and his deeds, as the great American Scholar, Orator, Statesman and Patriot, and our most illustrious citizen.
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A. letter from the Hon. C. W. Upham, was read by the President as follows :
Salem, Jan. 23, 1865.
Hon. Asahel Huntington,
President of the Essex Institute. Dear Sir:
It is eminently proper for every literary and scientific association to participate in the honors paid to the memory of Epwarp Evererr. I regret not to be able to be present at the meeting this evening.
An uninterrupted friendship, covering a period of more than forty years, frequent and long continued correspon- dence, and much personal intimacy, have given me oppor- tunity to judge of his character. I can say, with the strict- est truth, that every word of encomium in the various forms in which the universal public sentiment has been expressed on the occasion of his death, finds full support in my impressions and recollections. In the combination of his natural endowments, the circumstances of his edu- cation and history, and the uses to which he put his great faculties and advantages, he has always appeared to me without a parallel.
The warmth and tenderness of his heart, his devotion to offices of benevolence, and his calm moral courage, are the traits which ever most arrested my attention. He often encountered vehement hostility, and the tide of popular misunderstanding and misrepresentation some- times threatened to overwhelm him, but he kept on his way patiently and quietly, never yielded to its power, or veered from the course marked out by his convictions of duty.
He has been the great teacher of his countrymen of two generations, constantly pouring forth from his won- derful resources of knowledge and genius, the most useful information and the noblest sentiments. An elevating influence has pervaded all the productions of his pen, and inspired his eloquence. He has pushed forward the intelligence, and stimulated the progress of society stead- ily for more than half a century. If his unrecorded acts of courtesy, kindness, and usefulness in the daily routine,
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and ordinary course of life should be made known by those who have experienced them, they would equal in amount the extraordinary accumulation of his public Jabors. No one, however humble, ever addressed him for information without receiving a prompt and consid- erate reply, no one ever sought his aid without receiv- ing evidence of his kind endeavor to serve him. He was faithful, punctual, and true to every opportunity of usefulness.
The collection of his Orations and Addresses, when completed, will be found to possess the elements of value and interest that will secure for them a permanent place in the highest department of the literature of the language. They embrace a wider circle of knowledge and a greater variety of subjects, ina style of elegance, accuracy, and polish, than any other work, and will stand the test of time.
His career justifies, and his classic grace and dignity of countenance and mien would peculiarly adorn the most costly monument that a grateful people can rear. All © coming generations ought to be enabled to behold the features and form of the American, who has wrought out, by a life of industry, duty and virtue, the most finished model of culture and civilization.
If a portion of the contribution, which wealth and pa- triotism are about to make to this object, could be ex- pended in giving to the public, in a beautiful form, and at a cost within the means of the great body of the people, a full collection of his productions, of all kinds,—from his first academic efforts to his last expiring strains, pleading the cause of country and Christian charity in Faneuil Hall,—it would indeed be the grandest monument, and render his usefulness perpetual.
Yours, very truly, CHARLES W. UPHAM.
Resolved. That the letter of Mr. Upham be entered at length upon the records, and that we cordially concur in its sentiments and estimation of the life and character of Mr. Everett.
Resolved. That an attested copy of these proceedings
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be transmitted by the Secretary, to the family of Mr. Everett. Rev. G. D. Wildes seconded the resolutions with ap- propriate remarks, and they were unanimously adopted. Francis C. Webster of Salem, was elected a Resident Member.
Monpay, Fepruary 6. Regular meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair.
Letters were read from:
Massachusetts Historical Society; Natural History Society of New Brunswick; Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science; Corporation of Brown University, acknowledging receipt of publications: Prof. A. E. Verrill of New Haven, Ct.; W. H. Dall, of Chicago, Ill.; Thomas R. Drowne; James L. Oliver of Lynn; C. W. Felt; J. Colburn of Boston; S. D. Bell of Manchester, N.H., on business: J. A. Allen of Cam- bridge; Trubner & Co. of London, relating to the publications: W. W. Stuart of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, on the exchange of specimens: Rey. E. C. Bolles of Portland, Me., transmitting spec- imens: Prof. Theo. Gill, Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, giv- ing the particulars of the destruction by fire of a portion of the Smith- sonian Institution: Franklin B. Hough of Albany, N. Y.; Prof. D. C. Eaton of -Yale College, relating to the Naturalists’ Directory: William Endicott of Shanghae, China, accepting Membership: Mrs. Mary H. Nichols, presenting a portrait of her late husband, Dr. Andrew Nich- ols: William Everett of Boston, in reply to a communication contain- ing the resolutions passed at the last meeting of the Institute in memory of his father.
Dr. H. Wheatland gave a brief account of the life and services of Dr. A. Nichols, who was one of the pioneers in the study of Natural History, in this vicinity ; follow- ing immediately in the steps of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Cutler of Hamilton. His example and precept have done much for the promotion of those objects which we now possess and enjoy. He was active in the organization of the Essex County Natural History Society, and for the first twelve years its President. It is well, occasionally, to look back upon the days of our infancy, and call to_
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mind those who have laid the ground work of the opera- tions of the present day.
Messrs. J. M. Ives and F. W. Putnam, alluded to the various discoveries made by Dr. Nichols in local Natural History.
F, W. Putnam announced the donation of one hundred and thirty-five copies of “The Victoria Regia, or the Great Water Lily of America, by John Fisk Allen,” from the author. This work was published in 1854. It is a folio, and contains sixteen pages of text, and six plates repre- senting the flower of natural size, in several stages of its growth, the structure of the leaf, and the young plant. The Institute, is, by this donation, in possession of all the remaining copies of the edition, and the only source whence the work can be obtained. On motion of Mr. Putnam, it was
Voted. That the copies of the “ Victoria Regia,’ do- nated by Mr. Allen, be sold at a price not less than ten dollars per copy, or exchanged for works, equal in value, on Natural History and Horticulture, and that all monies received from this source be expended in the purchase of works on Natural History and Horticulture ; and that all books received as above be placed in the Library of the Institute as donations from Mr. Allen.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced.
Albert J. Lowd, Thomas R. Drowne and Benjamin Pear- son, of Salem, were elected Resident Members. Winslow Lewis of Boston, was elected a Corresponding Member.
Monpay, Frpruary 8. Quarterly meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair. The following amendments to the By-Laws were adopted.
Cuaprer I. The following to be added: “ Provided, however, that any member may, in lieu of the annual as- sessment, pay the sum of thirty dollars to be added to
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the funds of the Institute, the annual interest thereof to be considered as the payment of the annual assessment of said member.”
Cuaprer LV. Lines 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th to be changed so as to read; “ No specimen shall be taken from the rooms except by permission of the Committee of the Department to which it belongs, upon a written application made to the Secretary or Superintendent.”
Amos Noyes of Newburyport, John Kinsman, Freder- ick Lamson of Salem, were elected Resident Members. James C. Ward of Northampton, was elected a Corres- ponding Member.
Monpay, Frrruary 20. Regular meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair.
Letters were read from:
Prof. F. Poey of Havana ; Messrs. Triibner & Co. of London ; Prof. A. KE. Verrill of Yale College; J. A. Allen of Cambridge, relating to the publications : R. Kennicott, Curator, Chicago Acad. Nat. Science ; Lt. Col. Ordway, Bermuda Hundred, Va. ; A. L. Babcock of Sherborn, notice of the transmission of specimens: Prof. Poey of Havana ; Dr. Winslow Lewis of Boston ; F.C. Webster, accepting membership : Lyceum of Natural History of New York ; Mass. Historical Society; Boston Society of Natural History, acknowledging the receipt of publications: New York Chamber of Commerce, giving notice of the transmission of books : N. Bouton of Concord, N. H., in reply to questions respecting the Re- cords of the Conventions, at Exeter, 1774—’75: Dr.S. A. Green of Boston, J.S. Appleton of Boston, on business: H. G. Jones, Corresp. Sec’t. Penn. Historical Society,’relating to the exchange of publications of the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Putnam read a communication from J. A. Allen, entitled, ‘“ Notice of a Foray of a colony of Formica san- guinea Latr, upon a colony of a black species of Formica for the purpose of making slaves of the latter.” Referred to the Publication Committee.
F. W. Putnam madea few remarks upon the develop- ment of the fins of fishes, and the subsequent absorption of certain fins in some species.
He had lately examined young specimens of Achirus lin- eatus Cuv., and had discovered that they possessed pecto- yal fins, which were situated very near the opercular openings and composed of four well developed rays. In two specimens, which were nearly three inches in length, the pectorals were perfectly developed, except on the left side of one specimen where no fin could be traced. In another specimen, about four inches in length, both pec- torals were present. A number of larger specimens were without pectoral fins which has been considered as the normal condition ot the species of the genus Achirus.
Donations to the Library and Museum were announced. Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to Tuesday ev- ening next.
Turspay, Fesruary 28. Adjourned meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair.
Hon. C. W. Upham read an interesting memoir of our late esteemed member, Grorce. A. Warp. On motion of Dr. Wheatland, it was
Voted. That the thanks of the Institute be tendered to Mr. Upham for the highly interesting and valuable memoir of the life, character and services of our late member, George A. Ward, and that a copy be placed at the disposal of the Publication Committee for publication in the “ His- torical Collections.”
Monpay, Marcu 6. Regular meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair. Letters were read from:
The Department of the Interior, giving notice of the transmission of twenty-eight volumes of Public Documents: $8. P. Fowler of Danvers- port ; N. Brown of Boston, relating to the publications; Natural His- tory Society of New Brunswick, acknowledging the receipt of publica- tions: T. A. Cheney of Havana, N. Y., relating to an exchange of pub- lications: Prof. James Hall of Albany, N. Y., offering to complete the Institute’s set of the Reports on the New York State Cabinet: W. W. Burrage of Boston, relating to the printing of Reports of the Classes
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of Harvard University ; H. W. Putnam, City Point, Va.; William L. Welch, notice of transmission of specimens and photographs: Messrs. Hartman & Laich of Cincinnati, Ohio, on business.
Captain N. E. Atwood of Provincetown, being present, was called upon by the chair and gave an interesting ac- _ count of several species of native fishes as observed by him—
The Cod fish of the Eastern coast of the United States is not an inhabitant of the waters south of Cape Hatteras ; that cape being the southern limit. of the species. The northern limit he could not state, though it was certainly far north of the Straits of Belle Isle. In regard to the Cod, on our eastern coast, being of one, two, or three spe- cies, he could not, as yet, decide, but judging from their habits alone there might be three species, and it was his greatest desire to devote the rest of his life to the solving of this and similar problems in ichthyology, which can only be done by a person spending a length of time at each of the fishing grounds on the coast; carefully col- lecting facts, examining and comparing a large number of specimens from each place. At present, all he could say was, that there was a great and constant variation in the habits and size of the Cod from the various fishing grounds on the coast. The Cod taken by troll lines in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence are much larger than those from any other place, while those taken by the hand lines are quite small. The largest Cod he had ever seen weighed one hundred and one-half pounds, and this specimen was taken near Provincetown. He had heard of others that were supposed to have weighed from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy-five pounds, which had been cap- tured in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the shore. On the coast of Labrador, he had never seen a Cod that would weigh twenty-five pounds; larger specimens, how- ever, were taken on the small banks in the Straits of Belle Isle, five miles and upwards from the shore, and on George’s Bank the fish caught with hand Imes average larger than from other localities.
Mackerel come into Provincetown harbor in the spring as early as the 15th of May, all of full size and with spawn,
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and are then known as large No. 3’s. By the 28th of May the spawn is fully developed, and deposited by the first of June. About the first of July young Mackerel, not more than two and one-half inches in length, are abundant in the Bay. These young Mackerel, in the latter part of Oc- tober, are about six inches in length, and he has caught and packed and sold them as “ No.4 Mackerel.” They leave the coast earlier in Autumn than the older ones. The large Mackerel, which appear first, as before stated, are followed by the arrival of small ones, on our coast north of Cape Cod about the 15th of June. These are known in the market as “ Blinks,” and are from last year’s eggs. “ Tink- ers,” are of two years growth; “ Half-Size,” are three years old, those older are called “Large ones.” When Mackerel ar- rive on the coast, being lean, they are all designated as “ No. 3’s,” but as they feed and improve in condition they are called “ No. 2’s,” and when fat, are marked “ No. 1,” pro- vided that they are thirteen inches long: but if less than thirteen and over eleven, then they are “No. 2’s” if fat; all under eleven inches are marked as “small No. 3’s,” whether fat or poor. Adult Mackerel of four years, or more, are the only ones which spawn on our coast, and they will not take the hook until they have deposited their spawn, when they become lean and voracious. Formerly it was supposed that the large Mackerel, which first appear in Provincetown harbor, had passed the winter in the mud, and many persons would not eat them owing to their sup- posed muddy taste. These large Mackerel go further north than the smaller ones, returning southward long after the others have left the coast, and are even captured in No- vember and December in the vicinity of Provincetown. Capt. A. was convinced that the Scomber grex was the young of the S. vernalis, Mitchill, and not a distinct spe- cies.
After giving an interesting account of the various modes of capturing the Mackerel at different times of the year, Capt. A. alluded to the Bluefish and the changes which had taken place in its habits. This fish, which many years ago, was very abundant, and held in high es- timation by the Aborigines of our country, wholly disap- peared from our coast in 1764, and not a specimen was
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seen on the coast, so far as Capt. Atwood knew, for fifty years. In 1847 they returned to the North of Cape Cod in great abundance, and have since been taken in large quantities in weirs and nets, and by the hook, near the shore. Now they avoid the shore, and, during the last year or two have kept in the Bay, where it is difficult to capture them, as they seldom take the hook, though, until recently, they were most voracious and game fish.
The Menhaden, which were formerly so great a pest to the fisherman, and considered only fit for manure, appear in vast numbers on the coast of Massachusetts during the summer, a little later than the Mackerel, and remain until late in the season. They are now a valuable source of income, being caught for the oil, which is pressed from them, and sold for $40 a barrel. The refuse, after the oil is extracted, is used as a fertilizer and commands a high price. The sides of these fish are also salted, packed in barrels, and sold at a good price for Mackerel bait. The Menhaden does not spawn while on our coast, and it is only in the few, which have been driven into the rivers and which do not leave the coast until December or Jan- uary, that spawn has been found. In the month of Au- gust and September a few of the young Menhaden are seen in our harbors; but further south, along the coast of Virginia, the young are seen in countless millions, and in heavy storms are driven on shore and left to die. On the coast of Virginia, small Menhaden appear after the large ones have left for the North. From the fact that the Menhaden which visit us during the summer, are either of a large and uniform size, or quite young, this species is supposed to attain its erowth i in a single year.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Wildes, the thanks of the Tnsti- tute were voted to Capt. erro for his interesting re- marks.
Donations to the Library and Cabinets were announced.
John Dixey, Joseph B. F. Osgood, and Edward H. Knight, of Salem, were elected Resident Members.
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Monpay, Marcu 20. Regular meeting. Vice President Goodell in the chair. Letters were read from:
Lyceum of Natural History of New York, acknowledging the receipt of publications: Boston Society of Natural History, acknowledging the receipt of a collection of plants, collected in Zanzibar, by Caleb Cooke: Amos Noyes of Newburyport, accepting Membership.
Donations to the Library and Museum were announced.
A. C. Goodell Jr. read a paper entitled the “ Cavalier and the Puritan.” This will be published in a separate form. ,
John Daland of Salem, and Eben F. Stone of Newbury- port were elected Resident Members.
Additions to the Museum and Library during January, February, and March, 1865.
TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT.
BY DONATION.
ALLEN, Francis R., Hamilton, Fresh specimen of Bald Eagle, Hali- @tus leucocephalus, shot in Hamilton, Jan. 20.
ALLEN, J. A., Cambridge. Specimens of a Red and of a Black species of Ant, and the pupa of the Black species ; taken from an army of the Red species, Springfield, Mass., July 30, 1864.
Bassince, Cuas. H. Chalcopyrite from Cheticamp, N.S.
Bascocx, A. L., Sherborn, Mass. 9 specimens, 7 species, Insects ; Skin of Sciwrus hudsonius ; skeletons and parts of skeletons of 3 species of native Birds; specimen of Anodonta fluviatilis, from Sherborn.
Burrrick, 8. B. Portion of the jaw of a Porpoise. Water Beetle, Dy- tiscus sp., from South Salem.
Boxes, Rev. E. C., Portland, Me. 7 specimens of Anodonta edentula Lea, A. Ferussaciana Lea, Unio iris Lea and U. calceolus Lea from Mil- waukee, Wis. 3 specimens Mya arenaria from the Postpleiocene at Gardiner, Me. 3 specimens Coleoptera from Africa.
Cary, Geo. A. 2specimens of Tellena from Turk’s Island.
CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES A. 2 Holothurians, dry.
Cutcaco Acapemy or Natura Sciences, Chicago, Ill. Skins of 8 spe- cies of Mammals and 64 species of Birds from the West and North. 36 species, 51 specimens of Western Bird’s eggs.
Davis, Cuartes, Beverly. Egg of an African Ostrich.
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Iarrincron, Aucusrus, North Becket. Crystal and massive Emery, Tron ore and Margarite, from Chester, Hampden Co., Mass.
Haskeni, Huisna. Kegs of Pyrula from Delaware Breakwater.
Harcu, Cas. F. Flying fish, Hxocetus sp., from off the mouth of the Amazon. Centipede from near Parahiba River, Brazil.
Hearn, Joun. Larva of Papilio Turnus Linn. from Lynnfield.
Heatu, N. 5 Insects from Salem.
Hicsrr, Cuas. H. Malachite from Africa.
Horrman, Capt. Cuas. Lizard from Bissao, W. C. Africa.
Kezar, Watrer A. Wood perforated by leredo, from Pensacola, Fla.
KneeLtanp, Cyrus A., Topsfield. Living specimen of the Saw-whet Owl, Nyctale acadica, captured in Topsfield.
Loverr, Epmonps. 3 species, 5 specimens of Ophidians; 3 species, 3 specimens of Saurzans ; 1 Bird; 6 species, 21 specimens of Insecis ; from the South West Coast of Africa.
Lowp, Marx. Fungus.
Mack, Dr. Wu. Larvee of Gstrus Bovis from a cow.
Netson, S. Aucustus, Georgetown. Jasper from Winter Island.
Nicuois, STEPHEN. Fungus.
Orpway, Con. Apert, 24th Mass. Inf’t. Clay from ‘‘ Dutch Gap Canal.”’
Paurray, Cuas: W. Specimen of the Mocking Bird, Minus polyglot- tus Boie, 13 years old.
Parcu, W. H. H.,Concord, N. H. Living Opossum, Didelphys vir- gimana Shaw, from Virginia.
Perkins, Ezra, Essex. Nest of Humming bird, Trochilus colubris Linn.
Ponp, T. M., Framingham. Nest and eggs of the Meadow Lark, Ster- nella magna Swains, from Illinois.
Porter, Kp. J. Fossils and Minerals from Ohio. 10 Insects, 7*Crusta- ceans, from Essex Co. Mantis sp. from Washington.
Purois, H. A., Boston. Several Spiders from Boston.
Purnam, F. W. Cochineal Insects, Coccus cacti, from Mexico. Speci- men of Sapphire. Several species of Fishes from Mass. Bay. Claw of Lobster (malformation. )
Purnam, H. W. Infusorial Earth and Marl from near City Point, Va.
Quiusy, Dr. E. H. Human embryo.
Rozserts, J. W. Fresh specimen of the Great Gray Owl, Syrniwm cinereum Aud., captured in North Salem.
Sanporn, F. G., Boston. Specimens of the Potter Wasp, Hunemes fra- terna. Plum Weevil, Rhynchenus Nenuphar; Pine Weevil, Curculo Pales, from Mass.
SaunpERSs, Miss Mary. Living specimen of the Acadian Owl, Nyctale acadica, captured in South Salem on Jan. 19.
Whiter, Gro. M. 226 specimens, 75 species, Insects from Salem.
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Auten, J. F. Waterproof Japanese Coat made of paper.
Bouzs, Rev. E.C., Portland, Me. One of the first stamped Envel- opes issued in England, May 5, 1840. Designed by G. W.Mulready, R. A.
Burrrick, 8. B. The Cockade worn by the late High Sheriff, Joseph EK Sprague. Indian Relics from Ware’s Beach, Marblehead, collected by Joun W. Bartrert.
CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES. 4 Foreign Postage Stamps.
CocswELL, Bric. Gen’L. A series of Photographic Views taken in At- lanta, Ga.
Epwarps, Cuas. W., Serg’t 2d Mass. Inf’t. Piece of the Rebel Flag found flying at Atlanta on the capture of the city.
FarrFicLp, Capt. James. 3 Coins from Uruguay ; 1 Coin from Bue- nos Ayres.
Fett, S. Q. Native Dress (Sarong) from Java. 5 Photographs of Sikhs and other castes of India.
Forrester, Mrs. Jonn. Chinese Visiting Card of D. F. Fletcher.
GoopetL Jr., A.C. Bill Head of John Hancock.
Haskett, Extsaa. Gun Lock and an ancient Spanish Spear Head from the Castle of San Juan d’Ulloa, Mexico.
Ives, Joun M. Wooden Images, carved by Alfred Bates, a soldier of the war of 1812. 5
Kine, Cart. H. F. Dutch Copper Coin (2 stivers.)
Lovett, Epmonps. Native Mat from the South West Coast of Africa.
Perkins, Ezra, Essex. Indian Pipe.
Purppen, Natu’t. $5 Bank Note of the United States Bank 1828.
Putnam, Mrs. Espen. Cane made from a timber used in the 2d and 3d house of the 1st Church.
Ruopes, Henry W. Rebel Uniform Button.
Steers, James L. Rebel Uniform Button.
Symonps, Gro. W. Piece of a Rebel Gunstock from the ‘‘ Wilderness.’’
Witkinson, Mrs. Enizaseru, Beverly. Irish Flax ; such as was used in the manufacture of linen cambric. Brought from Ireland in 1791.
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ALLEN, Cuarites A., Cambridgeport. 1st and 2d Triennial Reports of Class of 1858 of Harvard, pamph.
Auten, JouN Fiske. Boston Cultivator for 1862, 1863, 1864, 3 vols., Ato, Boston. 135 copies of the Victoria Regia, folio.
Batiarp, Davip, Brunswick, Me. Bourne’s Address at the Popham Celebration, Aug. 29, 1864, pamph.
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Bouues, EK. C., Portland, Me. Illustrations de Timbres Postes, J. B. Moens. 8vo, Liv. 1 to 9. Bruxelles, 1862.
Boston Pusiic Lisrary, Trustees or. 12th Annual Report, 1864, 8vo, pamphlet.
Brooks, Cuartes T., Newport, R. I. Carriers New Year’s Addresses, Jan. 1, 1865.
Brooxs, Henry M. Gospel of St. Mark, tr. and arranged by L. A. Sawyer, 1 vol., 12mo.
Brooks, M. C., James. Speech of J. Brooks in U. 8. Congress, Dec., 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Burrage, Wu. W., Boston. Reports of Secretary of Class 1856 of Harvard for 1860, 1861 and 1865, 8vo, pamphlets.
Cuass, Grorce C. Friends’ Review, 16 Nos.
CuasE, Grorce H. The Boatswain’s Whistle, National Sailor’s Fair, Boston, Nov. 1864, 1 vol., 4to.
Cuase, Mrs. Gzorce H. The Sanitary Commission Bulletin, Nos. 1 to 32 incl., 8vo. The Sanitary Reports, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Nos. 1 to 18, 4to, Louisville, Ky, 1863. 30 Miscellaneous publications of the Sanitary Com- mission.
Cuoatr, Wu. G. Rep. Adj. Gen. Mass. 1863, 8vo, I vol. Report of Commissioners of Agric. for 1862, 1 vol., 8vo. Manuals of Mass. Legis. for 1860 and 1861, 2 vols., 18mo. Midgley’s Sights in Boston and Sub- urbs, 1 vol., 18mo. 45 Pamphlets.
Cotz, Mrs. N. D. Salem Gazette for 1864, 1 vol., fol. Boston Daily Traveller for 1864, 2 vols., fol.
Coiman, Bengamin. The act of Tonnage and Poundage and rates of Merchandise, 1 vol., 8vo, London, 1702.
Dawson, Henry B., Morrisania, N. Y. Correspondence between John Jay and H. B. Dawson, etc., concerning the Federalist, 8vo, pamph., New York, 1864.
Eastern Rartroad, Directors. 30th Annual Report, 8vo, pamph.
Forrester, Mrs. Joun. The Overland Friend of India, files for 1858, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, Serampore. Manuscript of a Hindostanee Poem on Palm leaves ; supposed to be 500 years old.
GoopELL Jr., ABNER C. Lynn Directories, 1851, 1854, 1856, 1858, 4 vols., 16mo. Mass. Register, for 1858, 1 vol., 8vo. Boston Almanacs, 1861, and 1862, 2 vols., 16mo. 20 Pamphlets.
GreEN, SamuEL A., Boston. Charleston Directory for 1862, 1 vol., - 12mo. 8 Pamphlets.
Guitp, R. A., Brown University. Jackson’s account of R. I. Churches, 1 vol., 8vo. Ann. Cat. of Brown Univ. for 1856, 7, 8, 9, 60, 64. 16 Pamphlets.
Hau, James, Albany, N. Y. Account of Fossils of the Niagara Group, by J. Hall, 8vo, pamph.
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Hanarorp, Mrs. P. A., Reading. The Young Captain, a Memorial of Capt. Richard C. Derby, by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford, 1 vol., 16mo, Bos- ton, 1865.
[Hlonis, Joun C. 25 Pamphlets.
Ripersaas son, I. J. The Country, Justice, by M. Dalton, 1 vol., fol., London, 1626.
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Kitsy, W. H., Eastport, Me. Address of Gov. Cony to Maine Legis. Jan’y 5, 1865, 8vo, pamph. 9th Ann. Rep. of Sect’y Maine Bd. of Agric., 1864, 8vo., pamph. Legis. Register of Maine, 8vo. pamph.
Lanewortuy, I. P., Boston. 152 Pamphlets, being Reports of vari- ous Charitable Societies, Minutes of Congregational Associations, &c.
Luwis, Winstow, Boston. Address at meeting N. H. Hist. Gen. Soc., 8vo., pamph., Boston, 1865. Report of Trustees of Mass. Gen. Hospital for 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Lorp, N. J. Files of Boston Post for Oct., Nov., Dec., 1864.
Lorine, Grorce B. Files of Boston Post for 1863 ina 1864, and Jan a and Feb’y, 1865.
Miss, M., Lansing, Mich. Catalogue of Michigan State Agric. Coll. for 1864, Sa. pamph. 2d Ann. Rep. of Sect’ry of Bd. of Agric. of Mich. for 1863, 8vo, pamph.
Neutson, Henry M., Georgetown. Ann. Rep. of Auditing and School Committees for 1865, 2 pamph., 8vo.
New York CuamBer or Commerce. Annual Reports for 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 6 vols, 8vo. 30 Pamphlets, publications of the Chamber.
Nicuoxs, George. Burnham’s Historical Directory at Rindge, N.H., Noy. 14, 1861, 8vo, pamph. Ist An. Rep. of Discharged Sailor’s Home, 8vo, pamph., Boston, 1863. Christian Enquirer for 1864, 1 vol., folio.
Packarp Jr., A.S., Brunswick, Me. Synopsis of Bombycide of U. 8. A., 8vo, pamph.
Paine, Naru’, Worcester. Worcester Directory, 1865, 1 vol., 12mo.
Patrray, Cuartes W. Mass. Legis. Doc. for 1864, 2 vols., 8vo. 30 pamphlets.
Parisu, A., Springfield. Report of School Comm. of Springfield, for 1864, 8vo, pamph.
Pease, Guo. W. Statement