. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. muchpleasure to be present, butthe date falls upon the reg-ular day of meeting of theCouncil and I have neverpermitted any other engage-ment to interfere with mypresence at these Councilmeetings. Therefore youwill please accept myregrets, and believe meVery truly yours,Roger Wolcott. President Ran-toul here present edGeneral Appleton\\ of the Governorsstaff, — a VicePresident of theEftdec oft institute ,-whowas in uniform, being detailed by His Excellency torespond for the Commonwealth. General Francis H. Appleton, of Governor Wolcottsstaff, being introduced,
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. muchpleasure to be present, butthe date falls upon the reg-ular day of meeting of theCouncil and I have neverpermitted any other engage-ment to interfere with mypresence at these Councilmeetings. Therefore youwill please accept myregrets, and believe meVery truly yours,Roger Wolcott. President Ran-toul here present edGeneral Appleton\\ of the Governorsstaff, — a VicePresident of theEftdec oft institute ,-whowas in uniform, being detailed by His Excellency torespond for the Commonwealth. General Francis H. Appleton, of Governor Wolcottsstaff, being introduced, said that as His Excellency wasunable on account of important business at the State ?•Only two Governors of Massachusetts have ever lived in Salem. They wereEndecott and Bradstreet, and they happen to be the first and the last in the lineof colonial governors. The Cadet Armory and Plummer Hall stand on an estatemore or less identified with both of them. There i6 reason to think that it may ESSKX INST. BULLETIN. VOL XXX. 2*. 26 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. House, before the Council, to be present, the Governorhad delegated him to represent the Commonwealth, andto convey his regrets that he could not attend so notablean occasion. General Appleton expressed his own gratification atbeing permitted to come back to his former home, Salem, in this capacity, which he esteemeda his;h honor. He regretted that he must pre-sent himself in a somewhat an-tiquated, but so historic, form ofuniform, which he hoped he mightsoon have an opportunity to pre-sent to the Institute, not as a relicof himself but as a reminder ofthe many brave officers who havefought for the Nations unity inthis dress ; but General Miles has just proposed a dress ofnew design far better adapted to the needs of the Appleton then said:— The value of institu-tions, like this Institute, to a State and Nation cannot betoo highly spoken of; it advances the idea of value ofhistory and art, as a power
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