. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. THE FIRST HALF CENTUUY OF THE INSTITUTE. 43 tiad ii!?ed l)y Dr. Holyoke in presiding. It was lu'oiiglit to Ipswich in 1634. There was also on the stage a finely inlaid tahle bronght from Japan in 1799, in the ship "Franklin," by Captain Deverenx of Salem, who com- manded her,— the first American vessel tliat traded with Jai)an.^ Tlie President then presented the Hon. Stephen Salis- bury of Worcester as the President of a greater society than onrs, pursuing kindred aims, l)ut which had a con- tinent for it
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. THE FIRST HALF CENTUUY OF THE INSTITUTE. 43 tiad ii!?ed l)y Dr. Holyoke in presiding. It was lu'oiiglit to Ipswich in 1634. There was also on the stage a finely inlaid tahle bronght from Japan in 1799, in the ship "Franklin," by Captain Deverenx of Salem, who com- manded her,— the first American vessel tliat traded with Jai)an.^ Tlie President then presented the Hon. Stephen Salis- bury of Worcester as the President of a greater society than onrs, pursuing kindred aims, l)ut which had a con- tinent for its field instead of a county. President Salisbury of the American Antiquarian Soci- ety spolie as follows :— Mr. President : I bring cordial greetings and felicitaticms from the American Antiquarian Society to its younger sister. The Society that I represent has its library of 100,000 volumes, its collections of paintings, statuary, manuscripts, coins, relics and In- dian implements, in its Halls at Worcester, and was founded liy Isaiah Thomas in 1812, thirty-six years before your Society, and yet we have every reason to be grateful to Salem, for we possess the mi'.jor part of the Dr. William Bentlcy Library.^ For this we are indebted to his friendship for Dr. Thomas, and by his bequest we have become possessed of Di-. Bentley's Ger- man library, pictures, manuscripts and books relating to • For au account of the Holyoke Chair see Bulletin, Vol. iv, pp. 25-6 and 133-4. Also Historical Collections, Vol. xxxii, p. 120, and Essex Register for Sept. 22, 1828,1st page, 2nd column. 9 See Historical Collections, Vol. xxxii, pp. Bentley:. 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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