. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE INSTITUTE. 25 that His Excellency Governor Wolcott4 would be with us to-day, but I have here a letter in which, after a most cordial acknowledg- ment, His Excellency says : The occasion, I am sure, will be an interesting one and it would give me much pleasure to be present, but the date falls upon the reg- ular day of meeting of the Council and I have never permitted any other engage- ment to interfere with my presence at these Council meetings. Therefore you will please accept my regr
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE INSTITUTE. 25 that His Excellency Governor Wolcott4 would be with us to-day, but I have here a letter in which, after a most cordial acknowledg- ment, His Excellency says : The occasion, I am sure, will be an interesting one and it would give me much pleasure to be present, but the date falls upon the reg- ular day of meeting of the Council and I have never permitted any other engage- ment to interfere with my presence at these Council meetings. Therefore you will please accept my regrets, and believe me Very truly yours, Roger Wolcott. President Ran- toul here presented General Appleton of the Governor's staff, — a Vice President of the Lndeeolt institute, — who was in uniform, being detailed by His Excellency to respond for the Commonwealth. General Francis H. Appleton, of Governor Wolcott's staff, being introduced, said that as His Excellency was unable on account of important business at the State. *Only two Governors of Massachusetts have ever lived in Salem. They were Endecott and Bradstreet, and they happen to be the first and the last in the line of colonial governors. The Cadet Armory and Plummer Hall stand on an estate more or less identified with both of them. There is reason to think that it may ESSEX INST. BULLETIN, VOL XXX. 2*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Essex Institute. 1n. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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