\ ^'gs- AN HISTORICAL NOTICE OP THE ESSEX INSTITUTE; WITH THE ACT OF INCORPORATION. CONSTITXJTIOIsr AND BY-LA^V^S, Lists of the Officers and Members. SALEM: PKINTED BY THE INSTITUTE. 1866t NOTICE. THE PEOOEEDINGS OP THE ESSEX INSTITUTE are issued in Quarterly Numbers. tSiihscriptfon Pric, -$3 per year. THE NATURALISTS' DIEEOTOEY is is.sued "vvith the Proceedings. Subscrihrrs to the Proceedings receive the Directorii free. THE HISTOEIOAL COLLECTIONS are published in Quarterly Numbers. Subscription Price, .$2 per year. Subscriptions received by the Agexts of the Institute, or by Hexijy Wheatland, Secretary, and P. W. Putnam, Superintendent Essex Institute. Sai.em, Mass. The Publications of the Institute are offered in exchange for the Publications of other Societies, and for Journals, Magazines, Histori- cal and Scientific works. Agents : TRLIBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. B. WESTERMANN & CO., 440 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. WM. WOOD & CO., fil AV4T1CER., STREET, NE\V YORK. \ AN HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE ACT OF INCORr»OR.ATIOISr, CONSTITUTIOISr AND BY-LAWS, AND A List of the Officers and Members. SALEM: PRINTED BY THE INSTITUTE, Decembee, 1805. HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. On visiting any institution, the flrst questions suggested, are, its objects and its utility; tliese have been frequently discussed, partic- ularly in notices of institutions of a similar organization to our own, and their importance is universally admitted The second relate to the history of the institution, and are modified by circumstances pe- culiar to each. The inquiry is frequently made, Whence sprang these libraries and these collections? How are they sustained? To whom are due the inception and development of plans that have produced these results? The consideration of these and kindred subjects is the object of the present notice. THE E33EX INSTITUTE was formed in 1848, by the union of the Essex Historical and the Essex County Natural History Societies. ESSEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Rev. William Bentley, D. D., the distinguished antiquarian and scholar, of Salem, died December, 1819. During his pastorate in this place for nearly forty years, he made a large and valuable col- lection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, &c., illustrative of the history of this section of New England. A desire to obtain and se- cure for Salem this collection, amassed with so much care, prompt- ed the idea of the formation of the Historical Society. Application \vas made to the executor of the estate, who stated that if a suitable society should be formed for their reception and safe keeping, he would place them in its charge. With this encour- agement, and mainly through the exertions of George A. Ward, several gentlemen held a meeting on the 21st of April, 1821, Hon. Joseph Story presiding, and formed themselves into an association under the name of the Essex Historiccd Societ>j, whose object should be to cooperate with other kindred societies in collecting and pre- serving all authentic memorials relating to the civil history of Essex county, and the eminent men who have resided within its limits, from its first settlement; also, all facts relating to its natural his- tory and topography ; and thus to provide the most ample materials for an authentic history of this part of our Coinmonwealth. It was supposed that much vahiable information, of a purely local na- ture, would thus be collected, Avhich from the peculiar relations of this county to the country at large, especially in its earlj'^ history, would possess a great and general interest. At this meeting a com- mittee was appointed to prepare a constitution and report at an ad- journed meeting which took place on the 28th inst. ; tlie report was then accepted and officers elected in conformity thereto. The standing committee was also directed to prepare and present a pe- tition, to the Legislatui-e, for an act of incorporation. Petitiox for Incorporatiox. To the Ilinioitrable the Senate and the HouoiirnhJe the House of Jippresentatives in General Court asscrnliled. TiiK petition of the undersigned, inhabitants of the county of Es- sex, humbly sliews, that your petitioners, cherishing a grateful rec- ollection of their ancestors, whose love of civil and religious liberty led them to relinquish the peaceful enjoyments of polished life, and to establish in a rude and unexplored com. try sucli institutions as should best secure those inestimable blessings ; and being solicitous to transmit to posterity all memorials whicli shall tend to perpetuate the remembrance of those distinguished men, more especially of such as were conspicuous in the county where your petitioners re- side, which is the most ancient settlement in the territory originallj' known by tlie name of Massachusetts; have formed themselves into an association, under the name of the Essex IIisiokical 8ocii AlHiUSTUS HOLYOKE, .toSEPII StORY. J(jiiN Prince, Bexjamix Pickman, Jacob Ashtox, Nathaxiei, Powditcii, Nathaxiel Silsbee, John Pickerixg, IciiABOD Tucker, Joiix S. Appletox, EeVEI!ETT SaLTONSTALL, (iEORGE ClEN'ELAXD, Bexjamix Merrill, Frederick Howes, Thomas Carlile, Joiix Brazer, Daxiel a. White, Joiix Gle.v Kixg, GiDEOx Barstow, AVilliam Gibbs, Charles C. Clarke, Joseph A. Peabody, Thomas P. Baxcroft, Bexjamix K. Nichols, Stephex White and George A. Ward. Salem, June 2, 1821. AX A CI" TO rSt <)i:l"i>KAlK THIC ESSEX lUSi'OKlCAL SOCIETY. Skct. 1. Be it enartrd l)>i the Scnntf and Hnvst' of Ji'rprrsriitatircs, in (iencral Court c/K.^einhlctl, and l>ii the antlioriti/ of llw same, U'hat EnwARi> Augustus Holyokh, of Salem, in the county of Essex, doc- tor of medicine, find sueli oilier persons as have associated or may hereafter associate themselves with him for the puri)ose of collect- ing and preserving- materials for the civil and natural history of the said c(mnty of Essex, be, and they hereby are, made a body corpo- rate and politic by the name of the Essex IIistoiucal Socikty ; and by that name they and their successors may sue and be sued, and shall be capable in law to take and hold in fee simple, or othei'- wise, lands, tenements, rents and hereditaments, not exceeding in the whole the yearly value of two thousand dollars, exclusive of the building or buildings which may be actually occupied for the purposes of the said corporation ; anci they shall also he capable in law to take, receive and hold personal estate, to an amount, the yearly value of which shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, exclusive of the books, papers, memorials and other articles com- posing the library and cabinet of the said corporation ; and they shall also have power to sell, demise, exchange, or otherwise dispose of. all or any part of their lands, tenements, rents, hereditaments and other property aforesaid, for the benetit of the said corporation; anil shall also have a common seal, which they may break, alter and re- new at their pleasure ; and shall also have power to make by-laws, witli suitable penalties, not repugnant to the laws of this common- wealth. Sect. 2. Be it fnrthn- enacted, That the said corporation shall have power, from time to time, as they may think tit, to elect a president and such other othcers as they shall judge necessary; and at their tirst meeting they may agree upon the manner of calling future meetings, and proceed to execute all or any of the powers vested in them by this act. Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the library and cabinet of tlie said corporation shall be kept in the town of Salem aforesaid. Sect. 4. Be it farther enacted, That the said Edward Augustus Ilolyoke be and hereby is authorized to notify the said tlrst meeting of the said corporation by an areceding that at which the vole sliall be taken for his admission. AuT. VIII. Five members shall be a quorum for holding any meeting. The following circular was distributed among tlie friends of the society. The object of the Essex Historical Society is, as stated in the 2d article of the constitution." to procure and preserve whatever re- lates to the topography, antiquities, and natural, civil and ecclesias- tical history, of the county of Essex." Membei's of the society, and other persons who feel a desire to promote these interesting and important purposes, will gratify the society- by aiding in obtaining collections, for its use, of the following: 1. Topographical sketches of the towns and parishes where they reside, or with which they are particularly acciuainted ; including an account of tiie soil, agriculture, manuractures, commerce, remarka- ble buUdmgj, natural curiosities and sUitistics uf such places. and pS^L;?as f;;^^S;;S\'-;? ecclesiastical, of such towns and bioi,nvapl ic;a ifotices of filT 1^ '''l^' ""V"^^ references to dates, subjects, pSc«S''ns^^^^ and papers illustra(in«-any of these home or'al;^S"^ ch'S^^,irpH™"\lS clisUnguished n:en at of our ancestors, or are c^oi ncctod •? if I'f "^^^^' ";-""-''''^ or purM.iis county, or of -tnlUommor^aJth ' "'' ^'"'^^^^ ^'^^^^^'^^ "^ "-^^ «icid ^SSS.;;^.^^:i'^if '^S^.lS^-f-vho wer^ ?-•" - '-ve -- raonwealth, particularly the nor ,,it«^f- "'"^ I'lstorj- of the com- tinguishedpLonsiniJnglaJroV';t*:'nr"" "^^' °^ ^^^- as have been wi-^tten by "Sons n- -''"^^ '^ especially such monwealth. ^ Peisons born or residing witLiu the com- books,'';:™;L"l?VortA^K'*-^^^"^ receive donations of anv other With wlJ^ch any SnlS^f ^a^^S^,-^^ P^j^ted docun.ents, cases, unless otherwise reouPsfirithV.1 f " ^^*'™' '^"f' i" all the records of the donadorof'u^e so Sf' ^ Salem, June 27, ltf21. focietj. Oulhecth or Septembe,-, I82», the day of' ti.e annual „,eell„. J, Hi tiie nrst Lluuch, Avhich was well received Tl,i= .Ko course was never printed. ^eeeneci. Ihis cUs- On Thursday, the 18th of September, 1828, the societv rolph-nf ^ commonly fine; a Ta.st concourse of strange," nlanv of Ic T, ,"■"' rtr;;:r;;^---r— ^^ bv Hon T^ ^'Piesiiied. ibe military escort, the eloquent address is:;,'.::re.^rLmVtts;n^^^^^^^^^ ESSEX COUNTY NATUEAL HISTOBY SOCIETY. TliL" loniiatujii <>r a Society of Natural Ilijstory, "vvas proposed in the Salem (Ja/ftte for TuosUay, Feb 1, 1S31, in a coniimuikation un- der the siunature of Elah.* In the Salem Observer for the Satur- day followini;-, two other tomnmnicatious on the same subject ap- peared, calling the public attention to the importance of institu- tions designed for the encouragement of a taste for the study of the uatural sciences. Occasionally articles of a similar imjjort -were published in tlie newspapers, but no dctlnite action was taken until December, 1833, when on the evening of Saturday, the 1-lthinst., a meeting of tliose friendly to this project was held, which resulted in the organization of the Essex County Natural History Society, Dr. A. Nichols, of Danvers, President, and J. M. Ives, of Salem, Secretary. The following circular was i)rintcd and circulated calling atten- tion to the organization of a Society of Natural History. Salem, Jan'y 1, 1834. To promote more generally the study of Natural History in the County of Esstx. a Society has been lately formed, the Constitution of which is before you. It is proposed to procure, as soon as pos- sible, a Lil)rary consisting of standard works, and a Cabinet of Spec- imens in Natural History, and especially as complete a collection as possible of the Natural' productions of Essex County. In this de- sign your aid is respectfully solicited. You are requested to invite siich'of your friends and acquaintance as may feci an interest in the ])romotioii of this object, or a taste for such studies, to subscribe the (Constitution and "become members. Ladies you will perceive are not excluded, and it is anticipated that they will contribute iriucli to tiie success of the Society. Several in Salem have already become subscribers. Donations in money, books, drawings, or specimens of the productions of the three "kingdoms in Nature, es- pecially sucii as ill'istrate the Natural History of the County, will be gratefully received and carefully aiipropriated and preserved. It is intended'to make it a (. ounty Society, and although the Library and the Collections imist have alocal habitation, of more convenient ac- cess to sr)uie than to others, no pains will be spared to extend the beiictits as e(|ualiy as possible among all that contribute to its means of usefulness. Comnmnications on the location, habits and uses of minerals, plants, iind the various tribes of Aninsatcd Nature, are al- so solicited. Communications, subset iptions, donations, .!cc. may be transmitted to J. M. Ives, Secretary and Treasurer, Holyoke Place, Essex Street, Salem. Per order of the Curators. John M. Ives, Sec"ry. *Writtoii by Benjamin Hale Ives, an enthusiastic and zealous n.aturalist; his at- tention was inuinly directed to the study of Insects, tliough he hy no means nejileoted llie colliiteml l)innclies. He was the youngest son of William and Mary (Brudsiiaw) Ives — boru at .Salem, Nov. S, lS0(i-^Ued Jau'y. 20, \S'A7. COXSTITUTIUX. ARTICI.E I. The Society shall be called The Natural History Society of THE County of Essex, Article II. The officers of this Society shall be a President : a first aud sec- ond Vice-Presideiit; a Secretary, who shall also be Treasurer ; aud a Librarian, who shall also be Cabinet Keeper. Article .III. The President, Secretary, and Cabinet Keeper, w'ith four others chosen by the Society for that purpose, sliall be the Curators, who shall have the nianageinent of all the concerns of the Society, subject to the directions of the Society. Article IV. The officers sliall be chosen at the annual meeting by ballot. AinTCLic V. The annual assessment for each member shall be two doll;»rs. Article VI. This Constitution may be altered, by a vote of two thirds of the members present, at any regular meeting of the Society, notice be- ing given of the intended alteration. Article VII. The mode of calling the meeting, and giving notice of the same, shall be determined by a majority of the Curators. Article VIII. Any person may become a member of the Society by signing the Constitution, and paying the annual assessment. Article IX. Members may be expelled from this Societj-, by a A-ote of three- fourths of the members present, at the annual meeting. Article X. The Annual Meeting shall be on the third Wednesday in June. Article XI. Any person may become a life member of this Society, by the payment of twenty dollars, and shall not be subject to the annual assessment. Article XII. Corresponding members, residing out of the County, shall be cho- S(m by ballot, after having been nominated at a meeting, previous to that on which the ballot is taken. In furtherance of these objects of the Society, a meeting was held in Topsfleld on Wednesday, IGth of April, 1834, to complete the or- ganization by the appointment of committees, &c. Specimens in the various branches, with apparatus for their collection, were ex- hibited and illustrated by William Oakes of Ipswich, Dr. Andrew Xicliols of Danvers, aud others. An Act of Incorporation was obtained in February, 1836. 2 10 AN ACT TO iNCouronATi; thk ESSEX COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Be it eiiacird b>/ thf Soiat.e and Honse of lieprPsent'Uh-ps, in Gent'Tal Court assemhlcd, (tiid hij the aidhdritii 'of the same, That Axdi;i:w NrciiOLfi, Wii.LiAAi Oakes, and Wii.i.iam Pkkscott, and tlieir associ- ates, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Essex Couxrv Natltijal History Society, for "'he purpose of promotiue:, the Science of Natural History; with all tlie powers and privileges, and subject to all the Habiliiies contained in the forty-fourtli chap- ter of the Revised Statutes of this Commonwealth, ''passed on the fourth day of Noveniljer, in the year one thousand eight hund-cd and thirty-five," and for the purpose aforesaid may hold real estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars, and personal estate, exclu- sive of the l)ooks, papers and articles in the cabinet of said society, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. Approfed by the Gorenioi% Feb. 12. 183(;. The Cabinets and Library were first deposited in Essex Place ; Monday. Dec. 21, 1835, removed to Franklin JJuildiiig; Dec. (J. 1837, to Masonic Hall, in Chase's Building, Washington Street; and to Pickman Place, Oct. 3L 1842, Vihere they remained until the union. Soon after its organization the attention of the Society was direct- ed to horticulture. Its rooms were opened occasionally during every season, with greater or less frequency as circumstances would jiermit. for exhibitions of Fruits and Flowers— these have not been confined to the products of the garden or the greenhouse, those flo- ral treasures which horticulture has introduced from foreign climes ; but many of the rare and curious phmts, congeners to our own for- ests, mountains, lakes and rivers, ha\'e atlbrded an interesting attrac- tion to tliese floral displays. The first exhibition took place on Friday, July 11, 1834. TJie first general exhii)ition. which continued for sever.al days, occuried on Tuesaay and Wednesday, September 14th and 15th, 1841; at that time the number of contributors was seventy-six; about three hun- dred plates of fruit were ])laced on the tables, comprising one hun- dred and fifty-three varieties, viz. : ninety-four of Pears, twenty-five of Apples, ten of Peaches, eight of Plums, eight of Grapes, four of Melons, two of Quinces, one of Nectarines and one of Filberts. Since that time, exhibitions have been held to which contributions have been received from one Iiundred and ninety-one individuals, and two thousand dishes or baskets of Fruit placed upon the tables, consisting of six hundred and sixty-nine varieties, viz. : of Pears three hundred and twenty-seven ; Apples one hundred and eighty- one ; of Peaches eiglity-two ; of Plums twenty-three ; of Grapes foity- oue ; of Quinces, Nectarines, Figs and Melons, three each ; of Oran- 11 ffcs, Lemons, and European Walnuts, one each. The above compar- ison indicates that these exhibitions have been instrumental in dif- fusing, through the community, a more general and extensive taste for horticultural pursuits. At the annual meeting in June. 1830, Mr. John Le^vis Russell deliv- ered a public address in Franklin Hall. This was printed, consti- tuting the first article in the Journal of the Society. The "JouiJNAi. OF THi; Essex Couxty Natural Histouy Socie- ty," comprising one volume, of three numbers, issued in 1836, 1838 and 1851, was published by the Society and contains the following articles : — JOHN' LKWIS KUSSKLL. AflcUess delivered before the Essex County Natural History Society on its Second Anniversary, June 15, 183() p. 5. Familiar Notice of some of the Shells found in the limits of Essex County, p. 4?. Two New Species of Musci, with figures p. '■'-• Notice of Rare Plants; with a description of a (supposed) variety of Cludonia nncinlls. .............. P- '•'*'• Kclrospect of some of the Shells found in Essex County. . . . p. 110. Obsirvations on the Polytrichacea; ; with a notice of some species occurrinjr in Es^ex County p. 117. Minute Polythahinuius Shells occurin,^ on the coast of Maine. . . p. ll!l. Further notice uf rare Plants p. l~'o. Conspectus of Shell... found in Essex County p. 1~0. Hfnuv Whf.atlani). Notice of the occurrence of rc.fperr(fi/(o.sMs Say : Hoary Baf. . p. TO. Notice of several Fishes of rare occurrence p. VZ'-t. William Puescott. A Sketch of the Geology and .Mineralogy of the Southern part of Essex Coun- ty ■...." p. 7S. AxDniiw Nichols. Itemarks on Byla Pickerinyii observed in the North Parish of Danvers. p. 9:j. (Note on page V.i'.\.) On the occurrence of f>ca2)hiojms Solittiruis in Essex County, with some notice of its history and habits. p. 113. TuAi^Di'.iri "William H.vrris. Itemarks upon Scara bietcs Goliatus and other African Beetles allied to it. p. 101 . The Danvers Bowlder, or "Ship Rock." p. VM. During the Winter of 1837 & 8, a course of six lectures were de- livered, under the direction of the Society; the 1st, Dec. 11th, by Dr. A. Nichols, on the Poetry of Natural History; 2d, Dec. 18th, by Thomas Spencer, on the introduced plants of Salem and vicinity ; 3d, January 1st, by H. K. 01i^ er, on Bees ; 4th, January 15th, by Dr. W. Presco'tt, on the Geology of the Southein portion of Essex County; 5th, March 12th. by H. Colnian. on the pleasures and ad- vantages ')f agricultural life : Gth, March 26th, by J. L. Russell, on Ge- ology. In July, 1838, Mr. J. L. Russell delivered a course of lec- tures on Botany, to a private class, in the Society's rooms. During the autumn of 1847, the Historical and Natural History Societies held several meetings to effect a union. A joint commit- tee was appointed to draft a plan to serve as a basis of organization. The plan offered by the committee was accepted by the Socieiies, at a meethig held on January 14tli, 1848. The Act of Incorporation from tlie Legislature was obtained in February of the same year, and on the first of Marcli following, by its acceptance, the Essex l.NsxnuTE. ^vt^s oriranized. L.ofC. 12 ESSEX IlfSTITUTE. AN ACT TO IXCORPOEATE THE THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Eepresent'/tives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as folkncs : Sect. 1. The members of the Essex Historical Society, and the members of the Essex County Natural History Society, together with such persons, as may hereafter associate Avith them, are here- by made a corporation by the name of the "Essex Institute;" with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the liabilities, con- tained in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold real estate to the ainount of thirty thousand dollars, and personal estate, exclusive of the books, papers, and anicles iu the cabinets of said corporation, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. Si:cT. i3. The Essex Institute shall have for its object the ad- vancement of horticulture, in addition to the objects for which the Essex Historical Society and the Essex County Naiural History Society were incorporated. Sect. ■!. All property now owned by said Essex Historical Society, and said Essex County Natural History Society, and all property that may accrue to either of said societies, shall belong to the Essex Institute. Sect. 5. All donations and bequests which may have been made to the Essex Historical Society, or to the Essex County Natural Histoiy Society, shall accrue to, and become the property of, the Essex Institute, and shall be devoted to the objects for which such donation or bequest was made. Sect. G. The income from the funds of the Essex Historical Society shall be devoted to the objects of the historical department, ami the income from the funds of the Essex County Natural History Society shall be devoted to the objects of natural history, or horti- iXultwvii : provided, hoirever, if the said corporation shall at any time l)e in arrears in meeting its current expenses, from tiie sums receiv- ed from annual assessments, the income from the historical funds and the income from the natural history funds, shall be applied, pro rata, to meet the deficienc}-. Sect. 7. The treasurer shall keep separate accounts of the funds which belonged to the Essex Historical Society and to the Essex County Natural History Society, under the direction of a finance committee, to be appointed at tlie animal meeting. Sect. s. Tlie library aud cabinets of said corporation shall be kept in the city of Salem. Sect. i). The Essex Institute shall be liable for all the debts due from the Essex Historical Society and from the Essex County Natu- ral History Society. Sect. 10. The president of the Essex Historical Society, or the president of the Essex County Natural History Society, is hereby authorized to notify the first meeting of the Essex Institute, by aii advertisement thereof, under ids hand, for seven days before such meeting, in any newspaper printed iu the city of Salem. 13 Sect. 11. This act shall take efl'ect from and after its adoptiou by tlic Essex Historical Society and the Essex County >;atural His- tory Society, at meetings of the two societies held for that purpo.-e ; and all acts" inconsistent with this act shall, after the adoption here- of, be considered as repealed. Appruvecl by the Governor, Fth. 11, 1848. A committee to prepare a Constitution and By-Laws -was appointed, and their report was accepted at a meeting held on the 8th of March. Thus organized, the Institute consists of three departments :— the HiSTO]!iCAL, having for its object the collection and preservation of whatever relates to the geograpliy, antiquities, civil and ecclesiasti- cal history of Essex County, in Ma.>sacliusetts. The Natuiial His- TOKY, for the formation of a Cabinet of natural productions in gen- eral, and more particularly of those of the County, and for a Library of standard works on the natural sciences. The Hokticui.tural, for promoting a taste for the cultivation of choice fruits and llowers, and also for collecting works on horticulture and agriculture in con- nection with the general Library. Library. The Library contains about 22,000 volumes, comprising numerous files of newspapers, public documents, local histories, &c. ; also the transactions or collections of various historical, agricultural, scien- tific and other societies ; besides many valuable works illustrative of the nattiral sciences; about 50,000 pamphlets, (exclusive of dupli- cates,) political, historical, educational, &c., unbound, arranged ac- cording to subjects. These have principally been obtained by donations or exchanges. Among the donors may be mentioned our late lamented President, Hon. 1). A. White, wlio has at difl'ereut times, during his life and at his decease, given or bequeathed some 8,000 volumes comprising a good series of the Old English Classics, also of the Latin and Greek, and several volumes p:inted during the loth and IGth centuries,— the late Mrs. Eliza L. Eogers, who bequeathed a copy of Audubon's Birds of America; and the late Ichabod Tucker and Thomas Cole, besides many friends of the Institute whose names it would be in- vidious to mention. Over two th.ousand books and pamphlets were added to the library during the past year by donation and exchange. MrsEL-:\i. The several departments of the Institute are well represented, and in a number of the classes of the Animal Kingdom the collec- tions are inferior to but one or two others in the Country ; tliough the crowded state of tlie rooms devoted to the Museum will not al- low of their being so advantageously arranged as is desirable. The 14 specimens in several of the classes are, however, arranged and iden- tified, and catalogues of these Avill soon be published. In order to do as nnicli good as possible Avitli the duplicate specimens a large number have been sent, as donations, to other iustiuuions, during the past year and several other collections are now being made up for transmission. In consequence of this liberal use of its rich sup- ply of duplicates, the Institute has been the recipient of large and valuable collections from Scientific Institutions and men, both in this country and abroad, and the specimens are now arriving in such numbers as to tax its resources to their utmost in order that the proper care be taken of these treasures. The following estimate of the number of specimens (exclusive of a large number of duplicates) in the various departments of the Museum presents a general view of the character of the collection at the present time. HiSTOlUCAL Dl",P.\I{TMi:XT. The section of Ethnology contains about 1400 specimens, illustra- ting the habit'*, costumes, war and domestic implements of the va- rious races and nations. In the section of Manuscripts there are a very large number of Manuscripts relating to our early civil and ecclesiastical history. In the section of Fine Arts there are several hundred Portraits, Paintings and Engravings, nianj- of which are of great historical value. DlCPAIMMKNT OF NaTUUAL HlSTOKV. SjM'cimens. Geological xprcinicnt!, about .... 220 iUi]ti-yais. about 2200 specimens, of which li)G ai'e from Es^ex County, ...... 2200 Fossils. Jiadiates, 20(5 species, 270 specimens. 3IuUi(! 4,")() species, 1500 specimens. Edilinnhriiis. ) ji:"'h'at':s, . ir.OO 3I " 10 " as skins. Vcrteh rates. Skulls of 31ammals, 172 species, 2; :;o specimens. uhich 39 are human. tikulls of Birds, 150 species, 200 s] " *' Reptiles, 27 27 " " Fishes, 10 10 Skeletons of Mammals, 15 20 '■• Birds, . 8 <) " " Beptih'ti, i) (; " '' Batrachians, . 10 30 " " Fishes, 13 13 Parts of Skeleto)is of Mammals, 8 8 " " Birds, 10 10 Teeth of Mammals, . 14 30 Jairs of Fishes, 15 20 Horns and Antlers, . 43 'i 43 4610 Oste.ological collection, . 666 Meetings. The meetings of the Institute are as follows, viz. : Stated Quarterly meetings ; Regular meetings on the 1st and 3d Monday evenings of each month, and Field meetings during the sunnner mouths at such times and places as may be agreed upon. The first field meeting took place in Danvers on Tuesday, June 12, 1849. At tl'.at time the interesting localities of the Vacciidum vitis-idea in Danvers, also that of the Andromeda polifolia near Ce- dar pond in Wenham, were visited. These meetings were continued for some two or three years, when they were discontinued in conse- quence of the removal by death of sex'eral of those members who were the most interested, among whom may be mentioned Thomas {/'OLE, a graduate of Harvard of tlio class of 1708; for iiianj- years a resident of Salem ; a distinguished teacher, a ripe and elegant scholar; and, in the later years of his life, a distinguished micro- scopist. His decease occurred on the 24th of June, 18o2. Andkew Nichols, a valued Physician ; one of the founders of the Essex County Natural History Society ; its president from the period of its organization until the annual meeting in June 1845, at which time he resigned the office. Born in the rural part of Danvers, where nature was unusually attractive to its admirers, he early im- bibed a taste for the study and investigation of its works. He was particularly conversant with the geological formations, and with the wild flowers and trees of his neighborhood, many of which ho was the flrst to recognize and publish to the world, through his friend Dr. Jacob Bigelow, in the "Florula Bostoniensis." He died on the thirty-first of March, 18r>3. In consequence of the accession of several young and enthusias- tic members, these meetings were again renewed in the summer of iSoG, and have been continued since that time with great success and an increasing interest. Usually six are held each season in dif- ferent places in the county, as circumstances may decide. Thus far meetings have been held in twenty-seven of the thirty-four towns be- longing to the county, and in thirty-five dlfl'erent localities. The forenoon is devoted to rambling in the woods and fields, or on the beach, in quest of Natui"e"s treasures or visiting some old historic or antiquarian relic. In the afternoon tha attendants assemble in some church, town-hall, or schoolhouse, and after a collation dis- cuss the subjects pi-esented to notice during the day. The public are invited to be present and to participate on these occasions ; and these meetings are now very popular and largely attended. The first evening meeting took place on TJiursday, Dec. 11, ISul. They have since been continued during the wintry months and have been fully attended bj' members and their friends. Lkctuuks. Two courses of Miscellaneous lectures on the Natural Sciences have been given by the Society. One, of six lectures, during the Spring of 1863, by Professors Agassiz, S. Tenney, J. P. Cooke, W. B. Rogers, and Messrs. C. M. Tracy, and F. W. Putnam. The other, a course of ten lectui-es, during the winter of 1863 and 1864, by Dr. C. T. Jackson, Professor B. Peirce, President Hill of Harvard University, and Messrs. C. "\V. Tuttle, Cleveland Abbe, N. E. Atwood, Alpheus Hyatt, C. M. Tracy, and A. E. Verrill. Rev. J. L. Russell, iu May, 1852, delivered a course of ten lectures on the Development of the Plant, to a private class in the rooms of the Institute ; also a similar course iu the months of January and February, 1859. During the winter of 1853 and 1854, several of the meetings were devoted by Mr. Russell to lectures on Insects. F. W. Putnam in the months of April and May, 1801, delivered a course of lectures on Zoology in the Hall of the Institute ; also a course of Ave lectures on Insects, on the five Thursday evenings of March, 1865, at the Lyceum Hall, under the auspices of the Institute. C. M. Tracy gave a course of eight lectures on Botany, at the In- stitute rooms, commencing on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 1865, and continued on successive Saturdays. Publications. Two Publications are issued under the direction of a Connnitlee of the Institute. From the year 1848 to that of 1860, two volumes of the Prockedings of the Essex Institute were published. These volumes contained the papers, on various subjects, Avhich had been communicated at the meetings of the Society, and the records of the meetings. In April 1859, another publication was commenc- ed by the Committee, under the title of The IIistoiucal Collec- tions OF THE Essex Institute, which contains abstracts from the old Town and Church Records, old Journals and Diaries, and those papers of an historical character which had been read at the meet- ings. Before the close of the year tliis publication was issued iu regular bi-monthly parts and has now reached its seventh volume. From 1860 to 1863, the third volume of the Proceedings was pub- lished. With the commencement of the year 1864, the Proceedings were somewhat changed in their character and issued quarterly. The eight numbers published during 1864 and 1865 form volume fourth, and contain the records of the meetings, with the quarterly lists of the donations to the Museum and Librarjs and communica- tions on Natural History and Horticulture which have been read be- fore the Society. The Communications are distinctly paged to al- low of their seperate binding if desired. Fifteen octavo plates and a number of wood cuts accompany the fourth volume. The Natukalists' Directory is published with the Proceedings, commencing with number five of volume fourth. It is paged by it- self and is intended to be bound as a distinct work. When complet- ed, it will contain as full a list as it is possible to obtain of all Natu- ralists iu the w^orld, giving their address in full and the department in which they are engaged. There will be three different orders of 3 18 .nrrangcmcnt of the names, viz., Alphabetically, S^vstcmaiically and Gi'2 (vol. -J.) H. J. Caoss, Estate of Ann Winsley; Hale Family; Neu bury Records; Slavery in Kssex County (vol. 7.) GEOiuiE CUUWEN, Extracts of Letters written by him to his wife while on the expedition against Louisburg (vol. 3.) OEOKUE K. CUitWEX, Notice of the Curwen House and its Occupants (vol. 2.) Kotice of Curwen, IJussell, Andrew (vol. 4.) Jlaterials for a Gei.ealogv of the AVard family in Salem, or Notices of llie descendants of 31iles Ward (vol." 0.) Feulev Ueuisy. The Genealogy of the Derby Family (vol. ;j.) Copy from Orig- inal Book of Grants, Salem, with Notes by B. F. Browne (vols. 4, 5, (i.) CllAKI.ES 51. ExnuoTT, Narrative of tlie Firacy of tlie Ship Friendship of Salem; minutes for a Genealogy of tlie Jacobs Fanlily (vol. 1.) History o1 the Salem and Danvers Aqueduct; New England Genealogy; Notice of the Old Flau- tei's House (vol. 2.) JosEfii B. Fei.t, Lecture on I'iracy, particularly of William Kidd; Historical, Statistical and Biograpliical Notices of Kocki)ort;" Historical Notices of Ipswich and Hamilton (vol. 4.) Historical Sketch of the Forts on Salem Neck; Who was the First Governor of Massachusetts ? (vol. o.) Joiix FiSKE, E.\tracts from Kecords kept bv him during his Miuistrv at Salem, &c. (vol. 1.) Saascel F. Fowi.En, Biographical Sketches of Rev. Joseph Green, Kev. Peter Clarke uud liev. B. \Vadswonh, Miuist.on-L-onforniists of Massajhusetts I!;i,- and the Separatists of I'lymouth Colony is discussed (vol. 4.) Essex C'onntv Court Iteoords (vol. 7.) KoiiKltr H.\l,li, List of Ueatlis in IJeverlv, &c., Meniorandi (vol. u.) Memo- randa; Oijjectious to Sir. Chanipiiey's settlen;ent (\ol. (>.) iN. W. H.VZEN, A Memorial discourse of William fjymmes (vol. 4.) AViLLi.v.M LE.vvirr, An Account of the I'rivate armed ves-els belonging to baleni, Jfass. daring the war of hs.:.' (vol. 2.) H istory of the Essex Lodge of Free- nuijons (vols, a, 4.) Materials for the History of iShip Building in Salem (vol. (>.) GkoI!'.;k B. LouiNi;, .Some Ace )nnt of Houses and other I'.uildings in Salem, fro.n a Jl uuiscnpt of the lite Col. B. IMcknian (vol. 0.) I'avement of Essex Street, Salem; Slavery in Es-ex County (vol. 7.) D.vvii) .MicititiTr, Obitu u-v' Xo.ice of" (vol. 4.) AXDUEW XiciiOLS, Genealogy of the JS'i-hols Family: Genealogy of the Hol- j-oke Family (vol. :j.) iK.v J. I'.vicii, Abstrasts from Wills, Inventories &c. on file in the Office of the Clenc of the Courts, Salem (vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.) Extracts from the First Boole of Bu-ilis, Marriages and Deaths of the citv of Salem (vols. I, '.>, ;j, 4.) Record of Jiarnages, Birihs and Deaths in the town of Lvnn, vol. :.', (vols. 5, (>, 7.) EiiE.NiiZKi: r.\Ksoxs, Abstracts from the Cluirjh Record-; of Lvnaiield (vol. u.) M.'^W i^'i^i^-i-'^S, Materials for a Genealogy of the Lang Fam"ilv; Copy of the \vill of .John Terkins, the elder, (vol. (i.) ■ ' fj STiiPiiEN H. I'liiLLii's, Sket -:U of Kev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich (vol. 0.) GEOUGE D. f HHTiiX, The Old Hanters of Salem (vols. J, 4. J l'oi»ii.v:\i. The Fort Fopham Celebration (vol. 5.) Ul)i;;;i!t S. ltA.\l\)UL, Keminisjen !es of il>b^r.. 11 m'oul Sen. .nnd the Uin'.oul G nj il )g.- (lolj. o, ().), Sous njtjs on W'^-nuiu I'on 1 (vol. 0.) T.ie iS'arr.itive of 3Iajor l.iompjon Miixvvell (vol. 7.) J.voij W. KiEi), Obitu.ir/ notice of AYilliam Hal -h (vol. 4.) D.VVII) llouEUTs, Paper ou a Spared Record of tlie Salem Custom House (vol. -J.) ."Ma ri'HEW A. Sticknev, Notes on American Currency (vols. 1, 2, 3, 5.) Copies of ii.ipublisaed Letters and Dj:;umenti (vol. 2.) Accoun"t of the Massac.e at Fort WilU.m rf n-f in I7j. (vjI. ;j.) Cj.j,' of ihe First Bjj'.c of Bir.hs &3., of the i J .VI ot K 'W.e ', w.t.i n it s (vo.s. 4, .5.) C j.v "f tlie First B lo c of Biri ils :nid Dj it h of ,lie lo.v.i of !i ),vie/ (vjl. j.) A cjr/ of uie First lijj.i of M.avia-.s ot [he lo.va of iij.vley (vol. 0.) G.LiJii.tt' L. Sr.{Ej:r^u, Hiscodjal notise of Salem Scanery (vol. 2.) LiNJOLN' R. Si'oxE, An Acjjunt of the Trial of George Jacobs for Witchcraft (vol. 2.) C.i.utLES W. UPirAM, Memoir of George Atkinson Ward (vol. 7.) \VtLLiAM P. Ui'U.VM, Memoir of G.-u. Joan Glover of M.irolehead (vol. 5.) Cratt's Jou.-a u of the Seigs of L misbirg (vol. 0.) Jo.\i;s Veuv, a Geaealogical Itamble (vol. 1.) The Very Family (vols. 1, 2.) GEosGii A. >\^.vi{i), Extracts from interleaved Alm.majs of Jaaies Je.Try late of fealeai (vol. 2.) An Ace mat of .he Essex Historical Society (vol. C.) h. S. W.VTEKS, First Voyage to Japan (vol. 2.) Materials for a History of t! 1.. o. >v .vu'.k:,, i-irst V oyage to Japan (vol. 2.) Materials for a History of the Ropes Family (vol. 7.) Hamilton (vol. 4.) Go;.)i:LiE U. WiLDES, Memoir of Capt. Wm. Nichols of Newburypori (vol. C ) 1. L. Wi-.M.\.N, Marriages of Salem and Cli.irlestowa people (vol. 7.) R::port OI-- the Committee on the Auiiieaticitv of the Tralition of the First Chur.;h in Salem, built in 10J4 (vol. 2.) Final Report of this Committee (vol. 7.) 20 PROCEEDINGS Volume I, 1848—1856. Black-wart on plum, CalOvhortus Iiiteiis, Collectanea Botanica, 15 150 2ro fOMMrxiCATioNS, verbal, by- Cole, Tlios. Tri|)le pliospliates, 10 Fowler, S. 1'. Xat. Hist. Essex Co., 55 Mauniiifr, K. t^aiiker of pear, Ni-liois, A. Draba veriia, .Siruitic I'oruiation, Perkins, Geo. A. African Ants, Phippen, Geo. D. Old MSS., . Russell, J. L. Achlya prolifera, Ilex opaca, Plants of Brattleboro* Vt., Plants of Mansfield Mt. Vt., Red Snow, Victoria Regia, bv J. F. Allen, notic- ed, . . ' . . Nl Uplmm, C. AV. Historical events, 155 8aleni Records, . . L'-l Waters, J. G. On Revolutionary rel- ics, . . . . 17 Wheatland, H. Goliath Beetle, 17 Lodoicea :ecl elhiruni, . 20 Kative Jlollusia, . . 18 Physalia atlaniica, . . 19 18 I'J I'J 20 20 145 I'J 15 10 24 CoM.-iiUNiCATioxs, written, by Brooks, Henry M. Historical I'nat- ters, . . . 01,05,81 Cole, Thos. Infusoria of Salem, 33 Chute, A. P. Cancrinite,* new occur- rence of, ... 151 Endicott, C. M. "Leslie's Retreat," 8'.> Statements relating to the event bv Wm. Gavett, . . . 12ii Sam'l (hay, . . . ]2'.» Sam'l Uolnian, . . 130 Col. D. Mason, . . 131 Col. Pickering, . . 122 Mrs. Story, . . . 134 Fowler, S. P. Naumkeag Indians, 5() Kiuc, H. F. Peacli-gum, . 17 Perkins, Geo. A. Kat. History of West Africa, ... 00 Phippen, Geo. D. Study of Natural His- tory, .... 72 Putnam, F. W. Birds of Essex Co., 201 Fishes of Essex Co., 144, 148, 201 Roberts, David, Historical reminiscen- ces of M. Cradock, . . 242 Russell, J. L. Entomology, 54, 59, 08 New hybrid grape, . . 105 Madura aurantiaca, . . 150 Stone, L. U. Indian Skull from Cayu- ga, .... "149 Streeter, G. L. Cancrinite,* . l.'J3 Salem Newspapers, . . 157 Tufts, Samuel, List of Native Shells, 25 Upliam, Charles W. Colonial records of Massaciiusetts, . . 232 *Afterwards determined to be Soda- lite. Wheatland, Henry, Anatomy of Rab- bit, .... 240 Balls formed on a foresail, &c., 200 Papers r( lating to Salem, In 1773, 151 Skidl of Walrus, . . "02 Wlieeler, Chas. H. Physical Geogra- phy, . . .' . 58 White, D. A. Covenant of 1st Church, Salem, . . . .00, 25ii Winsor F. Pteromy.s volucclla, 147 Worcester, S. Mi Covenant of 1st Church, Salem, . . u-4 r, 04, 77, 81, Donations. To the Library, 22, 25, 52, 140, 150. To tiie Cabinets, 21, 22, 50, 75, 137, 155. Dothidea pomigena, 193 EssKx County Na r. His. Society. Act of Incojporation, . 4 Essex Histouk al Society. Act ol Incoi'i oration. EssLx Institute Pr( liniinary rt marks, Act of Incorporation, Constitution of, By-Laws, List of Olficers, 11, 23, 53, 80, 141 Sketch of the History of, . 144 HORTICULTUKE. Report on, . . 22,52,7! Contributions to department of. Hildenbrandtia sanguinea, Hydiothyria venosa, . Ilex paraguayensis, Indian .sl^ull.s at North Andover, I>oiiicei a sempcrvin ns, Myriangium Curtisii, noticed. Or.iTUAKY Notices of Adams, C. B. . Cole, Tlioinas, Gibbs, ^Villiam, Mack, Elislia, Nichols, Andrew Pierson, A. L. Sprague, Jos. G. Tennev, John, A>'ard," Israel, Weston, G. L. White, Charles Peach-gum, 1, 140 208 193 188 137 14 50 3,49 75 49 49 50 49 50 74 130 11 15 Portland Nat. Hist. Society. Letter from, . . . Cii Resolutions concerning, . 59 Phragmotrichum Chailletii, 104 Plant? noticed at Danvna, Essex Woods, Lynufield,. Manchester, . North Adover, AVcnham, Phmts new to Essex Co. flora, Of rare occurrence, 12 i:{ 12 13 12 188 194, 270 Salem Athen.eum. Commuuications from, 80, 141, 112 Salem, First Church, Covenant of. Catalogue of the tirst Commuuic; of, . . . • Kotes on Covenant of, Spliwromphale atra, n. sp., Sph»ronema subtile, . \errucaria maura, Verrucaria perpusilla, n. sp., Victoria regia, description of. 202 mts 2(M 2Cd 191 195 191 193 78 Volume II, ISaC— 18C0. COJIMUNU'ATIONS. Atwood, N. E. On tlie Habits of Fish- es, ... • 137, 175 Beaman, C. C. On James Otis, 344 On the Hopkin's Family of Khode Is- land, .... 424 Buttrick, S. B. Floral Calendars, Spring of 1855 and 1851i, . . 172 List of riants noticed in Salem aiul vicinity, 1857, . . -33 Chute, A. V. On the Natural History of Lynntield, ... 4(5 Dornbach, L. M. Solanine in the Pota- to, . . . . ~'85 Endicott, C. M. Genealogy, . 82 Account of the Capture of the Ship I'riendship, . . . 243 I'armer, JI. G. On the Gyroscope, 91 On tlie product of a Field of Corn iu Boscaweu, N. H., . . 33(> F'owler, S. 1'. On the Life of Kev. Sam- uel Farris, ... 49 On the dilterent species of Oaks, 204 On tlie Abies canadensis, . 208 Jlemoir of the ^linisters of Salem Village, (Danvers,) . . 248 On a supposed new species of Toad, 281 On the Ornithology of the United States, . . . 327 On the cultivation of Native Phmts, . . . 39!) Gngory, J. J. H. On Indian relics, 149 On tile Geology of Marblehead, 30lj Ives, J. M. On the cultivation of the Apple and Pear, . . 323 On the Apple, . . 341 Blight on Pear Trees, . 359 Miuming, Kobert, Grafting, . 244 On the cultivation of new varieties of Fruit, ... 251 Mudge, B. F. On the Geology of Man- chester, ... 39 On .Salt JIarshes of Lynn, . 117 On the Serpentine at Lynntield, 291 On the fructilication of the Oaks, 301 On the Geology of Middleton, 385 On the Geology of Groveland, 40(j Perry, G. B. On Lightning Rods, &c., 44 Phippen, G. D. On Introduction of Native Plants, . . 33 On I'lants found in >Ianchester, 38 On Plants found in South Danvers, 203 On tlie Onion disease, . 211 On the Old Planters, . 249 On Plants found at Lynnfield, 293 On the cultivation of the Dodder, 400 Putnam, F. W. On the coloration of Fishes, . . • •i^'^'J On tiie Geographical distribution of Fishes, ■. . . :»0 Roberts, David, Early History of the Pilgrim Church, . . 321 On an old Salem Custom House Book, .... 434 Paissell, John L. On the Infusorial Earths, ... ^0 Notice of Josselyn's New England Parities, . . • '-'5 On the Crvptogamic Vegetation ot Faval, . ' . . ■ i;54 On tlie Autumnal Marrow Squash, 3uo On the Epil/avtes, . . 422 On the donation of E. D. Hopes, 427 Stveeter, G. L. On Essex Frigate, 73 Clergyman of Salem during the Ee- volution, . . • 1-1^ Historical Notice of Salem Scene- ry, .... 250 Stone, L. R. The Trial of George Ja- cobs, .... 353 Tracv, C. M. Flora of Nahant, 272 Plants noticed in North Danvers, 300 Plants noticed in Middleton, 383 On Historical Notices of the Scenery and the Plants of Saugus, . 389 Plants of North Andover, . 401 Plants at Beverlv Farms, . 414 True, Joseph, Shells gathered about Salem, . • • 1^^ Upton, James, Notes on the ripening of sixty varieties of Pears iu_lhe year 1850, .... •l^i' On the ripening of Summer and Au- tumn Pears, and on the Preservation of the late keepint; varieties, 431 Weinland, D. F. On the Egg-Tooth of Snakes and Lizards, with a plate, 28 On the Armature of the lower bill of the hatcliins Tringa pusilla, 115 On the egg-shell of the viviparous Snakes, . • • ^'^'{ Wheatland, Henrv, Historical Notice ot Essex Co. Nat. Hist. Society, 24 Historical Notice of the Essex Insti- tute, . . ■ • . , 5? Historical Notice of the Social and Philosophical Libraries, . 140 Wheatland, Kichard H. On the finding a specimen of 3Iotella at Nahant, 293 On the coloration of F'ishes, 301 Several species of Fishes noticed, 318 On Acipenser brtvirostis, &c., 353 On the Tailor Bee, . . 390,418 On Cristatellii, . . 4US On donations of E. D. Ropes, Charles Millet 2cl, &c., " . . 4i!5 Cutler, Temple Donations of MSS. of his grandfather, the late Key. Dr. Cutler of Hamilton, . :^-,"J Donations. To the Cabinets, 4, a, C, Z^, .ir, 42, 4(1, 49, 82, 94, 115, 119, 120, l;«, i;jS, HCi, IGl, 180, 203, -MT, 210, 218, 224, 229, 231, 242, 243, 24(i, 24S, 249, 250, 251, 258, 209, 280, 290, 298, .305, 315, 318,»320, 322, 330, 343, 351, 354, 358, 302, .3(>4, 3()9, 372, :',:7, 382, .389, 398, 405, 412, 417, 419, 421, 422, 424, 42;j, 4.34. To the Library, 8,'?24, 37, 42, 40, 48, 72, 82,94, 115, ri9, 120, 133, 13S, 140, 101, 183, 202, 20r, 210, 218, 224, 228, 2.30, 242, 243, 24(), 249, 250, 251, 2(iO, 2(>9, 279, 290, 298, 305, 314, 317, 320, 321, 330, 343, :J51, 354, 3.jS, 3(>2, .304, 3li9, 372, 377, 382, 388, 397, 404, 412, 417, 411),-421, 122, 423, 425, 429, 434. Esse.x County Natural History Society, Notice of, ... 24 Essex County Teachers' Association, Meeting at Salem, . . 4,;s Essex Institute. Notice of, . .'Jii Eutassa exoelsa. Letters resjiecting it in Fayal, form T. ^V. Higginson," 21 From W. Driver, . . '^2 Magnolia glauca, . 34, 3S, 41 OniTU.viiV Notices of Braman, Isaac, Downing, Thomas, . Harris, T. W. Howes, F. . lyes, Benj. H. King, John G. Lakeiuan, E. K. Locke, Jotiii, Masury, .S. li. Nichols, .\ndrew, Ni'/liols, Icliabod, Cakes, William, 371 370 220, 25 178 370 I'hillips, .^. ('. I'icknian, William, Kichardson, William P. 8hei)ur(l, Israel D. . Shepard, M. . Tr( ad\vell, John W. Warren, John C. AVood, John G. 256 179 178 250 178 178 3 370 Officers elected, 20, 195, 203, 375 Osgood, Henry, Letter describing au improved Fruit basket, . 229 Plants found at Weuham, July 10th, 1857, .... 210 Prescott, W. H. Notice of his death, .344 Judge White's lett'-'- in relation to the .-ame, . . . .340 Batrhelder, J. Remarks, . 349 Crosby, .\. - . ;i;jO I'El'OltTJi. Batclielder, Jacob, On Lightning and Lightning Kods, i.e., ' . Uil Endioott, C. M. On the authenticity of an old building on the estate oi' D. Nii'hols. beinsj built from the frame of the First Cmir-li, . 435 jMuilge, B. F. On Mineralogy, 3ii9 Pliipijeu, George D. On the Historical 3Iagazine, . . . Jo Putnam, F. W. On Ornithology, 9, 3t)9 Poberts, David, On Judge White's muniticent donation to Library, 218 Russell, J. L. Un the Herbariumj 14, 309 Secretary, . 1,177,2.55,309 Stone, L. R. On Historical Depart- ment, .... 309 Wheatland, Henrv, Comparative Ana- tomy, . . " . . 309 Wheatland, R. H. On Ichthyology, 12 On Mammalia, Ichthyology and Rep- tiles, . . ". . 309 Winsor, F. On Jlainmalogy, 13 Russell, J. L. Notice of his P.otanical Lecrures, . . . 335 Salem Atheua'um, Proposals for occu- pying Plummer Hall, 10, 120, 1.39 Ship liock, . . . 197 Volume III, 1800— 18(53. COMMUNIC.VTIONS, Verbal. Agassiz, L. On the growth of tlie N^atica Heros, . . 252 Bardeu, S. On the minerals of Rock- port, . . . . 205 Batclielder, Jacob, On the decimal sys- tem in Weights and Measures, 5i> On the Saccharine qualities of the Beet Root, . . . 58 Dodge, A. W'. Historical notice of Hamilton, ... 29 Gregory, J. J. H. On the geology of Lynn, . . . . 10 1 On the geology of Cape Ann, 205 Jackson, C. T. On the geology of Rock- port, .... 274 'Nichols, David, On Photographs of Wasliiiiiiton, . . . 229 Oliver, H. K. On the habits of the Honey Bee, . . . 250 Osgood, George, On Notice of Rev. Dr. Cutler and the plants of Hamilton, 31 Phij)i)en, George D. On Fibriliaor Flax Cotton, . . . 01 Historical Notice of Cape Ann, 97 Reed, J. W. On the Topographical his- tory of the Merrimac River, 19 Russell, J. L. On plants at Groveland, 18 Roberts, David, On the character of D. A. White, . . . 08 Tracy, C. M. On plants at Topstield, 15 On plants at Gloucester, . 99 23 On Woodwaxen, . . 201 On plants at Kockport, . -'Hi Wheatland, H. On Minerals on Salem Neck 280 Wheatland, R. H. On the development of the Common Toad, . 3(1 Wildes, G. D. Historictil notice of Kew- burvijort, . - • '--'85 COJIMUNICATIONS, Written. Barden, Stillman, On the Geology of Kockport, . . • 231 Beaman, C. C. Historical Sketch of the Howard Street Cluircli, Salem, 12() On the Geographical outline of Cape Cod, its discovery, . 130 Felt, Josepli B. Historical Notice of Hamilton, . . • 214 On John Endicott, the First Gover- nor 239 Historical Sketch of the Forts on Salem Neck, . . 279 Fowler, S. P. On changes produced by civilization in the habits of our com- mon birds, . . . 31 On Cotton Mather, . . 110 Goodell Jr., Abner C. On tlie History of the Puritans, . . lf<2 On "New England's Heraldry," 2.io Historical Notice of Salisbury and Amesburv, . • • 201 Grtgorv, J." J. H. On the Topography of Powow Hill, . . 209 Kins, Henry F. On the "Nottingham Earth," (infusorial) . 39 Mackenzie, S. S. On the Geology of Topstield, ... 77 Markoe, G. F. H. Catalogue of Plants observed in Fruit and Flower at West Gloucester, Julv 6th, 1800, 24 Plants collected at Amesbury and Salisburv, . • • 272 Ordwav, Henry L. On the Canker Worm, ... 291 Phippen, George D. On the Instinct of Plants, - . . 41 On the fibrile texture of the Milk- w'eed, . . . • 215 Quincv, Josiah, Letter on the correct- ness" of the likeness of Washington in possession of David Nichols, 2.30 Kussell, J. L. Report on the Herbari- um, . . • • „ ^'' Scudder, S. H. A list of the Butterflies of New England, . . 101 Shurtletf, C. A. Report on the Army AVorm, . . . l'J3 Shute, J. G. On the Opossum, 288 Upham, W. P. On the Orderly Books of Gen. John Glover, . 235 On Relics found at Fort Pickering, 29(5 Verrill, A. E. Notice of a Primnoa from St. George's Bank, . . 127 On the structure of Corals and the Polyps producing them, . 132 Catalogue of Birds found at Norway, Me., .... 130 Birds found in Maine and not observ- ed in Norwav, Me., . 156 On the Clas.sitication of Birds, 208 Whirtier, John G. Flowers, and Flow- ering Shrubs and Vines at Amesbury and Salisbury, . . 271 Donations. To the Library, 1, 0, 12, 48, 50, 58, 59, 60, 75, 82, 113, 117, 124, 125, 120, 183, 184, 186, 191, 204, 228, 231, 233, 235, 2.39, 259, 273, 279, 283, 288, To the Cabinets, 1, 6, 13, 49, 50, 58, 60, 75, 83, S 113, 117, 124, 125, 120, 184, 187, 1'.'--'. •-'":!, ■-'IS, 231, 2.33, 'S.:r,, ■.■:;;i, -.'K), 273, 279, 281, -'^.^ 2,n9, 17, 23, 29, 40, 8S, 95, 100, 108, 130, 179, 180, 218, 221, 224, 240, 247, 252, 289, 290, 295, 17, 23, 29, 46, 8, 95, 101, 108, 130, ISO, 183, 222 224, 228, 245' 252, 259, 291, 295. Horticulture. Reports on. 8, 247 Lectures, Notices of, . 244, 284 Mass. Provincial" Statutes, Resolutions for the reprinting of the same by the btate, .... 2.34 Obituary Notices of Amory, Elizabeth, . Andiews, George, Bowditch, N.I. Brown, William, Chandler, Samuel, . Dodge, George F. Fettvplace, Henry King, Gardner, Barnard West, Gibbs. Josiah Willard, Ivinili;ill, David Tenny, Kimball, Nathaniel Augustus, Lewis, Alonzo, MacmuUen, William, Odell, Thomas F. Perry, Gardner Braman, Potter, Joseph A. . Potter, William Oliver, Putnam, Charles Fiske, Rider, George Washington, Sibley, John S. Stone, John Hubbard, Upham Jr., Charles Wentworth, Walker, Samuel, Waters, John Gillison, Webb, John Felt, Whipple, Charles J. Whipple, Jonathan Lovett, White, Daniel Appleton, . Williams Jr., Charles F. Williams, John B. Williams, William, AVoodberi-y, Larkin, Officers chosen. 4 241 74 243 229 73 3 242 73 185 5 ISO 243 5 73 242 4 74 3 185 72 4 73 242 74 71 72 9, 79, 189, 250 77, 188, 248 White, D. A. Notice of his death, reso- lutions, &c., . . .63, 05 Treasurer's Reports, 24 Volume IV, 1864—1865. Records of Meetings. Quarterly lists of tiie Additions to tlie Museum .and Library. COJIMUXICATIOXS : J. A. Al.i.EX. Catalogue of Birds found at Springfield, Mass., with Notes on their ]Migr,itions, Habits, ice, together with a List of tliose Birds found in the State not yet observ- ed at Springtield. . . . . . . . . " p. 48. Notes on the Habits and Distribution of tlie Duck Hawlv, or American Pere- grine Falcon, in tlie Breeding Season, and Descrijitions of the Eggs. p. Iu3. 1). M. B.VLCH. On Sodalite at Salem. • . • . . . . . . p. 1. On Native Grapes. ........ p. HO. GEOKOE H. EMliUSOX. On Magnetite and au unknown Mineral at Nahant. ... p. C>. Alpiieus Hyatt. Kemarks on rolyzoa, order Phalactolemata. Parti. With nine plates, p. Vi7. Edward S. Moksk. A Classitication of Mollusca, based on the "Principle of Cephalization." JJ'ith aplate. .......... p. KiU. A. S. PacivAro, Jr. Notes on the Family Z}-ga;nidffi. With two plates. . . . p. 7. The Humble Bees of New England and their Parasites; with notices of a new species of Anthophorabia, and a new genus of Proctotrupida;. With aplate. p. 107. F. W. PUTNAJl. Notes on the Habits of some species of Humble Bees. . . p. 08. Notes ou the Leaf-cutting Bee. ...... p. 105. A. E. Verkill. Classification of Polvjis ; (Extract condensed from a Synopsis of the Polypi of the North Pacific Explorintr Expedition, under Captains liiuagold and Kodgers, U. S. N.) Part I. . '^ '. . p. 145. Sj^iopsis of the Polypi of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Cap- tains Ringgold and Rodgers, U.S.N. ^^yowaHa. Partli. With two plates. -p. 18i. Naturalists' Directory. Part I. North America and the West Indies. (Alphabetical Arrangement.) Issued in No. V. Part II. North .America and the West Indies. ( Systematic Arrawjement.) Commenced in No. VI, will be completed in volume live. In 1F54 ]\Iiss Caroline Plnmmer bequeathed to the Salem Athe- naeum .$30,000, to be expended in the erection of a suitable building to contain the I>ibrary of tliat Institution ; granting liberty, also, to have the rooms occupied Tor meetings of literary and scientitic so- cieties, and for the deposit of -woiks of art and natural productions. She moreover provides, that in case the Library of tlie Athengeum should ever become a public library her bequest should not lie for- feited ; evidently designing that the building erected from the proceeds of her legacj^ should be the seat of letters and science in this place. Upon the completion of the building in 1857, the following propo- sals were agreed upon by both Societies at meetings held in April of that year : — The Proprietors of th(} vSalem Athenasum agree — 1st. To allow the Essex Institute to use the rooms ou the Inwpr fnor of Plummer Hall, for any puipose consistent with the terms ol Miss Plummer's will. 2cl. To allow the Essex Institute, after the AthenfLniin has been accommodated, sulticieiit space for their libraiy on the tn'coud Jloor, together with such privileges in all the rooms on the same floor, as may be necessary for the care, delivery and consulting of their books. 3d. To allow members of the Essex Institute, who have paid all their dues to that body, to consult the books of the Atheutcum Librarj-. -Provkh'd; That the Essex Institute, at a legal meeting called for the special purpose of considering this subject, shall agree : — 1st. To pay to the Athenajum, annually, the sum of three hundred dollars. 2d. To allow the Proprietors to consult the books of the Institute Library. 3d. To pay one half the expense of warming the building and keeping its approaches unobstructed. 4th. That two years notice by either party may terminate this agreement. The committee, of which Hon. R. S. Rogers was chairman, ap- pointed to superintend the construction of the necessary cabinets &c., for the deposit of the Library and collections in riuramer Hall, faithfull_y attended to the duties assigned and obtained the requisite funds without recourse to the ordinary income of the Society, viz. : By subscription in 1807 from 74 individuals, My net proceeds from Ladies' Fan-, September 1800, 8'andries, ....... 40-13 12 The debits to this account are as follows : Cabinets', removal &c., . . . . . 3032 12 Interest on loans, ...... 77 25 To the Publication account, .... 303 75 Deposited in .Salem Savings Bank, . . . 630 00 •i:Vl3 12 The sincere thanks of the Institute are duo to those generous in- dividuals who contributed the first named sum, and also to the Ladies by whose untiring exertions, the second sum was placed at its disposal. Arrangements were thus made for what were then considered am- ple accommodations for the library and collections of the Institute. Since that time numerous additions have been, and are being made, to the library and to the museum, so that it has now become neces- sary to devise some plan to enable the Institute to meet the continu- ally increasing demands upon its resources and to enable it to carry out the objects of its organization in a suitable and proper manner- May not the Institute hope that its friends and the patrons of science and literature, will soon give that aid which is so essential to a complete development of all its plans and a continuation of its uset\ilness. 2G CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE ESSEX IlSrSTITTJTE. -o- CONSTITUTION. Article I. Objects. The objects of the Essex Institute are the collection and preser- vation of materials for the Civil and Natural History of the Count}' of Essex, the promotion of the Science of Natural History and the advancement of Horticulture. Article II. Ofiiceus. The officers of the Institute shall consist of a President, a Vice President of each, department, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, a Superintendent of the Museum, and Curators ; who, together, shall constitute a Board of Directors. Article IIL Members. Any person residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a Eesident Member. Any person not residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a Corresponding member. Any Kesident Member Avho shall remove from the County may be- come a Corresponding Member by giving notice of his removal and paj'ing all arrears. Eesklent Members only shall be entitled to vote or be eligible to any office. Article IV. Elections. Officers and members sliall be chosen by ballot. Officers sliall be elected at the Annual Meeting, except those chosen to ffU vacancies ■who shall be elected at a Stated Meeting. Kesident Members sliall be nominated in writing at the meeting preceding their election. Corresponding IMembers having been nominated by the Directors may be chosen at any meeting. Article V. Meetings. Meetings shall be held every year at the rooms of the Institute on the second Wednesday in the'nionths of February, May, August and November, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The Meeting in ]May shall be the regular Annual Meeting of the Institute. Other IMeetings may be called as provided in the By-Laws. Article VI. Quoru.^i. Five Members -shall be a Quorum for holding any meeting of the the Institute, or of the Board of Directors. ArTICLK VII. ASSKSSMEXTS. The .yearly Assessment of each Resident Member shall be Two Dolhu's, payable at the annual meeting. Articlk VIII. Altkuations of tiik Coxstitutiox axd IJy-Laws. The By-Laws shall not be ro])ealed or amended except l)y the votes of two-thirds of the Kesident Members present at a Stated Meeting. The Constitution shall not l)e amended unless ])y the votes of three-quarters of the Resident Members present at a Stated Meet- ing, and after special notice of the proposed amemlnumts shall liave been given at two previous Stated Meetings. BY-LAWS. Chapter I. Of Members. No Member who shall be in arrears for one year sliall be entitled to vote or hold any office; and any membei' so in arrears, who shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues for six months after being notilied tliereof by the Treasurer, shall cease to be a member of the Institute. Provided, however, that any member may, in lieu of tlie amuuil as- sessment, pay the sum of thirtii dollars to be added to the funds of the Institute, the annual interest thereof to be considered as the payment of the annual assessment of said member. Chapter II. Or Oeficei;s axd Co:\i.mittees. The Pkesidext shall be the presiding officer of the Institute and of tlie Board of Directors. The Vice Presidents shall peiform the duties'of the President in his absence. They shall also be chairmen of their respective de- partments. The SECitETAUT shall give notice of all meetings and recoi'd their proceedings; notify all members and officers of tlieir election; have <-harge of all papers and documeuts; conduct the general corres- pondence, and report; the doings of the Institute ilurTng the year, at the annual meeting. He sliall also be, t'x-ofiirin, a member of ;dl Standing Committees. The Treasurer shall have charge of the fiscal concerns of the Iii- stitute ; keep an exact account of all i-eceipts and expenditures, and report the same at the annual meeting. The Librarian shall receive and shall have in custody all books and other printed works, maps, charts and diagrams of the Institute attend to their arrangement, cataloguing iind preservation; conduct the correspondence relating to the Library; acknowledge all dona- tions thereto, and report on its condition at the annual ineetino-. The Supeuixtexdent shall have the general charge of all speci- mens belonging to the Museum, their arrangement and presei-- vation ; acknowledge all donations to the Museuni ; conduct tJie cor- respondence relating to it; make such use of the duplicates as may be beneficial to science, and report annually on its condition. 28 The Curators shall haA'c the special chai'ge of the arrangement, cataloguing and labeling of specimens belonging to their respecti\e sections. Each Curator shall report on the condition and wants of his section at the annual meeting. The Board oi" Dikectors shall have full power to act for the inter- est of tiie Institute in any way not inconsistent with the Constitu- tion and By-Laws. The following Connuittees shall be chosen at the Annual Meeting. A FiXAXCK Co.AiMiTTKE, who Shall have the direction of the funds of the Institute and annually examine and audit the accounts of the Treasurer. A LiBUARY Committee, who shall, with the Librarian, have the general superintendence of the Lii)raiy and shall make an annual examination of its condition in May. A Committee ox ruBUCATioxs. who shall have the management of all Publications of the Institute and regulate the manner of their distribution. A Li:crui!E Comaiittei:. who shall arrange for such courses of Lectures as may be deemed advisable. A Committee ox Field MKEiixcis. who shall determine when and where Field Meetings shall be held, and have the general manage- ment of the same. The above CoiTimittees shall report their respective doings at the Annual Meetings. Chapter III. Of Departmexts. The Historical Dkpartmbxt shall be dividL'd into three sections : 1, Erlumlogy; 2, Mmuscripts; 3, Fina Arts. The Depaht.mext of Natural History into nine sections : 1, Ge- ology; 2, Minei'alogy; 3, PaLeontology ; 4, Botany; 5, Comparative Anatomy; G, Vercebrata; 7. Articulata; 8, MoUusca; 9, liadiata. The Depai;tmext of Horticulture into two sections : I, Fruit and Vegetables ; 2, Flowers. The Vice President and Curators of each of these Departments, with the yuperiuteudent, shall be a committee for its management. Chapter IV. Of the Museum. The Museum shall be open to Members and the public at such times and under such regulations as the Directors may determine. No specimen shall be taken from the rooms except by pei'inission of the Committee of the department to which it belongs, upon a written application made to the Secretary, or Superintendent; specimens may, however, be sent by the Superintendent to acknowl- edged competent persons for identification. Every facility in the power of the Superintendent, and consistent with the wellare of the specimens, shall be given to persons visit- ing the Museum for the purpose of study and comparison. Chapter V. Of the Libraiiy. The Library Committee shall divide the books and other articles !)elonging to'the Library into three classes, viz.: (a) those w'hich are not to be removed from the building; (b) those which may be 29 taken from the halls only bj' written permission of three members of tlie eommittee, wlio shall" take a receipt for the same and be re- sponsible for their safe return; (c) those which may circulate under the following rules. Members shall be entitled to take from the Library one folio, or. two (luarto volumes, or four volumes of any lesser fold, with the plates belonging to the same, upon having them recorded by [the Librarian, or Assistant Librarian, and promising to make good any damage they sustain while in their possession, and to replaced the same if lost^ or pay the sum fixed by the Library Committee. iS'o person shall lend any book beionging to the Institute, except- ing to a member, under a penalty of one dollar for every such offence . The Library Committee may allow members to take more than the allotted number of books upon a written application, and may also permit other persons than members to use the Library, under such conditions as they may impose. No person shall detain any book longer than four weeks from the time of its being taken from the Library, if notified that the same is wanted by another member, under a penalty of five cents per day, and no volume shall be retained longer than three months at one time under the same penalty. The Librarian shall have power, by order of the Library Commit- tee, to call iu any volume after it has been retained by a member for ten days. On or before the first Wednesday in May, all books shall be re- turned to the Library, and a penalty of five cents per day shall be imposed for each volume detained. Labels designating the class to which each book belongs shall be placed upon its cover. No book shall be allowed to circulate until one month after its re- ception. Chapter VI. Of Visitors. Visitors may be introduced by any Member, and a book shall be kept in some conspicuous place in the rooms of the Institute for re- ceiving their signatures. Chapter VII. Of Meetings. The field Meetings are under the direction of the Committee ap- pointed for that purpose. Kegular Meetings may be held on the first and third Mondays of each month at such time and place as may be agreed upon. Special Meetings may be called by the President, or, in his absence, by one of the Vice Presidents. 5 30 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. Annual Meetings. 1. Records of last Annual, Stated and Regular Meetings read. 2. l-ieports of Secretary, Treasurer, Libi^arian, Superintendent, Curators and Committees. 3. Obituary notices. 4. Election of Officers and Committees for the ensuing year. 5. Business. 6. Correspondence. 7. Communications. 8. Nominations and balloting for Members. 9. Adjournment. Other Stated Meetings. 1. Record of tlie last Stated Meeting read. 2. Election of Officers to fill vacancies. 3. Business. 4. Communications. 5. Nominations and balloting for Members, 6. Adjournment. Special Meetings. 1. Record of last Meeting read. 2. Special business of the meeting. 3. Adjournment. Regular Meetings, 1. Record of preceding Meeting read. 2. Correspondence. 3. Written Connnunications. 4. Verbal Communications. 5. Donations to tlie Lil)rary. (>. Donations to the Museum. 7. Special business. 8. General business. y. Nominations for Membership. 10. Balloting for Members. 11. Adjournment. Meetings of the Directors may be held immediately after the ad- journment of any Regular or Stated Meeting of the Institute upon notice from the Chair. OFFICERS OF THK ESSEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 18.;i, TO THE UNION IN 1848. Edward A. Holyoke, Beujainiii rickman, PRESIDENTS. 1821—29 Ichabod Tuckei-, 1829—35 Daniel A. White, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Joseph Story, 1821—29 Leverett Saltoiistall, leliabod Tucker, 1829—35 P>enjaniiii Merrill, George Cleveland, 1835—40 John Glen King, 1835-37 1837—48 1841—45 1846—47 1847—48 RECORDING SECRETARIES: George A. Ward, John \V. Treadwell, 1821—22 "William Proctor, 1822—24 Joseph G. Waters, 1824 1827 7—48 CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. Benj. R. Nichols, John Glen King, 1821—24 Henry Wheatland, 1824—47 1847—48 CABINET KEEPERS AND LIBRARIANS. Charles C. Clarke, Francis Peabody, Pickering Dodge, Charles G. Putnam, Stephen White, Ichabod Tucker, John Pickering, Nathaniel Bowditch, Leverett Saltonstall, Nathaniel Silsbce, Thomas Carlile, William Gibbs, John Glen King, Daniel A. White, Ferderic Howes, George Cleveland, Charles C. Clarke, John Brazer, John G. King, (re-el.) 1821—25 Charles A. Andrew, 1834—42 1825-27 Henry Wheatland, 184L-— 47 1827—30 George Dean Phippen, 1847—48 1830—34 TREASURERS. 1821—31 Frederic Howes, TRUSTEES. 1821- 1821- 1821- 1821- 1821- 1821- 1821- 1822- 1823- 1824- 1827- 1829- 1833- 1835- -29 -27 -23 -41 -35 -22 -33 -24 -41 -48 -35 -37 -43 -48 Abel L. Peirson, Nathaniel Silsbee, Charles W. Uphara, Ichabod Tncker, (re-el Andrew Nichols, Benjamin Merrill, Joseph G. Waters, Francis Peabody, Jonathan C. Perkins, Caleb Pierce, Stephen P. Webb, Caleb Foote, Matthew A. Stickney, 1831—48 1835-48 1838—43 1838—43 .) 1841—43 1841—48 1841—45 1843—48 1843—45 1843—48 1843—48 1843—48 1845—48 1846—48 R2 OFFICERS OF THE ESSEX CO. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1S33, TO THE IJMuN IN 1848, PRESIDENTS. A. Nichols, (Danvers) 1833—45 Jolin Lewis Russell, 1845—48 VICE-PRESIDENTS. AYm. Oakes, (Ipswich) 1833—40 Wm. Prescott, (Lynn) 1845-46 G. B. Perry, (Bradford) 1833—45 William Mack, 184G— 48 John Clarke Lee, 1840—48 SECRETARIES AND TREASURERS. John M. Ives, 1833-35 Henry Wheatland, CABINET KEEPERS AND LIBRARIANS. 1835—48 John Lewis Russell, 1833- Wni. P. Richardson, 1835- -35 -4G George Dean Phippen, 184G— 48 CURATORS. Wm. Oakes, (Ipswich) 1833—35 John Clarke Lee, 1833—40 Charles Grafton Page, 1833 — 37 Thomas Spencer, 1833 — 35 John M. Ives, 1835—39 William Prescott, 1835 — 45 Pickering Dodge, 1837—40 John Lewis Russell, 1839 — 45 George Dean Phippen, Joseph Farnum, Jr., William Mack, James Upton, Benjamin II. Silsbee, Joseph Banvard, S. P. Fowler, (Danvers) 1840-48 Francis Putnam, 1840—48 1840—42 1840—42 1842-40 1844-48 1845—48 1845—40 33 OFFICERS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN ISiS. TRE SIDE NTS. Daniel A. White, 1848—01 Francis Peabody, 18G5 Asahel Himtiugton, 1801 — 05 VICE-PRESIDENTS. John Glen King, 1818— 57 James Upton, 1860— G4 John Lewis Russell, 1848—61 Samuel P. Fowler, 1861 John Clarke Lee, 1848-00 Abner C. Gooclell, Jr., 1862 Henry Mason Brooks, 1858—02 John Fislve Allen, 1864 SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Henry Wheatland, 1S48 CABINET KEEPERS. Frederic Howes, Jr., 1848—49 Caleb Cooke, 1857—60 George A. Perkins, 1850—56 Richard H. Wheatland, 1860—64 Frederic W. Putnam, 1856—57 SUPERINTENDENT OF MUSEUM. Frederic W. Putnam, 1864 LIBRARIANS. George Dean Phippen, 1848-49 John Hubbard Stone, 1856—63 Henry Mason Brooks, 1849-50 Nathaniel J. Holden, 1863—05 Matthew A. Stickney, 1850—56 Charles Davis, 1805 FINANCE COMMITTEE. John Clarke Lee, 1848 George Dean Phippen, 1858 Ephraim Emmerton, 1848-00 Roi^ert Manning, 1858-59 Frederic Howes, 1848 — 54 Henry Mason Brooks, 1859 Joseph S. Cabot, 1854—57 James Chamberlain, 1800 Richard S. Rogers, 1857 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Daniel A. White, 1850-01 Nathaniel J. Holden, 1862—63 George B. Loring, 1856—57 Henry J. Cross, 1803 Samuel P. Fowler, 1856—61 George A. Ward, 1804—65 David Roberts, 1857—64 George D. Wildes, 1864. Joseph G Waters, 1801 William Sutton, 18G5 Alpheus Crosby, 1801 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. John Lewis Russell, 1850—01 Abner C. Goodell, Jr., 1861 Henry Wheatland, 1856—64 Cyrus M. Tracy, 1863 George Dean Phippen, 1856 William P. Upham, 1803 Ira J. Patch, 1859 Robert S. Rantoul, 1804 John Hubbard Stone, 1 859— 63 Frederic W. Putnam, 1864 George M. Whipple, 1859-63 34 LECTURE COMMITTEE. Jolin Lewis Ivussell, Jflines Kimball. Francis IVabody, Gcorjiu Dean riiippen, Benjamin F. Mudge, Cyrus M. Tracy, Abner C. Goodell, Jr., Charles C. Beanian, Jacob Batcliekler, 18.-^9—01 IS.-/) Ls.-j!)— (;i is.".u— (;2 LS59— GO 1860— Gl 18G1 18G1— G3 18G1— G2 FIELD ^MEETING COMMITTEE. Benjamin F. Miidge, 1859— GO Charles H. Norris, Sanmel P. Fowler, 1859 Charles C. Leaman Jolin M. Ives, 1859 Benjamin C. Pntnam, 1859 — fi2 Kichard II. Wheatland, 1859— (;3 Allen W. Dodge, 1859 — (i5 Cyrus M. Tracy, LSGO Ciuirles II. Norris, 18G1— G3 Frederic W. Putnam, 18G1 William J. Kolfe, 18G2~G3 Henry Mason Brooks, 18G2 — 63 Edmund B. Willson, 1862—64 Francis Peabody, ( re-el.) 1863 George Dean Phippeu, 18G3 George Perkins, George W. Briggs, Stillman Barden, George D. Wildes, Ebeu X. Walton, George B. Loriug, Charles Davis, 1863 1864 1860— i 18G2— ' 1863—1 186-t 1864 1865 1865 CUllATOKS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. William Mack, 1848-56 Henry F. King, ■ 1848 Sanuiel P. Fowler, 1848—56 John Lewis Russell, 1856 — 61 Frederic Winsor, 1856 — 62 Frederic W. Putnam, l.s5(; Charles R. Waters, 1856—59 Charles J. Lee, 1856 — 57 Richard II. Wheatland, 1856—63 Henry Wheatland, 1856 Caleb Cooke, 1856 George A. Perkins, 1856 — Benjamin F. Mudge, 1856 — i Henry F. Shepard, 1856 Pickering D. Allen, 1857 — David M. Balch, 1860— Cyrus M. Tracy, 18(!1 Thomas M. Pond, 1863 James II. Emerton, 1863 Charles II. Higbee, 1863 64 CURATORS OF THE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT. Frederic Howes, 1848 — 54 Joseph G. Waters, 1848 Matthew A. Stickuey, 1848—50 Francis Peabody, 1850 Henry ]\Ias(n] Brooks, 1854 John Glen King, 1856 — 58 William S. Messervy, 1856 M. A. Stiekney, (re-el.) 1856 Francis Henry Lee, 1856 — 63 Lincoln Ripley Stone, 1856 — 63 Gilbert L. Streeter, 1857 CURATORS OF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Samuel B. Buttrick, Alfred Sto'ie, Ira J. Paicii. John Robinson, Charles F. Nichols, William P. I^pham, James A. Gillis, George I). Wildes, George A. Ward, E. Stanley Waters, 1857 1857— 18.59— 1863 18(;3 18(13 1864 1864 1864—1 186,' 64 Go Benjamin II. Silsbee, 1848—51 James Upton, 1848 — 64 Francis Putnam, 1848 Robert Manning, 1851 — 59 John F. Allen, 1856 — 64 Charles F. Putnam, 1856 — 63 John C. Lee, 1856 — 60 William Mack, }h:>C, John Lewis Russell, 1856 — 61 George B. Loring, 1857 Richard S. Rogers, 1857 Benjamin A. West, 1857 Joseph S. Cabot, 1857 .John Bertram, 1857 John M. Ives, 1859 Charles H. Norris, ]8<;o George D. Glover, 1861 Sanniel A. Merrill, ]86;i William Maloon, 1864 Andrew Lackey, ]8r.4 (Jeorge F. Brown, 1864 Charles II. Higbee, 1865 35 RESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. Agge, William Salem,. Allanson, J. S. Marhlrhcad. Allen, George H. iSa/em. Allen, Jolm Fisk " *Alleii, P. Dodge " *18G3 Alraon, Andrew B. " Almy, James E. " Amidou, Augustus R. " *Amory, Elizabeth " *1859 *Andrews, George " *18G2 Andrews, John B. " Andrews, Joseph " Andrews, Samuel P. " Appleton, Isaac Derrrly. Archer, Augustus J. Salem. Archer, Jolm " Archer, William " Ashton, William B. " Attwill, Theodore Lynn. Atwoocl, Edward S. Salem, Babbidge Charles " Babson, J,ohu J. Glovcester. Bachelder, David G. Salem. Baker, Charles " Baker, Ciiarles H. " Baker, John I. Beverly. Balch. David M. Salem. Bancroft, S. C. So. Dunvers. *Barden, Stillmau lioclcport. *1865 Barlow, John Salem. Barnes, Thomas H. " *Bartlett, John Marhlehead. *1849 Barton, Gardner Salem. Barton, William 0. Batchelder, Jacob Lyvn. Batchelder, John 11. Salem. Batchelder, Samuel L. " Bates, William M. " Battis, James II. '' Beaman, Charles C. " Bertram, John " Bertram, Joseph II. M. " Bettis, John B. " Boardman, Francis " Bosson, Abraham F. Salem. Bowditch, Wm. A. " Bowdoin, David W. " Bowdoin, Wm. L. " Bowker, Charles " Bowker, George " Boynton, Susan P. Lynn. *Braman, Isaac Georgetovn. *1858 Braman, Milton P. Danvers. Briggs, George W. Salem. Ijrookhouse, Robert " Brookhouse, R. Jr. " Brookhouse, R. 8d, " Brooks, Augustus T. " Brooks, D. Brainerd " Brooks, Henry M. " Brooks, Luke " Brooks, Lyman B. " Brown, Edward " Brown, Ephraim " Brown, Francis " Brown, George F. " Brown, Jacob F. " Brown, Nathaniel " Brown, Nathaniel Jr. " *Brown, William " *18G3 *Brown, William B. " *1864 Browne, Benjamin E. " Brov,'ne, J. Vincent " Browning, John P. " Buswell,"E. W. 3Iaklen. *tBurley, Susan Salem. *1850 Butman, F'^rancis C. " Buttrick, Samuel B. " Cabot, Joseph S. " Caller, James M. " Carlen, Samuel *' Carpenter, David P. " Cate, Shadrack M. " Chamberlain, James " Chamberlain, James A. " Chamberlain, J. W. " Chandler, Gardner L. " Chandler, Joseph " *Dece.ased. fLife Members. 36 Chapman, Gc;orgc R. Salem. Cliapiiian, John " Chase, Georo-e C. " Chase, Stephen A. " Chever, William J. " Choate, David Essex. Choate, David Jr. So-lem. Clioate, George " Choate, William G. " *Clark, John " *1851 Clark, rriscilla Cleaves, Joshua '• Cleveland, William S. " Cloutman, Joseph " Cloutmaii, Joseph P. " Cloutman, William H. " *Co,gs\vell, Henry " *18G5 Colcord, H. M. So. Dcmvers. f Cole, Kancv D. Salem. *Cole, Thomas " *18o2 Conray, James H. " Cook, James P. " *Cook, Nathan " *1853 Cooke, Caleb '• Cornelius, Alonzo G. " Cox, Benjamin '• Cox, Francis " Creamer, George G. " Creesey, Charles " Crosby, Alpheus " Cross, Ileniy J. " Cross, Joseph S. " *Crowell, liobert Essex. *1855 Curwen, George R. Salem. Curvven, Henry " Curwen, James B. •' Curwen, Samuel K. " Cutts, Benjamin " Dalaud, John Hamilton. Dane, Joseph F. Salem. Daniels, Goorge P. " Davis, Abuer H. " Davis, Charles Beverhj. Davis, S. W. Salem. Day, Samuel " Dean, Edward " Derby, Perley " Dike, John " *Dimmick,L.F.iVeic6M;7/y«;j'<*18GO Dixey, John Salem. Dodge, Allen W. Ilamiltoii. *Dodge, George F. Salem. *1SG0 DoggettjW.E. Swampscott. Downing, John 11. Salem. ^Downing, Thomas " *18oU Downing, Thomas W. " Doyle, Mary " *Eaton, Peter Boxfonl. *1848 *Edwards, Justin Andovcr. *1853 Emerson, Brown Salem. Emerton, James " Emerton, James H. " Ennnerton, P^phraim " Emmerton, William H. " *Endieott, Charles M. " *18G3 Endicott, Robert R. Beverhj. Endicott, Sarah B. Salem. Endicott, William C. " Endicott, William P. " Estes. James 'N.So.Danvers. Fabens, Benjamin Salem. Fabens, Benjamin F. " Earless, James A. " Farley, Robert Jr. Ipsv:irh. Farmer, Moses G- Salem. Farnum, Joseph " Farington, George P. " Fellows, Israel " Felt, Charles W. Felt, John " Felt, John G. " Felt, Joseph B. " Felt, Samuel Q. " *Fettypluce, Henry K. " *18G2 Fenollosa, Manuel " Fisher, Thorpe " Flint, G. F. North Beadinfj. Flint, Harrison (J. Salem. *Flint, James " *]SJ5 Flint, Simeon " Fogg, Julian A. " Foote, Caleb " Foster, Joseph C. " Foster, William H. " Foster, William J. " Fowler, Charles B. " Fowler, George " Fowler, Samuel P. Danvers. Frothingham, T. H. Salem. Frye, D. Ormond " Frye, Nathan A. " Fuller, George A. " ♦Gardner, Barnard W . Gardner, Henry 48G0 37 Gardner, Henry ^ahnn. Gardner, Henry R. " ^Gardner, William F. " *1851 Gayle, E. F. W. Gersdorfl", Brnnow de " Gillis, .lames A. " Glazier, Charles H. " Glover, George D. " Goldthwaite, Aaron, Jr. " Goldtliwaite, Joseph A. " Goldthwaite, Willard " Goodell, Abner C, Jr. " *tGoodhue, J. New Yovk. *1848 Goss, Francis Salem. Graves, Wm. Newhuryport. Hadduck, Chas. B. Brverl)/. Hagar, Daniel B. Salrvi. Hale, Henry " Hale, James F. " Hale, M. H. Hall, Harmon East Saugus. Hammond, Joseph Salem. Hammond. J. Leonard " Hanaford, riiebe A.Jieadlnc/. Hanson, Elijah A. Salem. Hanson, Joseph H. " Harrington, Francis " Harrington, Leonard B." Hartuev, Michael " Haskell, Daniel C. ILaskell, J. F. Marhlehcad. Haskell, William Beverly. Hawkes, C. M. East Sarigus. Hayward, Josiah Salem. Hayward, William F. " Herrick, Henry F. Beverly. Herrick, Samnel D. " Higbee, Charles H. '''.nlem. Hill, James Beverly. Hodges, Samuel R. Salem. Hoffman, Eliza A. " Holden, Nathaniel J. " Horton, Nathaniel A. " fHonghton, Abel, Jr. Lynn. Howe, Octavius Beverly. *Howes, Frederick Salem. *1855 *Howes, Frederick, Jr. '• *1849 *Hubbard, Oliver " *1849 *Hubou, Henry " *18G-i Hubon, Henry G. " Hunt, Thomas " Hunt, T. Francis " Hunt, William " 6 Huntington, Asaliel Salem. Hutchinson, Thomas J. " Ide, Edwin R. " lugersoll, Horace " Ives, Henry F. " Ives, John M. " Ives, John S. " Ives, Stephen B. " Ives, Stephen B., Jr. " Ives, William " Jacobs, W. M. So. Danvers. Jelly, AVilliam H. Salem. Jewett, George B. " Jewett, John " Jewett, Mary B. Boioley. Jewett, Thomas S. Salem. Jillson, Samuel Feltonville. Jocelyn, Henry E. Salem. Johnson, Emery S. " Johnson, Thomas H. " Kehew, William H. " Kemble, Arthur " Kilburn. John " *Kimball, David T. Ipsin eJi. *1860 Kimball, Edward D. Salem. Kimball, James " Kimball, James S. " *Kimball, Nathaniel A. " *1S62 Kimball, William *King, D.P. South Danvers. *1850 King^ Henry F. Salem. *King, James B. " *1S65 *King, John Glen " *1857 Kinsman, John " Kinsman, Nathaniel " Kinsman, Nathaniel J. " Kinsman, "William L. " Knight, Edward H. " Lackey, And'w Marhleheacl. *Lakeman, Ebeu K. Salem. *1857 Lamson, Charles " Lamson, Frederick " Lander, William A. Danvers. Lane, Edward B. Salem. Lawrence, Charles Danvers. Leavitt, Joseph H. Salem. Leavitt, Joseph S. " Leavitt, William " Lee, Francis H. " fLee, John C. " 38 ♦Lewis, Alonzo Lynn. *18G1 Lincoln, Solomon, Jr. *S'a/fm. Lindsejs llicliard " Lodiije, G. H. Swampscott. Lonalem. Porter, Frederick " Porter, J. ^N . " Porter, Samuel Beverly. *Potter, Joseph A. Salem. *1859 ♦Potter, William O. " *18«2 Pousland, George W. " Price, Charles H. " Proctor, T. E. So. Dnnvers. Purbeck, William A. Salem. Putnam, Charles A. " ♦Putnam, Charles F. " *1862 , Putnam, Eben •' Putnam, Ii^dmund Q. " Putnam, Elizabeth A. " Putnam, Francis " Putnam, Frederic W. " Putnam, Henry W. " Putnam, Otis F. Danvers. Putnam, W. H. A. Salem. Quimby, E. Hervey " Rantoul, Robert S. '• Rea, Charles S. Rea, Samuel G. " Read, George F. " Reith, William, Jr. " Richardson, Charles M. " Richardson, Charles W. " ♦Rider, George W. " *1859 Rider, Joseph J. " Roberts, David Salem. Roberts, E. F. Roberts, E. K. " Roberts, J. W. " Roberts, William S. " Robinson, John " Rogers, EdAvard S. " Rogers, Richard D. " Rogers, Richard S. " Rogers, William C. " ]\opes, Charles A. " Ropes, Edward D. " Ropes, George " Ropes, James " Ropes, Jonathan " Ropes, Ripley " Ropes, Timothy " Roundy, Charles " Roundy, George Beverly. Russell, Albert B. Salem. Russell, George " Russell, Geo. P. Haverhill. Rust, Francis A. P. Salem. Safford, 'DanielY.. Hamilton. Satlbrd, James O. Sale)n. Safford, Joshua "' Saltonstall, Caroline " Saltonstall, H. So. Danvers. Saltonstall, Leverett Boston. Sanborn, Fr's G. Anclover. Sanders, Charles Salem. ♦Sanders, Elizabeth " *1851 ♦Sargent, Winthrop " •1850 Saunders, Thomas M. " Saunders, William " Savory, Tristram T. " Scripture, James 0. " Sewall, Charles " Shaw, Brown E. " Shaw, Xeuophou H. " Shepard, Henry F. '* ♦Shepard. Israel D. " *1857 Shepard, John B. " ♦Shepard, Michael " *1856 Shepard, Michael W. " Sheppard, S. A. D. " ♦Sibley, John S. " ♦1861 Silsbee, Benjamin H. " ♦Silsbee, Nathaniel " ♦ISSO Silsbee, William H. " Silver, Peter " Silver, AVilliam " Simonds, E. A. " Skerry, Henry F. " 40 '1852 ^802 ISA,-; Smith, A. A. Salem. Smith, Edward A. 2d " Smith, (iorliam " Suiith, James A. " Smith, Jesse " Smith, J. Foi'd " Smith, Lawrence P. " Spinuey, William N. Lynn. *Sprag-ue, Joseph E. Salem. *18.j2 *Sprague, Joseph G. " Stanley, Abraham J. " Stanley, John W. Beverly. Stevens, Chas.K. Lawrence. Stickney,MatthewA.5a?fim. Stickne^s Walter J. " Stimpson, James C. " Stimpson.T.M. So.Danvers. Stone, E. F. Nawburyport. Stone, Hcnrjr R. Salem. *Stone, John II. " Stone, IJncoln 11. " Story, Au.!;ustus " Streetcr, Gilbert L. " Summers, William H. " Sutton, Wm. So. Dancers. *Swasey, Chas. W. Salem. ■ Swasey, Oscar F. Beverly. Sweetser, 'V. A. Sa.Danver.^. Symouds, Eenj. R. Salem. *Tenney, John MetJmen. *18r)3 Thayer, Edward S. Salem. Thayer, Oliver " Thayer, William O. " Tirrell, Minot, Jr. Lynn. Tittle, Sarah J. Beverly. Todd, Stephen C. Salem. Towne, Charles H. " Towne, John C. " Tracy, Cyrus M. - Lynn. *Trask, Thomas Salem. Treadwell, Annie " Treadwell, Elizabeth W." *Treadwell, John W. ^' *Treadwell, Lucy ^ Trefreu, James " Tucke, Joseph D. Beverly. Tucker, Jonathan Saleiii. Tuckerman, John F. " 'i'uttle, Francis W. " Tuttle, John " Upham, Charles W. " *Upham, Charles W\, Jr." *I8(;0 Upham, William P. '=180)3 *i8r)7 *18G5 Upton, Arthur J. Upton, Edwin Upton, E. W. So. Upton, Francis Upton, George Upton, James Salem. Danvers. Salem. W^alden, Joseph F. " Walker, Abbot Wallis, William Walton, Eben N. " Ward, Charles " Wanl, Elizabeth C, Jr." *Ward, George A. " *Ward, Israel, Jr. Ward, Raymond L. " Waters, E. Stanley " * Waters, John G. " Waters, Joseph G. " Waters, Richard P. Beverly. Watson, Fenton Salem. Webb, Benjamin " WY'bl), IJenjamin, Jr. " *Webb, John F. " *Wel)b, Samuel " Webster, Francis C. " Webster, John " West, Benjamin A. " West, George W. " Yfeston, Charles H. " AVeston, Nath'l, Jr. Salem. Westwood, J. East Sa»(iti.^. *Wlieatland, Benj. Salem. Wheatland, Henry " AVheatland. Martha G. " *Wheatlan(l, Marv E. " *Wheatland, Richard H." Wheatland, Stephen G. " ^Whipple, Charles J. " Whipple, George M. " *Whipple, J. Lovett " Whipple, William H. " Whitaker, AVilliani " * White, Charles Llarerhill. *t White, Daniel A. Salem. White, George M. '■ Wildes, George D. " *Williams, Charles F. " *WilHams, C. F., Jr. * Williams, William " Willson, Edmund B. " AVithington, L. Newbury. *Wood, John Gage Salem. ♦Woodbury, Larkin " Worcester, Samuel M. " *18G4 *18.5-t *18(j0 *18()1 *18C5 *18.U *isr.4 • *18(;;5 *i8(;o *i8(;o *1853 *18G1 *i8r..j *18G0 ^185!) "ISOU 41 COEliESPONDING MEMBERS ESSEX INSTITUTE. *Abbot, Abiel *Adams, Charles B. Adunis, Charles E. Adams, Nehemiah Agassiz, A. E. E. Agassiz, Louis Aiidi'evv, John A. Atwood, Nathaniel E. Ay res, William O. Babbidge, Charles Babcock, Rufus Baird, Spencer F. Banvard, Joseph Barnard, James M. Barry, William Bartlett, John Bartlett, John R. Bass, Seth Beadle, E. R. Blanco, Antonio M. Bland, Thomas Bolles, Edwin C. *Bowditch, Nathaniel I. BreAver, Thomas M. Brewer, W. II. Brewster, Charles W. Brooks, Charles T. Brush, George J. Bryant, James S. Buchanan, Robert Bushuell, Charles J. Cembrano, Francisco P. Chute, A. P. Clark, 11. James Clark, Thomas M. Clarke, Francis N. Clarke, James F. Clarke, John L. Cleavelaud, John P. Colburn,;yeremiah *Colmau, Henry Conrad, T. A. Cope, Edward D. Cramer, Charles Cressou, Ezra T, Crowell, Edward P, West Camhrid'tp, 3Iass. *1859 Amharst, " *1853 Boston, " Cambridge, " Boston, " Provincetovrn, " San Francisco, Cal. PeppereJl, Mass. Pattersoil, N. J. Washington, D. C. Worcester, 3Iass. Boston, " Chicago, 111. Columbus, Ohio. Providence, B. I. Boston, Mass. Bochester, JSf. Y. 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